Finance Business Analyst, Kids & Family

The Kids & Family (K&F) Production team have an ambitious growth plan and are looking to add a Finance Analyst on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract who can support this growth by providing financial analysis and rigour. The role will work closely with Production Accountants and Business Partners to ensure accurate forecasts are provided on a timely basis. The role will also work closely with the Management Accountants to support on the smooth delivery of period end close.,

• Via regular engagement with the K&F Leadership Team, develop relationships which allows for providing support to all aspects of the annual budget, forecast and long term planning processes.
• Ensure all planning processes are submitted in a timely manner whilst also implementing improvements.
• Produce ad hoc and routine analysis to a high standard, including recommendations and alignment to business strategy
• Work closely with the Management Accountants to ensure accurate period end close including compliance with group controls framework
Relationships The K&F Finance Analyst will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders including
• Key business stakeholders
• Production Accounting team
• Business Partners
• Management Accountants
• Wider Production Finance Team
  
  A professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or similar) or working towards a professional qualification with proven experience as a Finance Analyst or Management Accountant in a commercial business environment;
• Strong numerical and analytical skills reflecting an ability to manipulate and interpret data, to provide meaningful and useful analysis for decision making purposes;
• Proactive and self-motivated with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities against conflicting deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel and advanced modelling skills with the ability to create financial models;
• Experience of period end close and associated controls;
• Confident team player with strong influencing, facilitation and communication skills;
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
• Experience of forecasting & reporting in a large group company;
• A strong working knowledge of SAP
  
  BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet and Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content. ABOUT KIDS AND FAMILY BBC Studios Kids & Family is an integral part of the BBC Studios content powerhouse. Our specialist knowledge of what makes young people tick allows us to identify, nurture and invest in great projects, turning them into huge global hits. Our multi-genre portfolio boasts some of the most successful franchises in the world with BAFTA and International Emmy-winning storytelling at its heart, including Bluey, Hey Duggee and Andy's Amazing Adventures. We're proud of our ability to take content from conception, development and production all the way through to franchise management and distribution, The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here. BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here., The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.


• We offer a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
• Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation