Senior Business Partnering and Commercial Finance Manager

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There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.

Firstly, we’ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you’re welcome at Openreach, we really mean it.

Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at Openreach. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team’s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you’ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.

About this role

Openreach are recruiting for a Senior Finance Manager – Copper & Fibre Performance to join any one of our following offices; London, Birmingham or Bristol offering flexible hybrid working.

We need a leader who will manage our large and dynamic field operations unit, the largest field force in BT Group.  Managing the balance between financial and operational performance, driving best practice, benchmarking and efficiency across the team.

Our mission is to build the best possible network, with the highest quality service, making sure that everyone in Britain can be connected. We work on behalf of more than 590 communications providers like SKY, TalkTalk, Vodafone, and BT, and our fibre broadband network is the biggest in the UK, passing more 27.4 million premises. We’re also the platform for Britain’s thriving digital economy, which is the largest in the G20. 

You'll have the following responsibilities

• Business-partnering with the Openreach UK Operations MD, as well as acting as a key member of the SD Finance leadership team and contributing to the strategic direction of the unit.

• Accountable for delivery of performance execution of operational teams, including monthly performance as well as building long term plans.  Driving performance by region to manage short and medium term performance.    Driving financial performance through the lens of KPIs for efficiency, performance and resourcing.  

• Driving insight leading to commercial decision making through product unit costing KPIs

• Accountable for the cost base for UK Operations of over £0.5Bn p.a.

• The Senior Finance Manager will be balancing the delivery of service levels with cost of delivery and support the development of future operating frameworks, driving transformation activities to improve efficiency of operations.

• Will operate in a highly complex and dynamic environment with high risk (potential financial or service / business risk)

• The role holder will need to business partners across the business at Managing Director level. The role holder will need to be an excellent business partner and stakeholder manager, ensuring they can build deep relationships up and down the business. 

• Will have direct people management responsibility for a team of 6 finance managers and indirect responsibility for two finance professional in the India support team

You'll have the following skills & experience

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong executive level relationships 

• Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary and analysis to inform decision making.

• Strong team management experience.  Advisor and coach to others both within own team and elsewhere, formulates their operational guidelines or in-depth knowledge and advises on specialist area 

• Drives judicious use of field and desk resources to maximise productivity and drive cost efficiency and instrumental in driving expansion of margins 

• Leads, champions and manages conflicting priorities with ownership of successful delivery of key organisation-wide finance programmes

• Sets agendas, identifies opportunities and promotes the highest standards of best practice and provides insight on finance work area(s) or specialism

• Full qualified accountant

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

• 15% on target bonus

• Cash / Car allowance 

• Pension scheme

• Private Medical cover

• Share save scheme

• 50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans

• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids.

We value different perspectives, skills and experiences. Diversity makes sense for us, our customers and our ambitions. We’re creating an inclusive working culture where people from all backgrounds can succeed. That’s why we welcome applications from all parts of the community.