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Finance Manager - MBNL

Job Req ID: 35342

Posting Date: 27 Jun 2024

Function: Finance

Unit: Networks

Location:

Assembly, Bristol, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

This role can be based in Bristol or London.

Closing Date: Friday 19th July 2024

Why this role matters

Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL) is the joint venture between EE Ltd and Hutchison 3 (UK) Ltd who run and maintain BT/EE’s Radio Access Network. In this role, you will provide financial direction to the operational teams that you support, and you will be a Finance representative for BT into MBNL.

You will support the transformation journey that MBNL is on whilst ensuring delivery of demanding financial performance. Specifically, you will partner with the Network Services Leadership Team and the MBNL Board directors owning the critical Networks and pan-BT objectives such as supporting the roll out of 5G, Health & Safety of the Network and enabling vendor swap activities.

What you'll be doing

• Challenge the business to drive sustainable value proactively through informed and insightful decision making, and provide financial business partnering within Network Services

• Set the forecast and budget for the assigned units making recommendations that have a tangible impact on business performance

• Own capex and opex prioritisation, financial authority on efficiency and investment programmes, as well as all internal/external commercial opportunities across the units

• Manage and drive the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for the assigned units for all financial statements.

• Ensure reporting information is provided in a timely and accurate manner to inform strategic decision making within the unit

• Drive a data-led and insight orientated culture, ensuring high quality data sets for decision making are available for the operational and other teams

• Work collaboratively with the assigned units to underpin and deliver efficiencies and cost transformation initiatives

• Supporting the development of the offshore colleagues who collaborate closely with the role

• Active member of the MBNL Steering Group – setting the direction of travel for MBNL, holding them accountable and discussing both financial & Non-financial matters

The skills you'll need

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

• A track record of effectively influencing senior stakeholder requirements.

• Strength of driving a customer centric approach in all financial processes.

• Experience of financial management and delivery of improved financial performance.

• Strategic capability and commercial awareness.

• Collaborative approach to problem solving.

• Able to translate complex financial outcomes to senior financial and non-financial stakeholders through both oral and written communication.

• Comfortable working with complexity and able to use initiative to deal with ambiguity, identify resources to implement and determine pragmatic solutions

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus

• BT Pension Scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, 10% BT Contribution

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service

• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan

• World-class training and development opportunities

• Discounted BT Broadband, TV and Mobile packages

• Access to 100s of retail discounts including BT Shop

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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