Manager, Business Financial Reporting
- Are you a brilliant stakeholder manager who can convey a relatable story with data?
- Are you a qualified and experienced accountant with excellent Excel skills?
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to become our Manager of Business Financial Reporting within BT.
In this role, you will collaborate with the Senior Manager to consolidate, control, challenge, and communicate accurate financial reporting for the BT Business Customer Facing Unit (‘CFU’) and the Business central functions unit while ensuring compliance requirements are met.
This entails being accountable for the integrity and effectiveness of financial reporting, providing guidance and instructions for the units and teams across the entire department.
The role will serve as a centre of excellence for specialist finance reporting services and advice, as well as supporting the business in developing and delivering business plans.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to apply today or reach out for a confidential discussion. We look forward to hearing from you!
You'll have the following responsibilities
Delivers and manages internal and external financial reporting processes (monthly, quarterly and annual), providing financial insight (variances on actuals and budget), providing guidance to support effective delivery and performance management
Execute specific elements of the group finance reporting strategy and ensures design and delivery of the reporting activities, P&L management, management accounts and analysis
Presenting financial information to Senior Leadership and Group
Develops relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and uses them to understand new and upcoming trends in business activity and performance that will impact reporting
Ensures appropriate controls are in place that enable reporting to meet internal and external regulatory requirements as well as audit standard
Considers risk, regulation and uncertainty and ensures that key risks are identified and mitigated with controls in line with the control framework. Ensures operational effectiveness of controls.
Drives the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting processes and to resolve data issues impacting productivity and compliance
Acts as a key contact with Group, other Business Units, FP&A, HR and other CFUs for matters relating to Business financial reporting and accounting including Audit team.
You'll have the following skills & experience
Accounting principles – Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or international equivalent
Finance Data, Processes and Systems (SAP Preferred)
Financial & Data Analysis and insight (competent user of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Financial Controls, compliance and risk
Management Reporting
Risk and Assurance
Financial Accounting
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- 10% on target bonus
- Pension scheme, if you contribute 5%, BT contribute 10%
- Flexible benefits: cycle to work, healthcare, etc.
- Discounted BT products, retail vouchers and other great benefits
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. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘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.