FP&A Analyst

FP&A Analyst

Finance

Permanent - Full Time

GB

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 13/4/2025

THE ROLE

Job Reference: 21441
Band: D
Contract type: Continuing/Permanent

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: Flexible across BBC Offices

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

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Job Introduction

Working within the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function within BBC Finance, we are recruiting for a FP&A Analyst to provide financial planning through the preparation of robust end-to-end short-to-mid-term Divisional budgets and forecasts.

The FP&A Analysts will work in partnership with the Finance Partnering teams, playing a crucial role in the delivery of local business support coupled with the provision of meaningful and enhanced financial analysis to drive business decision making and support problem solving.

The FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting Divisional and pan-BBC continuous improvement initiatives across Finance activities.

Main Responsibilities

• Working closely with budget holders and Finance Partnering teams to provide business advice which supports business performance and insightful decision making. Support the business with problem solving activities.
• Identification of risks and opportunities within their respective business area on a timely basis.
• Combine working with non-Finance stakeholders and using available data sources to leverage insight in preparing Divisional forecasts/budgets.
• Oversee and provide support for any self-serve budget/forecast activity within the Division, ensuring deadlines are adhered to and submissions are robust.
• Providing insightful budget and forecasting commentary, including articulate variance analysis, for all stakeholders.
• Lead contact for Divisional EFT analysis and reporting.
• Key contact for finance related business queries relating to a BBC Division.
• Support cross team collaboration with wider finance function (Group Finance, Finance operations and BPO provider).
• Preparing standard management reporting packs using preferred technology solution.
• Support the Senior FP&A Analyst with Divisional Corporate information requests and submissions.
• Overseeing the work and supporting talent development of the FP&A Associate Analyst where required.

Are you the right candidate?

• Have a professional accounting accreditation e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Experience of delivering a high-quality FP&A service.
• Excellent FP&A process skills, having experience of delivering routine FP&A processes.
• Analytically minded with commercial expertise. Possess strong inquisitive skills to understand and challenge the drivers behind the financials.
• Ability to perform variance analysis from large/complex data sets, including financial and non-financial, and the ability to articulate the results to both Finance and non-Finance teams.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams across both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience of using financial software in data analysis.
• Able to work with the wider FP&A and Finance Partnering teams to identify process improvements, drive standardisation and automation opportunities.

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DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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