Snr Commercial Finance Analyst

Snr Commercial Finance Analyst
Contract Position
Reading Hybrid

MBNL is jointly owned by EE and Three, two of the UK's leading and most innovative mobile operators. Established in 2007 as the industry's first network-sharing joint venture, MBNL's mission is to provide best-in-class mobile infrastructure services to EE and Three for serving their tens of millions of customers in the UK. Working at MBNL means being part of a team where you feel connected, valued, and supported.

This role sits within the Commercial Finance team working with the Commercial Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance to deliver MBNL finance targets.

• To support the Commercial Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance to deliver a trusted Business Partnering relationship with stakeholders internally, across shareholder and Supplier organisations.
• Responsible for all aspects of financial management, including areas such as Property, Legal, Operations, and Infrastructure related projects. The role includes management & financial accounting, business partnering, decision support, reporting, contract management, budgeting, and forecasting.
• The role is responsible for supporting the delivery of roadmap/strategy. From a finance perspective, the role is integral to producing the 5-year business plan, which feeds into the team level strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the finance subject matter expert and business partner.
• Produce 5-year plans, quarterly business plans, and requisite analysis and presentation to shareholders.
• Understand and pre-empt the needs of the Shareholders and efficiently answer their finance-related queries.
• Accountability for owning month-end processes for their area and providing support to other team members, including preparing and posting of journals, completing balance sheet reconciliations, and updating risks and initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Financial Accounting Team to produce month-end results and Financial Reporting with relevant commentary and high-quality analysis.
• Influence a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders such as ELT and SMT, to ensure financial targets are met, controls are not breached, and accuracy is high.
• Simplify complex financial concepts for better understanding.
• Provide financial rigor to ensure delivery towards overall Capex and Opex targets.
• Understand existing processes and implement enhancements where appropriate, driving change for greater efficiencies.
• Maintain finance control environment and suggest/implement improvement plans for the business area.
• Manage Opex and Capex effectively.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and implement processes needed to achieve these savings to meet corporate financial targets.
• Work with contract managers and procurement teams for effective financial management of contracts and driving cost-saving initiatives.
• Act as a business partner and advisor for business teams, shareholders, and suppliers, providing advice, support, and consultancy services.
• Produce financial analysis/modelling of commercial deals and decision support.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with shareholders and vendor teams.
• Support the Commercial Finance Manager in managing the budget and provide ad-hoc support to the Head of Commercial Finance and Finance Director.

Qualifications and Experience Needed

• Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA accountant or similar with at least 2 years post-qualified experience.
• Experience in managing senior stakeholders and significant and complex contracts.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and highly analytical.
• Excellent communicator with a curious mind.
• Keen problem solver.
• Delivers high-quality work by the deadline.
• Able to influence and negotiate to meet their needs.
• Collaborates effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Telco experience.
• Experience of using IFS.

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