Finance Analyst

Role overview

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Build relationships with commercial teams and budget owners and provide financial insight, constructive challenge, and practical support.
• Analyze advertising, sponsorship, digital, brand, and platform revenue, investigating drivers such as pricing, volume, and customer trends.
• Evaluate costs of generating and delivering revenue, including commercial team costs, bonuses, and advertising sales costs.
• Support budgets, forecasts, and long-term planning by modelling trading scenarios and assessing financial risks and opportunities.
• Prepare analysis and commentary for weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reviews, explaining variances and underlying causes.
• Maintain and develop financial models, dashboards, and KPI reporting.
• Collaborate with Broadcasting colleagues to investigate unexpected results and accurately reflect commercial developments in reporting.

Qualifications and experience

• Fully qualified accountant status, such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting; previous business partnering experience is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical ability and commercial awareness, including understanding revenue, costs, and profitability.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling abilities; TM1 or other planning and reporting tools are an advantage.

Additional capabilities

• Communicate complex financial information clearly and influence or challenge constructively while building collaborative relationships.
• Bring a curious, proactive, purposeful approach and follow analysis through to practical actions.

Workplace

• Hybrid working policy requires a minimum of three days per week in the office; some roles may require more office-based days.

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