Job Description

Finance
Permanent - Full Time
London, GB, W12 7FA Cardiff, GB, CF10 4GA
BBC Studios Distribution
Job Closing Date: 9/5/25

THE ROLE

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PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

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Job Reference: 23590

Band: E

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: up to 70,000 plus London Weighting and 15% bonus, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Office Base is London Television Centre or Cardiff. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working

ABOUT BBC STUDIOS

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BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.




We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet and Planet Earth III.




The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.




From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.

THE ROLE

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the Global News and Streaming Finance team within BBC Studios. The BBC is one of the world's leading international news and media organisations, and the world's most trusted international news broadcaster. Global audiences can access accurate, impartial news via BBC World News (24 hour news channel) and BBC.com, along with a broad range of insightful and in-depth features across our global streaming and podcast services.





Global News and Streaming are seeking to recruit a CP&A focused Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis. The role will report to the Senior Finance Business Partner and work closely with multiple financial and non-financial stakeholders across Studios and Public Service. The role will be pivotal to the delivery of the end to end budget and forecast, and strengthening and improving planning processes to ensure robust, accurate and efficient forecasting and reporting across World news, Global Ad Sales and Digital News and Streaming.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Lead annual and medium term planning processes (Budget and in-year forecasts) with full P&L and cash focus, working with finance colleagues and stakeholders from across commercial, digital, ad sales and operations teams, considering headcount, revenue, costs and balance sheet and accurate coding and phasing Manage the planning cycle timeline, ensuring the team is fully briefed on the forecast process to ensure it is delivered on time, meeting all project deadlines Keep up to date with actual performance against budget and use problem solving skills and initiative to proactively investigate and assess implications for full year outlook, and analyse risks and opportunities in the plan to ensure a balanced forecast Responsible for budgets and quarterly forecasts presentations, along with ad hoc management reports for senior leadership, with ability to take innovative approaches to presenting information, processes, and metrics to facilitate effective engagement with senior stakeholders. Provide regular and ad hoc reporting and analysis to the wider business to inform key decisions and activities, include ongoing monitoring of initiative performance against financial and non-financial KPIs and project cost tracking Partner with and develop and maintain excellent relationships with all relevant stakeholders, work closely with with FBP DN&S and FBP Ad Sales and A&R and be the key contact for Public Service colleagues Work with counterparts across the business to build robust and efficient data processes to improve financial processes and performance, including new process design and perform reconciliations across systems and subledgers as and when required Work with stakeholders to prepare and review business cases, investment proposals and key projects, providing relevant analysis and insight to assess financial impact Line management of two finance analysts

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

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ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent Previous experience of budgeting, business planning and forecasting including system uploads Effective interpersonal, and communication skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders. Must possess the ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex financial data to a range of audiences Ability to work collaboratively, juggling multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and tight timelines Experience of process improvement and supporting the delivery of effective financial systems and controls including complex reconciliations Experience of working with financial accounting systems and Microsoft Office suite of products UK based

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

Knowledge of and/or experience in the media/broadcasting sector

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

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We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.




The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.




BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.




As a Level 2 Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview." If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?

Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

DISCLAIMER

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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.