Recruiter: Molly Lees
Hiring Manager: Harry Forbes Griffiths
Career Grade: D
Internal Closing Date: 20th June 2025
Why this job matters?
Tower Division is startup division here at BT, with the aim to improve the commercialisation of our infrastructure. You will be flexible and ambitious, helping you to overcome the challenging nature of a startup division and recognise the exciting opportunities this creates.
Specifically, you will support the Commercial Principal building & maintaining credible forecast capabilities, identifying and driving forward new commercial opportunities, tracking and delivering on existing projects and taking decisive action at pace. You will be responsible for optimization of scarce resources such as money, time, talent, and materials. Each of these areas will require strong business partnership to underpin the transformation journey that Tower Division is on and ensure we have robust and accurate reporting and forecasting.
You will have experience in building commercial models and negotiating commercial outcomes in a telco infrastructure environment.
You will be efficient and effective in software use, enabling you to track milestones and capture data into our existing internal databases. In addition, this is an exciting time to join Tower Division as we have built a new, market leading data system that you will be an integral part of molding, alongside our data strategy and operations managers.
Skills:
Demonstrable professionalism with a proven ability to operate in a complex, fast paced matrixed business environment.
A track record of effectively influencing stakeholder requirements.
Financial modelling & reporting, with value add insights
Strong knowledge of data management tools, databases, comfortable with large data sets.
Strategic capability, commercial awareness and modelling aptitude
Collaborative approach to problem solving.
Proficient in excel, has strong written and verbal presentation skills and a keen eye for detail.
Advantageous:
Qualified accountant (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, IIA, CISA, ACT, CTA, MCT, IR Society Certificate or equivalent), or exceptionally equivalent experience.
Expertise and knowledge of the tower co. market and its evolution over time.
What you will be doing:
Building & maintaining financial models and commercial offers for customers and suppliers
Owning the forecast and budget for Tower Division making recommendations that have a tangible impact on business performance and measure & track this performance
Owns capex and opex prioritisation, financial authority on efficiency and investment programmes, as well as all internal/external commercial opportunities across the unit
Ensures reporting information is provided in a timely and accurate manner to inform strategic decision making within the unit, communicating risks & opportunities clearly across the team
Drives a data-led and insight orientated culture, ensures high quality data sets for decision making are available for the operational and other teams (e.g., on key risks, sensitivities, and opportunities to achieve targets)
Benefits:
Annual On target bonus 10% (personal and company multipliers)
BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Life Assurance
Direct share scheme
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’
Our leadership standards
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.