What you’ll be doing
1. Lead on the end-to-end budgeting process for Consumer, adhering to a Group timetable including preparation and submission of planning deliverables and alignment with Group Finance
2. Leading on the preparation of the primary Consumer budget pack including commercial analysis, coherent drivers of trends and variances and presentation to senior management
3. Lead the monthly flash process, maintaining a high degree of control over the end-to-end process and presenting to CFO and senior management
4. Challenge and critique the Commercial Finance teams to ensure forecast submissions are well understood and variances to expectation can be explained
5. Clearly articulate budget trends/variances, KPIs and drivers to senior management
6. Managing the submission of the annual Budget load into SAP, including subsequent Budget overlays (liaising with other LoBs and Group Finance)
7. Managing the submission of the monthly Outlook load into the Value Driver Tree (VDT) planning system
8. Adopt and encourage others to take a ‘SAP First’ mentality and drive better use of new tools such as SAC and AI
9. Support delivery of improvements to the financial systems that drive forward the quality of our outputs
The skills you'll need
10. Qualified Accountant (Essential)
11. Ability to work with detailed and accurate models and data, turning large sets of data into something presentable and free of mistakes. (Essential)
12. Ability to tailor messages to relevant audiences, distilling key messages without losing appropriate detail, including senior stakeholders. (Essential)
13. Strong finance expertise across multiple activities, policies and best‑practice processes
14. Strong relationship‑building, credibility and stakeholder engagement
15. Demonstrated ability to lead and implement change
Benefits
16. 10% on target bonus
17. BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
18. From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
19. Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
20. 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
21. 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
22. 2 weeks carer’s leave
23. World-class training and development opportunities
24. Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
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.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’ We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development. A FEW POINTS TO NOTE: Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch. We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us. DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT? Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.