Overview
Job Requisition ID: 28937
Job Closing Date: 14 September 2025
London, GBR, W1A 1AA
Role details
Department: Corporate Finance team, BBC Finance & Operations
Location: London Broadcasting House, with some Hybrid working
Proposed salary range: £55,000 - £62,000 (inclusive of London Weighting £5,441pa), depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract: Twelve month Fixed-term Contract, Full-time
In-house title: Finance Business Analyst
Purpose of the role
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Corporate Finance Analyst to join the BBC Group's Corporate Finance team, working across the BBC's public service and the BBC's commercial subsidiaries. The Group Corporate Finance team leads on financing, investment and transaction activities in the BBC, providing advice and execution expertise at the most senior levels in the BBC.
Why join the team
The Group Corporate Finance team leads on, contributes to and manages special projects as and when they arise across the Group.
You will be directly involved in the assessment of strategic options and commercial opportunities for the Group (where the BBC is a principal or shareholder). You will also provide support on transaction and non-transaction corporate finance valuation, negotiations and advice.
The role will be managed by Corporate Finance Managers in the team who report into the two heads of the team.
Your key responsibilities and impact
As a Corporate Finance Analyst, you will:
* Build collaborative relationships across the BBC's finance leadership, public service divisions, Group functions and commercial subsidiaries
* Act as a critical adviser to support the appraisal, challenge and resolution of key business initiatives and issues
* Provide assistance in the assurance and delivery of recommendations and solutions, based on high quality, concise and sound financial and strategic analysis
* Help to influence BBC decision-makers in the shareholder oversight of the BBC's commercial subsidiaries and solving complex pan-BBC challenges
* Work with senior colleagues in the team to help manage projects that progress the BBC's strategy, adopting a collaborative approach and co-ordinating across multiple teams
* Identify and reference external and BBC-wide knowledge of best practice in corporate finance financial analysis, ways of working or driving commercial performance (including benchmarking analysis, industry monitoring and liaising with external advisers when required)
The responsibilities above will include supporting Corporate Finance Managers across key areas, including:
* Group planning: Maintaining and analysing the long-term corporate modelling across the BBC's public and commercial activities
* Corporate finance advice: Providing corporate finance expertise across the BBC Group on the assessment, structuring and negotiation of financial transactions, investments and partnerships and managing external relationships (including updating the BBC's credit stakeholders on the BBC's covenant)
* Performance: Analysing and reviewing financial performance, especially drivers, trends, and the competitive environment, to enhance understanding thereof on the part of management, the BBC Board, regulators and external advisers
* Special projects: Working with stakeholders across the Group to participate in and manage special projects. The nature of these projects is varied but will typically include financial modelling and the ability to provide a range of scenarios
Your skills and experience
You will have some background in working in corporate finance or a closely-related discipline, advisory or in-house. A professional accounting qualification is not a requirement for this role.
Essential criteria
* A background in working in corporate finance or a closely-related discipline, advisory or in-house (such as working on financial transactions; investments; mergers and acquisitions; or financial modelling)
* Experience managing the delivery of complex projects or initiatives
Desired but not required
* Financial return, corporate valuation analysis, and/or building corporate forecasting models
* Assisting in the provision of written advice to a board-level standard
* Initial drafting of clear presentations to non-financial stakeholders, and partnering with stakeholders to challenge and test assumptions
Please note this is not a technical Business Analyst role.
Employment checks and additional information
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
This is a policy note and is not a job requirement.
Disclaimer
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. Employment screening checks apply to offers and may include references, eligibility to work checks, safeguarding and adverse media checks. Any offer is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
Redeployment and life at the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means the application will be considered alongside others at risk of redundancy.
Life at the BBC includes fair pay, flexible benefits, development opportunities, supportive working arrangements and a values-based culture. Benefits may vary for FTC roles.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging
We welcome applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy and operations. Disability confident: we are a disability confident employer. If you need adjustments for the interview process or to carry out this role, please contact us via email for reasonable adjustments.
Queries: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
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