This role can be based in Birmingham, Bristol, London or Manchester.
Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd September 2025
Why this role matters
The role plays a significant part in ensuring the business success of UK Sales & Commercial, delivering financial planning and strategy to shape commercial decision-making that enhances sustainable profitable revenue growth across a range of products and services, on both medium and long-term horizons.
The role involves ownership of the end-to-end financial processes and strategy for Global Secure Solutions (GSS), partnering with the GSS Director to provide financial insight and guidance to support effective business strategy development, decision-making, and performance management.
You will hold the GSS Senior Leadership Team accountable to deliver sales and profit targets, using financial data and commercial insight to drive action and optimize productivity and performance—both tactically and strategically.
What you'll be doing
* Partner with the GSS Director to provide financial insight and guidance supporting effective strategy.
* Lead a large finance team, ensuring clear accountabilities and aligned priorities.
* Play a key leadership role in setting and shaping the future strategic direction of the business, translating strategy into practical solutions and daily practices.
* Oversee forecast and budget details, providing detailed feedback and insights on financial performance and risks.
* Consider risk, regulation, and uncertainty in all decisions, ensuring key risks are identified and managed in line with Group Risk Policy.
* Ensure right investment decisions are made across the business, with impacts clearly understood.
* Mentor, coach, and manage professionals to develop team capabilities and performance.
* Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting and resolve data issues impacting productivity and compliance.
Qualifications:
* Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
* Significant leadership and stakeholder experience within a highly matrixed environment.
* Experience working with commercial teams to deliver financials.
* Ability to interpret financial data into meaningful insights for decision-making.
* Willingness to voice opinions and explore innovative solutions.
* High level of analytical capability.
About us
BT Group, the world's first telco, is home to brands like BT, EE, Openreach, and Plusnet. We are at an inflection point, transforming through major digital infrastructure projects, including full fibre broadband and 5G, to revolutionize connectivity and customer experience.
We offer competitive benefits including a 15% target bonus, healthcare, car allowance, pension scheme, family leave, health support, annual leave, virtual GP, training opportunities, and share schemes.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds and flexible working arrangements.
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