Finance Manager - Revenue & Partnerships (9 month FTC)

A key role within the Commercial Finance (CF)/Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team of C4 and specifically the dedicated Revenue & Partnerships finance team led by the SFM - Revenue & Partnerships. This team is responsible for the production, reporting, monitoring, amendments and comparative analysis of all the C4 Revenue & Partnership activities in relation to consolidated YTD performance and forward-looking projections (forecasts, budgets, strategic plans). They also support the Finance Business Partner on projects and business opportunities. This role is instrumental in spearheading ad-hoc project delivery and driving process improvement initiatives within the commercial business pillar.

Acting as a key partner to the Senior Finance Manager and business stakeholders, the Finance Manager will proactively lead and implement transformative projects that diversify revenue opportunities and optimise reporting and budgeting processes to enhance business performance. The remit includes championing innovative solutions to evolving commercial challenges, streamlining P&L and cash management processes, and embedding best practice to support the Revenue & Partnerships team's strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Working directly for the SFM on existing and new partnership opportunities of their respective business “pillar”.
• Lead on building robust financial analysis and valuation for new and existing partnership opportunities, including scenario analysis, sensitivities and return assessments across P&L, cash and KPI outcomes for multi-year partnerships.
• Translate commercial assumptions into decision-ready analysis for executive stakeholders, providing clear recommendations, risk/opportunity insight and financial challenge to support negotiations, approvals and strategic decision-making.
• Actively challenge and influence stakeholders to ensure alignment with financial objectives and drive the best outcomes for the business.
• Ownership of communication between business pillar and central FP&A function on latest project plans, ensuring alignment on consolidated R&O position and multi-year P&L and cash outlook.
• Lead the headcount management process for the business pillar, maintaining accurate reconciliations, tracking movements against plan and partnering with budget holders to ensure resource assumptions are clearly understood and reflected in forecasts.
• Modelling of headcount related projects, working with stakeholders to model financial implications of changes to headcount structure, reward strategy and other relevant changes.
• Drive process improvement across cost reporting and planning cycles, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate and strengthen controls.
• Prepare and review regular cost forecasts, analysing variances to plan, highlighting risks and opportunities for timely decision-making.
• Support the annual budget and longer-term planning process for operating costs in the business pillar.
• Leverage finance and data tools to design and maintain reporting dashboards that improve visibility of performance, streamline insight generation and provide stakeholders with timely, decision-useful information.
• Enhance forecasting models by refining data inputs, assumptions and methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting and analysis tasks.
• Drive continuous improvement across planning and reporting processes, using data-led analysis to simplify workflows.
• Support the pillar Finance Business Partner, the SFM-Group FP&A and central FP&A team, and the Director of Commercial Finance as required.
• Other responsibilities as required by the SFM-Revenue & Partnerships and the SFM of Group FP&A or Head of Commercial Finance.

Qualifications / Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA preferable) with demonstrable 3+ years FP&A related experience.
• Experience working directly with operational business executives and/or budget holders constructing strategic plans from scratch.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable with complicated and detailed Excel models.
• Strong self-starter, comfortable with ambiguous nature of project work.
• Demonstrable experience working on a complex project, appreciating governance requirements.
• Enthusiastic, diligent and self-motivated.
• Experience of challenging and influencing business stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Flexible and able to work to tight deadlines.

Salary

Basic salary per annum starting from £70,000.00.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance.
• Free Virtual GP access for employees.
• Free female health hormone test each year.
• Free Tastecard membership.
• Access to financial wellbeing resources.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Pension.
• Life assurance.
• Income protection.
• Holiday purchase.

Hybrid Working

From September 2023, C4 operates a 60/40 working pattern, equating to three office days per week.

Equal Opportunities

Channel 4 applies equal opportunity principles and does not discriminate based on disability, age, gender reassignment, gender expression, criminal history, length of time spent unemployed, marriage or civil partnership status, national origin, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Disability Confident Scheme: Channel 4 is a member of the Business Disability Forum (BDF) and maintains Level 3: Leader of the Department of Work and Pensions' Disability Confident scheme.

Care Leaver Friendly Employer: Channel 4 is a Care Leaver Friendly Employer and commits to offering an interview to care experienced applicants who meet the essential criteria. We are committed to providing disabled applicants a level playing field and offer adjustments and support. For more information, contact recruitment@channel4.co.uk.