Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

• Snr Commercial Finance Analyst
• 9 month - Day Rate Contract
• Reading | Hybrid

MBNL is jointly owned by EE and Three, two of the UK's leading and most innovative mobile operators. Established in 2007 as the industry's first network-sharing joint venture, MBNL's mission is to provide best-in-class mobile infrastructure services to EE and Three for serving their tens of millions of customers in the UK. Working at MBNL means being part of a team where you feel connected, valued, and supported.

This role sits within the Commercial Finance team working with Commercial finance manager and Head of Commercial Finance to deliver MBNL finance targets.

• To support the Commercial Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance to deliver a trusted Business Partnering relationship with stakeholders internally, across shareholder and Supplier organisations.
• Responsible for all aspects of the financial management, this may include areas such as Property, Legal, Operations and Infrastructure related projects. The role includes management & financial accounting, business partnering, decision support, reporting, contract management, budgeting and forecasting.
• The role is responsible for supporting the delivery of roadmap/strategy. From a finance perspective, the role is integral to producing the 5-year business plan, which feeds into the team level strategy

Key Responsibilities

• To be the finance subject matter expert and act as business partner.
• Responsible for production of 5-year plans, quarterly business plans and requisite analysis and presentation to shareholders.
• Understanding and pre-empting the needs of the Shareholders and answering their queries efficiently and effectively for all aspects of finance.
• Accountability and responsibility for owning month end processes for their own area as well as providing support to other team members when required. This includes preparing and posting of journals, completing balance sheet reconciliations and updating risks and initiatives.
• Work with Financial Accounting Team to produce the month end results and Financial Reporting with relevant commentary and high-quality analysis.
• Influencing a wide variety of stakeholders, including many senior stakeholders such as ELT and SMT to ensure financial targets are met, controls are not breached, and accuracy is high.
• Articulating complex financial concepts in a simplified way to make it easier for all to understand.
• Provide financial rigour to ensure delivery of towards overall delivery of Capex and Opex targets.
• Understand existing processes and implement enhancements where appropriate. Not focusing on just fixing issues but driving change where this will lead to greater ways of working and efficiency's.
• Maintain finance control environment for the business area as well as suggesting and implementing improvement plans for the business area.
• Opex and Capex management.
• Identify cost savings opportunities and drive/implement the processes needed to achieve the cost savings and help MBNL meet corporate financial targets set by shareholders.
• Working with the contract managers and procurement teams to ensure the effective financial management of contracts as well as driving cost saving initiatives
• Act as business partner and advisor for the business teams, shareholders and suppliers providing advice, support and consultancy services.
• Produce financial analysis/modelling of commercial deals and decision support.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with shareholders and vendor teams.
• Support Commercial Finance Manager in managing the budget and provide ad-hoc support to the Head of Commercial Finance and Finance Director to deliver a trusted Business Partnering relationship with stakeholders internally and across shareholder and supplier organisations.

Qualifications and Experience Needed

• Qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA accountant or similar with at least 2 years post qualified experience.
• Experience in managing senior stakeholders and significant and complex contracts
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and highly analytical
• Excellent communicator and possesses a curious mind
• Keen problem solver
• Delivers high quality work by the deadline
• Able to influence and negotiate to meet their needs
• Collaborates effectively with a wide range of stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Telco experience
• Experience of using IFS

MBNL - building strength through inclusion.

At MBNL we embrace equality, diversity, and inclusion. People are at the heart of everything we do and collectively we strive to create an environment where everyone can flourish. By fostering an inclusive environment, we are championing each other's uniqueness. Inclusion & Diversity within MBNL will unlock innovation and continue to evolve how we work, to help us deliver world class infrastructure for our Shareholders and their customers.

We will work creatively to offer flexible working arrangements, (like non-standard hours, part time, remote working). We want to support you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities.

MBNL are proud recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, and Disability Confident accredited.

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