Commercial Finance Analyst

Finance- Permanent - Full Time- Sydney, AU, NSW 2060- BBCS Australia Pty Ltd- Job Closing Date: 11/10/2024**THE ROLE**:
**Summary**:
**Job Title**: Commercial Finance Analyst

**Location**:Sydney Office - Hybrid working available

**Reporting to**:Senior Finance Business Partner/VP Finance, ANZ

**Purpose of the role**:
The primary aim of the role is to deliver the forecasting and budgeting cycles, provide analytical review, financial modelling and business case preparation across various business units within the ANZ distribution business, and more broadly into the Global Media & Streaming division.

**Accountabilities**:

- Manage quarterly forecasts, budgets, and LRPs; ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of phasing, templates, commentary, and figures
- Develop and produce monthly financial and KPI reports that give meaningful insight into the business;
- Business case modelling and analysis on new products, events, promotions and campaigns;
- Partner with business leads to project in-year and long-term revenues; assist cost centre managers in accurately forecasting costs and planning future expenditure - across multiple business units, such as Channels & Streaming, Content Sales, Consumer Business - licensing and events;
- Market analysis of TV Broadcast, Digital, IPTV and Merchandising, Live Events and Home Entertainment sectors in Australia, NZ and the Pacific;
- Work with external partners to develop a deeper understanding of Business drivers in broadcast and retail markets and improve processes;
- Utilise and develop financial models used by the CP&A team
- Understand end-to-end business processes and systems used across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal & Operations
- Create and update business process documents;
- Understand current systems and processes to identify divisional needs and propose new systems or processes that deliver added value
- Provide advice and guidance to the business on any other commercial and contractual matters, to ensure optimum long term value for BBC Studios

**Scope & Impact**:

- Act as a finance business partner to members of the BBC Studios ANZ leadership team for a variety of finance matters
- Provide accurate financial planning and analysis, and value-add commercial support

**Relationships**:

- Regular contact with business areas through face-to-face and virtual meetings
- Regular communication with the Senior Finance Business Partner/VP Finance, ANZ of key issues and judgements on a timely basis
- Regular interaction with the other Commercial Finance Analysts of Global Markets and Global Media & Streaming, colleagues within the Actuals & Reporting team, and contacts across the Finance function of BBC Studios Distribution business to share information.
- Work closely with other regional functional teams - Legal, HR, Strategy & Insights, Comms, Tech

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- Extensive accounting skills and work experience within a commercial environment.
- Accounting experience; CA or CPA qualification highly desirable.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
- Highly developed ability to evaluate and analyse complex financial projects and provide timely, concise and accurate advice to the business.
- Ability to design, build and review financial models for significant business initiatives.
- Ability to successfully deliver results on analysis or modelling projects, working autonomously or leading a project team, within negotiated timeframes.
- Ability to build and sustain effective networks with a range of clients and stakeholders, evidenced by collaborative decisions, effective management of conflicting priorities and achievement of successful outcomes.
- Ability to use an effective range of verbal and written communication skills to negotiate with and positively influence outcomes, clients and stakeholders and formally brief appropriate stakeholders.
- Customer service focus.
- Drive and enthusiasm, and a desire to assist the business in achieving an ambitious growth strategy.
- Experience using accounting software packages; SAP (S4 and BPC) desirable.

**Education**:

- Degree qualified in Finance, Business, statistics or similar discipline

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