Finance Business Partner - IT & ESA

The role of Finance Business Partner is to provide outstanding business partnering support to the IT ESA directorate, being a critical friend to partners, providing valuable insight to ensure that budgets are met and understood.

Key responsibilities include:

Ensure Capex and Opex portfolio is well balanced and support project approval process.

Manage budget and financial control for IT ESA functions and analyse proposed capital, operating, and FTE expenditures, ensuring best use of scarce resources for return, including supporting approval forums.

Produce reports and analysis related to impact of budgetary decisions made within IT ESA functions

The UK’s fastest broadband network. The nation’s best-loved mobile brand. And, one of the UK's biggest companies too. 

Diverse, high performing teams - jam packed with serious talent. Together, we offer the UK more choice and better value, through our boundary-pushing, customer-championing values and ambitions. 

Together, we are Virgin Media O2, and we can't wait to see what you can do. 

Accessible, inclusive and equitable for all 

Virgin Media O2 is an equal opportunities employer, and we're working hard to remove bias and barriers for our people and candidates. So, we build equity and inclusion into everything we do, from the policies we craft to the relationships we build. We support and encourage you to be your authentic self throughout your application journey with us. 

In order to be considered, you must have the following experience;

• Professional Finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Knowledge of business case production and critique 
• Process improvement 

We'd also love you to bring;

• Management of Capex, Opex and FTE budgets 
• Project accounting experience 
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders 

Our goal is to celebrate our people, their lives and everything in-between. We strive to build a culture that empowers everyone to bring the best versions of themselves to work each and every day. We believe the most inclusive and diverse culture makes for a better business and a brighter world.

Working at Virgin Media O2, you get a bumper reward package bursting with benefits, and loads of extras you can add if you’d like to. These are crafted to support both you and your loved ones, making sure that you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.

If we feel like a place where you can belong, we'd love to learn more about you as a person and your experience to date. Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, will include an online psychometric assessment and a two stage competency based interview.

When you apply, you'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you. 

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, therefore we may bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. If you’re offered a job with us, it will be conditional, based on the passing of background checks. All roles require a criminal record check and some roles need a financial probity check. Your recruiter can provide you with more information if needed. 

Thanks for your patience and for showing a curiosity about joining the Virgin Media O2 family.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.