Why this job matters
The Financial Control Analyst executes accounting and financial control activities for the Group/Business Unit, including financial reporting, fiscal controls, accounts payable/receivable, and preparing financial records for management and shareholders.
What You’ll Be Doing
1 - Supports the implementation of discrete process and policy changes and prepares reports specific to a unit to help ensure the financial integrity of the business2 - Delivers a range of unit / Group accounting and financial control activities, including coordinating the preparation of key reports, within prescribed guidelines3 - Analyses financial data, including past results, create financial models for decision support, identify trends and make recommendations for improvements
- Supports the identification and management of risk through regular assessment and diligent execution of controls and mitigations, raising any concerns as appropriate
- Assists in providing audit and control testing for the business
- Accesses and compiles multiple data sets from various data sources into reports and dashboards to be made available to key leaders throughout the organisation
- Supports the identification and management of risk through regular assessment and diligent execution of controls and mitigations, raising any concerns as appropriate
- Supports in the implementation of ways to improve working processes within area of responsibility and communicate issues and areas for improvement to business unit/area managers such as through supporting resolution of any data issues impacting productivity or compliance
- Keeps knowledge up to date on emerging trends and changes in accounting, reporting and financial control principles and practices, sharing with team members
About Us
BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.
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