Finance Director - Media Tech and Corporate Functions

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: SL CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent DEPARTMENT: Group Finance and Operations LOCATION: Flexible (UK)

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Finance Director, you will partner with the leadership teams across Media Tech, as well as a number of Corporate Functions including HR, Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Strategy & Transformation, providing strategic financial leadership, insight and challenge to support the delivery of business priorities and long-term value.

Acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, you will help shape strategy, evaluate investment opportunities and drive informed decision-making through high-quality financial insight and independent judgement. Balancing strategic leadership with strong financial stewardship, you will ensure resources are deployed effectively, performance is optimised and sustainable value is delivered.

Beyond your functional portfolio, you will play an active role in the wider Finance leadership community, collaborating across the BBC to support enterprise-wide priorities, strengthen financial capability and contribute to the organisation's long-term sustainability and success. YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders across Media Tech and Corporate Functions, influencing strategy, investment decisions and business priorities through insightful financial leadership and challenge.

• Lead the financial strategy, planning and performance agenda across your portfolio, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability, affordability and value creation.

• Provide rigorous analysis and independent judgement on major technology investments, transformation programmes and strategic initiatives, ensuring resources are directed towards opportunities that deliver the greatest organisational impact.

• Drive financial and operational performance across the portfolio, identifying risks, opportunities and productivity improvements while supporting the delivery of divisional and BBC-wide objectives.

• Ensure strong financial stewardship, governance and control, safeguarding the integrity of financial reporting and maintaining effective oversight of expenditure, compliance and risk management.

• Develop high-performing teams and build organisational capability, while contributing to the leadership and continuous improvement of the wider BBC Finance function.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

We're looking for a strategic and commercially minded finance leader who combines strong technical credibility with the ability to influence, challenge and inspire at the most senior levels. You will bring:

• Significant senior finance leadership experience within a large, complex organisation, including demonstrable experience partnering with Technology leadership teams.

• A strong track record of working with Executive leaders to shape strategy, drive performance and support major investment and business decisions.

• Experience evaluating complex technology investments, transformation programmes and strategic initiatives, with strong commercial and analytical judgement.

• Demonstrated success leading organisational change, developing high-performing teams and delivering results in complex, matrixed environments.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear, compelling and actionable insight.

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

• An understanding of public value, value-for-money principles and the governance, regulatory and commercial considerations that shape decision-making within large and complex organisations.

• Experience supporting Corporate Functions such as HR, Finance, Corporate Affairs and/or Strategy & Transformation would be advantageous, although we recognise that candidates may bring transferable experience from other complex business functions.

Being a leader at the BBC means putting the organisation’s interest, goals and values first, ahead of individual team or function needs. The characteristics of an enterprise leader are: Focuses on outcomes over activity, adapts quickly, and simplifies complexity. They balance short-term actions with long-term impact, take full accountability for actions and decision-making, and prioritise capability development to create teams fit for the future.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.