BT Group Looking for Finance Business Partner at Gurgaon, Haryana Full Time

Job Req ID: 24681

Posting Date: 11 Oct 2023

Function: Finance

Location:
Building No 14 Sector 24 & 25A, Gurugram, India

Salary: Within Range

Strategic nature of role. Diversity/Complexity of role

• Act as a Collaborative agent to bridge the gap between Business and Finance
• Accountable for all financial performance of Cluster of accounts such as P&L, Working Capital, TLC and Capex.
• Responsible for the financial planning processes for the Cluster of accounts.
• Monthly review of sales pipeline with all Sales Directors/Client Partners
• Monthly review of bottom-up build of contract Financials with Sales team, Commercial team & finance team.
• Responsible for driving revenue, costs and cash improvement, Identification, and mitigation of risks
• Value added Finance support to Business in strategic decision makings towards New Business/ Change Controls
• Mentoring and coaching Contract accountant to understand the various drivers in the contract not limited to Sales Metrics, Product profitability, Revenue – EBIT relationship, Labour profiles, PPP initiatives.
• Actively engages within the Business Partnering Community in contribution towards the vision for Tower.
• Working with the business, to ensure all business activities are carried out in accordance with local legislative requirements and BT Policy.
• Drive reviews such as CGR, Monthly/Quarterly variances, BS, P&L and adherence of control & compliance

Decisions held

• Budget target interlock for Labour, Product financials, Procurement savings and other Inter BT arrangements including any Labour change requirements in the year.
• Planning and working with business teams towards making Strategic decisions by mitigating the risks and identifying/Drive the cost optimization areas (PPP)
• Ensures adherence to accounting policies, Compliance & Governance framework. Challenges/ Questions any exceptions
• Transaction approval as per DOA
• Challenging/ questioning the inappropriate/ wrong charge to P&L

Revenue/ Scale of role

• Varies by business unit (Revenue/GMC up to £100m)
• Manages risks and opportunities and strategic decisions of a business

Business expertise / Commercial impact

• Strong knowledge of accounting and financial standards
• Positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary, and analysis to inform decision making.
• Can directly work with Business teams to support Strategic objectives and Cost Transformation projects
• Ability to understand the changing business requirements & deliver on change management
• Strategic thinker with driving daily changing concepts to deliver vision with the ability to resolve barriers.

Stakeholders / Communication Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management required (FC/FD/CFO level)
• Ability to understand / Implement the vision provided by Senior business partners to implement the strategy for the unit.

Key Requirements

• Experience and Professional Qualifications typically degree level or equivalent
• Fully qualified accountant / Further qualification to support specialism (.e.g. CIMA, ACCA, IIA, CISA, ACT, CTA, MCT, IR Society Certificate or equivalent) or exceptionally equivalent experience in lieu of qualification
• Relevant post qualification experience
• Flexibility in working with teams operating in different time zones.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

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.

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