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Head of FP&A
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JOB DETAILS
Job Band: F
Contract Type: Twelve-month attachment/fixed-term contract, full-time
In-House Title: Head of Finance
Department: Finance Planning & Analysis, BBC Group Finance & Operations
Location: Cardiff – Hybrid
Proposed Salary Range: e.g. £100,000 - £120,000pa depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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
This is an exciting opportunity to join the BBC Finance function at an important time for the organisation. We are the BBC’s engine for value, turning money, data and insight into better outcomes for audiences in the UK and around the world.
Reporting to the Finance Director, Financial Planning & Insight, the Head of FP&A is a key leadership role, leading the Public Service FP&A function and providing strategic leadership of financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, modelling, performance analysis and decision support.
Based in Cardiff, this 12-month fixed-term role offers the opportunity to further develop and strengthen FP&A capability at the BBC, enhancing our systems, processes and ways of working to provide better insight, support effective resource allocation and enable informed decision-making towards the BBC’s strategic priorities.
This is a high-profile and influential role at the heart of BBC decision-making. You will lead a high-performing team, work with senior leaders across the BBC and have the opportunity to make a real impact, strengthening the contribution of FP&A and how financial insight supports some of the BBC’s most important strategic and investment decisions.
Why Join the Team
The BBC’s FP&A team plays a key role in supporting one of the world’s most trusted public service broadcasters. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking finance community, working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions that matter. It’s an exciting time to join FP&A, as we strengthen our capability, making greater use of technology and productivity tools, and evolve how we work together across the wider Finance function. Expect a culture that encourages professional growth, innovation and analytical excellence.
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Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
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Lead Financial Planning and Performance
Lead the full financial planning cycle across Public Service, overseeing budgets, forecasts, medium-term plans and reforecasts to support effective decision-making and delivery of priorities. Drive financial performance insight through reporting, analysis and scenario modelling, identifying risks and opportunities while informing resource allocation and strategic choices.
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Enable Strategic Decision-Making
Provide expert financial insight, challenge and recommendations to senior leaders, supporting informed business, investment and strategic decision-making. Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, compelling insights and narratives, assessing the impact of key initiatives, policy changes and organisational priorities.
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Lead the FP&A Function
Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A function, driving continuous improvement and delivering a responsive, high quality and valued finance service across the organisation. Establish best-practice planning, forecasting and performance management processes, with clear standards and governance, improving forecasting accuracy, governance and analytical capability.
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Drive Change and Continuous Improvement
Lead improvements to the FP&A processes, systems and reporting tools, driving greater efficiency, insight and business value. Champion innovation, simplification, automation and data-led approaches, ensuring the function continues to evolve in response to business needs.
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Lead and Develop People
Lead, coach and develop a high-performing FP&A team, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture that supports individual and organisational success. Build strong partnerships across Finance and the wider business, strengthening financial planning, performance management and decision-making capability and shared accountability for results.
Your Skills And Experience
Essential Criteria:
- Significant experience leading an FP&A, business finance or commercial finance function within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrable experience driving improvements in financial planning, forecasting, reporting or analytical capability, with strong financial modelling, analytical and storytelling skills.
- Experience leading change, implementing new ways of working and delivering measurable improvements, alongside a strong track record of leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and providing constructive challenge to inform strategic and financial decision-making.
- Qualified accountant (i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) – fully qualified.
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Desirable:
- Experience implementing or developing the use of new FP&A and reporting tools to improve planning, insight and efficiency.
If you bring many of the skills and experiences we’re looking for, alongside the relevant transferrable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Close date: 11 October 2026
Note - in addition to uploading your CV, a cover letter is mandatory for this application process.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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