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Finance Manager, Complex Accounting Model Builder

Job Req ID: 35782

Posting Date: 4 Jul 2024

Function: Finance

Unit: Consumer

Location:

Assembly, Bristol, United Kingdom

Salary: competitive

Closing Date: 15th July

Bristol

Hybrid 3 days office, 2 days remote

About EE

We’re EE. We are the biggest mobile and broadband operator in the UK and we have a relationship in every second household in the country. But we’re for everyone, on any network – serving up new tech, new services, and heaps of inspiration for every aspect of your connected life.

We’ve been awarded the UK’s best network for the last 10 years. It’s central to our vision – to be the most personal customer-focused technology company in the UK.

That means earning a place on customers’ home screens by offering them more than ever before, whether that’s helping their home run smarter with EE Home, levelling up their play with EE Game, helping them work on their terms with EE Work, or even unleashing their kids’ learning with EE Learn.

We’re also part of BT Group, which we’re even bigger than you might think. 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 think we’ve got something special here. We want everyone to feel proud about working at EE – and feel excited about where we’re going and what we’re going to do. Want to join in?

Why this job matters

Consumer Finance accounting models align our revenue and costs with the length of our customer contracts. We have the largest volume of customers in the Group and as we pursue our key goals of being personal and winning the household, our product portfolio is growing, which is adding complexity to our accounting.

We’re looking for an experienced accountant to review our existing models, determine the right platform for the model, and to rebuild models where need. The role holder will ensure consistency in design and that models are robust enough to handle future requirements. They will also play a key role in our evolving business, working closely with finance and change colleagues to ensure that revenue recognition requirements are captured for new platforms and propositions.

What you’ll be doing

1. You’ll aid the Consumer Finance team with its plan to update and re-platform a number of complex accounting models. The existing models are currently platformed in Excel and the working assumption is that they will be transitioned to the Anaplan platform.

2. You’ll ensure the new models:

a. Are designed and built in a consistent manner where applicable.

b. Comply with our pre-defined Accounting Policies.

c. Contribute to a robust Financial Control environment and provide meaningful insight into the accounting.

3. You’ll perform actual model build work and support the model build work performed by other members of the wider Consumer Finance team, including GFSS.

4. You’ll deal with various stakeholders within Consumer Finance.

5. You’ll work with wider business stakeholders, including Digital, Consumer transformation and proposition to investigate issues and ensure that the right data sources are in place to enable our accounting models to work.

6. You’ll undertake regular model and assumption reviews and respond to ongoing business changes, such as new regulatory requirements and changes in pricing.

Leadership responsibilities

7. You’ll ensure the model build project deliveries are met by aiding with the project management of the available resources.

8. As new models are built, you’ll train and coach accounting colleagues in handover to BAU

Skills

Must have

1. A Qualified Accountant or equivalent experience.

2. Complex model building skills - from design through to development, testing and deployment.

3. Ability to create and execute plans using virtual teams.

4. Excellent organisational abilities.

5. Superb stakeholder management and communication skills.

6. A curious mindset

Would be good to have

1. Experience of Anaplan platform and Anaplan model building.

2. A basic understanding of IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 Accounting policy.

3. Experience with Consumer revenue systems

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘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.

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.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.