Finance Director - Media Tech and Corporate Functions Job Details | BBC

BBC; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 150 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible working

35‑hour working week

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Healthcare

Resumo da oferta

BBC Group is seeking a Finance Director for Media Tech and Corporate Functions, based in the UK. The role partners with leadership across Media Tech and Corporate Functions, providing strategic financial leadership, insight and challenge to deliver business priorities and long-term value.

As a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, you will shape strategy, evaluate investments and drive informed decision-making with high-quality financial insight, balancing strategic leadership with financial

Qualificações

• Significant senior finance leadership experience within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven ability to partner with Technology leadership teams and executive stakeholders.
• Strong track record in strategic financial planning and investment appraisal.
• Excellent analytical and commercial judgement with the ability to translate complex data into clear insights.
• Experience delivering change in matrixed organisations and building high-performing teams.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

Responsabilidades

• Act as trusted adviser to senior leaders influencing strategy, investments and priorities.
• Lead financial strategy, planning and performance across the portfolio, balancing short-term delivery with long-term value.
• Provide rigorous analysis and independent judgement on major technology investments and transformation programmes.
• Drive financial and operational performance, identifying risks, opportunities and productivity improvements.
• Ensure strong financial governance, reporting integrity and effective risk management oversight.
• Develop and lead high-performing teams across the BBC Finance function.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Finance Director - Media Tech and Corporate Functions

Job Description Job Requisition ID: 56754 Job Closing Date: Sunday 29 November 2026

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.

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.

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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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35‑hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is as important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

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Disability confident

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Use of AI: Guidance for Candidates

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We want to hear about your experiences, your skills and what motivates you. The strongest applications are the ones that reflect your own thinking, achievements and perspective. So whilst you’re welcome to use AI for support, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and tells your story.

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