Finance Manager - Corporate & Operations

Channel 4; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Channel 4 is seeking a Finance Manager for their Corporate & Operations team in London. This role involves leading management accounting, budgeting, and forecasting while managing stakeholder relationships and a small team. The successful candidate will have a financial qualification and experience in a similar role, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to support business decisions.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Free Virtual GP access

Discounted Gym memberships

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Holiday Purchase

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-qualified management accounting experience.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in managing consolidated management accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated YTD management accounts for Corporate & Operations.
• Oversee periodic reporting for management accounts team.
• Manage and mentor a team of three.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Team player

Stakeholder management

Education

Financial qualification

Tools

Oracle

Workday

Excel

Word

Powerpoint

Job description

Finance Manager - Corporate & Operations

Vacancy Name
Finance Manager - Corporate & Operations

Vacancy No
VN2393

Location City
London

Location Country
United Kingdom

Job Description

Job Title: Finance Manager - Corporate & Operations
Reports to: Senior Finance Manager - Group Accounting
Department: Finance (Group Accounting)
Location: London
Job Grade: M

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The Group Reporting team is responsible for producing, analysing, reporting, and presenting the periodic operating performance of the C4 organisation. This includes financials such as P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash, Capex, KPIs (both financial and non-financial), and comparative performance analysis.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is crucial within the Group Reporting team, leading the periodic management accounting, budgeting, and forecasting for C4's Corporate & Operations business units. These business units encompass teams like Legal & Corporate Affairs, Executive, Strategy, Finance, People, and Workspace.

Specifically, the role reports to and supports the SFM-Group Accounting, consolidating and reporting all periodic management accounting requirements across all close periods (month, quarter, YTD, and FY).

It involves managing and maintaining data and reporting in line with internal controls, policies, and processes, as well as developing financial systems and reporting tools to enhance understanding of C4's operating performance.

It will also manage multiple stakeholder relationships across the Corporate and Operations business units and lead them through our periodic reporting, and in collaboration with our FP&A team, lead them through our forecasting and budgeting cycles.

Additionally, the role leads the management accounts team, acting as a dedicated conduit for corporate and operations stakeholders regarding YTD actual performance and forecast.

This includes helping stakeholders track, understand, and manage their budgets and performance for improved forecasts, integrating feedback and changes into reporting and analysis, influencing and supporting budget holders to deliver operational performance and reporting, and communicating information upwards.

The role also involves directly managing a team of three, including an MA, AMA, and apprentice, providing leadership, strategy, guidance, skills, and knowledge as required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Support

• Lead the consolidated YTD management accounts for the Corporate & Operations business units.
• Lead the forecast, budget and 3YP collaboration between business unit stakeholders and the C4 FP&A team.
• Be a key point of contact for Corporate & Operations stakeholders for periodic and forecasting reporting.
• Collaborate with Head of Group Accounting, SFM-Group Accounting, Group FC, FP&A team, and CFO.
• Ensure seamless periodic management account consolidation.
• Deliver accurate, timely, and comprehensive reporting packs to support performance understanding.
• Help FP&A team and Finance Business Partners understand consolidated financial performance.
• Maintain good relationships with business budget holders to inform performance and decision-making.
• Mentor team members (MA, AMA & Apprentice) to better understand their roles and performance.

Management Information & Reporting

• Oversee periodic reporting timetable and deliverables for the Corporate & Operations management accounts team.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of monthly, quarterly, annual accounts, and related reports.
• Review and approve reporting packs and narratives.
• Guide and review work performed by Management Accountant, Assistant Management Accountant and apprentices ensuring accuracy across all areas.
• Review monthly management reports with FP&A team & business partners.
• Maintain relationships with external auditors.

Team Support

• Lead and develop the dedicated Corporate & Operations management accounts team
• Support the Head of Group Reporting and SFM - Group Reporting in relation to all areas of the operational management accounts, including year-end related audits and statutory accounts compilation.
• Work with the external auditors on all related processes and reporting
• Work with the Internal Audit team on controls, efficiency, reporting and related projects

Other

• Assist on improvements and development of the finance system(s), leading on the elements in relation to Corporate and Operaions
• Provide ad-hoc support for the Head of Group Reporting & SFM-Group Reporting & Group Financial Controller as required

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Qualifications / Experience

• Financial qualification with 3+ years relevant, post qualified management accounting experience
• Demonstrate experience of managing multiple stakeholders through reporting, forecasting and budgeting cycles.
• Demonstrable experience of managing consolidated management accounts teams and processes in relatively large and/or complex organisations
• Experience of recognised financial information system, preferably Oracle and Workday
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and able to adapt style to different stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel Skills and intermediate Word / Powerpoint
• Enthusiastic and self motivated team player
• Excellent attention to detail
• Flexible and able to work to tight deadlines
• Demonstrable ability to improve / give valuable contribution to improvement in systems and processes
• High levels of personal credibility, professionalism and ethical standards
• Self-starter with ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Be committed to and aligned with the Channel 4 remit

Hybrid working

From September 2023 employees will be working minimum 3 days per week in their office location. The other 2 days should be working from home. This is to create more time for collaboration, creativity, learning and feedback. We also have a working from another location policy for up to 10 days. This pattern is subject to future changes which would be communicated in advance to provide employees with adequate notice of any change. If you need any additional support or workplace adjustments upon joining, please speak with your manager or our workplace disability lead.

Basic salary per annum starting from
£70,000.00

Application questions to complete

Please remember to complete the additional application questions by uploading a Word or PDF attachment. These questions really help us get to know you better and we won't be able to consider your application without them.

Please outline how you meet the 'Essential Experience & Skills' outlined in the Job Description (Max 500 words)

Benefits
There are a million reasons why it's great to work at Channel 4, here are just a few of the perks for you;
• Private medical insurance
• Free Virtual GP access for employees
• Free Female Health hormone test each year
• Free Tastecard membership
• Financial guidance 1-2-1's available each quarter
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Holiday Purchase

Hybrid working
From September 2023, C4 has operated a 60/40 working pattern, equating to three office days per week.
Having everyone in the office three days a week gives us more opportunity to build our high performing, inclusive culture; to collaborate and to learn and share with each other, as well as helping to coordinate a regular pattern of home and office working days. Employees then have the flexibility to decide where they spend the rest of the working week. All our offices are open five days a week.

Applications Close Date
02 Jun 2025

Equal Opportunities
Channel 4's purpose is to create change through entertainment; by representing unheard voices, challenging with purpose and delivering content which reflects the diversity of different communities across the UK.

We are only able to deliver on this remit by having a workforce rich in diversity of thought, background and lived experience. As an employer we encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on disability, age, gender reassignment, gender expression, criminal history, length of time spent unemployed, marriage or civil partnership status, national origin, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Disability Confident Scheme:
Channel 4 is a member of the Business Disability Forum (BDF) and has also maintained the highest level of the Department of Work and Pension's Disability Confident scheme - Level 3: Leader. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, we aim to offer an interview to all candidates who have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and who meet the essential criteria for an advertised job. If you wish your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please select yes when completing the application questions. For more information, please visit the Disability Confident Campaign website.

For our roles and schemes that receive a high volume of applications it may not be possible to provide an interview to all applicants who meet the essential criteria and in this situation we can only select applications that best meet the skills needed for the role.

Care Leaver Friendly Employer:
Channel 4 is a Care Leaver Friendly Employer. By signing the Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter and adopting its principles, we are supporting an immensely talented yet often under-served and under-represented community of young people/ adults. We commit to offering an interview (and constructive feedback) to applicants who identify as care experienced and meet the essential criteria for the role as outlined on the job description. Applicants should indicate if they wish to apply under our Care Leaver Scheme by selecting the option on the application form.

For our roles and schemes that receive a high volume of applications it may not be possible to provide an interview to all applicants who meet the essential criteria and in this situation we can only select applications that best meet the skills needed for the role.

Workplace Adjustments:
We are committed to providing disabled applicants a level playing field when applying for a job and support whilst employed to perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers. If you have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and require any adjustments, additional support or alternative arrangements during the recruitment and wish to discuss this confidentially, please let us know via the following e-mail [e-mail]