Finance Planning & Analysis Manager, Planning

Locations - Bristol, London or Birmingham - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home

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

As the Fiinancial Planning & Analysis Manager, Planning, you will play a pivotal role in consolidating, challenging and communicating the Consumer Financial budget and outlook. You’ll ensure the CFU sets stretching yet achievable targets that accurately measure business performance on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This role sits at the heart of financial planning, providing clarity, insight and challenge to drive informed decisions across the Consumer organisation. Effective budgeting is critical to aligning teams, engaging stakeholders and ensuring every part of the business is working towards the same shared goals.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead on the end-to-end budgeting process for Consumer, adhering to a Group timetable including preparation and submission of planning deliverables and alignment with Group Finance
• Leading on the preparation of the primary Consumer budget pack including commercial analysis, coherent drivers of trends and variances and presentation to senior management
• Lead the monthly flash process, maintaining a high degree of control over the end-to-end process and presenting to CFO and senior management
• Challenge and critique the Commercial Finance teams to ensure forecast submissions are well understood and variances to expectation can be explained
• Clearly articulate budget trends/variances, KPIs and drivers to senior management 
• Managing the submission of the annual Budget load into SAP, including subsequent Budget overlays (liaising with other LoBs and Group Finance)
• Managing the submission of the monthly Outlook load into the Value Driver Tree (VDT) planning system
• Adopt and encourage others to take a ‘SAP First’ mentality and drive better use of new tools such as SAC and AI
• Support delivery of improvements to the financial systems that drive forward the quality of our outputs

The skills you'll need

• Qualified Accountant (Essential)
• Ability to work with detailed and accurate models and data, turning large sets of data into something presentable and free of mistakes. (Essential) 
• Ability to tailor messages to relevant audiences, distilling key messages without losing appropriate detail, including senior stakeholders. (Essential) 
• Strong finance expertise across multiple activities, policies and best‑practice processes
• Strong relationship‑building, credibility and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement change

Benefits

• 10% on target bonus
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• From January 2025, equal family leave:  receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks carer’s leave
• World-class training and development opportunities
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes. 

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.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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.