Job Description
Job Description
Our Vision: Continue to be the leading UK mobile infrastructure services company.
Our Mission: To be famous for excellence in delivery, embracing transformation with our people and our customers at its heart.
We are at an exciting time in our company’s development. We've come a long way since we were first formed in 2012. From the rollout of new technologies and managing complex legislation affecting the industry, we are leading the conversation on innovation and developing sharper solutions to serve our customers better. We collaborate as a team to meet the high standards expected of us and demand the best of ourselves through our values.
About the Role
The Commercial Finance Business Partner with be responsible for partnering our Customer Account Managers and Delivery teams using high quality insight and analysis to influence and drive future performance. Alongside supporting Customer Account Managers on commercial and contractual discussions by providing financial modelling and analysis to support negotiations.
Also supporting a new Delivery PMO function in the business, the initial focus will be on defining and agreeing metrics to measure order benefit and delivery performance then reporting and embedding them into business decisions. Identifying opportunities to drive performance, improve margin and mitigate risk.
The role requires strong analysis and business partnering skills to support, influence and challenge the business as a key contributor and collaborator. Alongside strong financial leadership, clarity of commercial analysis and the ability to own and drive activities to a successful conclusion.
Key Responsibilities
- Use sound commercial acumen with the ability to translate commercial discussions into financial models alongside having the gravitas to influence strategic decisions.
- Understand contractual terms, commitments and commercial drivers to ensure positive commercial outcomes.
- Influence, coach and challenge the budget holders in understanding their results and key drivers to improve performance.
- Develop a series of metrics to support and influence order delivery prioritization. (Inc Revenue, Capex, Resource, Cashflow)
- Analyse orders to support and influence business decisions on whether to pass-through, re-negotiate or reject. Create financial modelling to support.
- Develop insight and analysis to measure and challenge delivery performance and identify opportunities
- Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills all levels
- Strong business partnering experience with the ability to influence business development teams to drive positive commercial outcomes
- Significant experience in managing ambiguity in a financial environment with strong evaluation and decision-making skills
- Excellent technical Financial and Accounting knowledge and application of that knowledge in a complex and commercial environment.
- Understanding of complex contractual terms used in a commercial environment
- Understanding of operational finance process and control
- Educated to degree level with Professional accountancy qualification (eg. ACA/ACCA/CIMA). +2yrs PQE experience
- Dynamic and able to deal with multiple priorities alongside continual change
- Ability to manage relationships with Senior Leadership Team, operational management, suppliers, and external advisors
- Making an impact and using strong influencing skills with colleagues
- Able to think forward to anticipate issues before they arise
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
What we offer
- Competitive salary and an excellent bonus structure
- 30 days holiday
- Competitive pension scheme
- Hybrid working
- Life insurance
- Cycle to Work
- Retail Discount
- Competitive refer a friend scheme
- Private Healthcare Insurance
Cornerstone was established in 2012 as a joint venture between Vodafone and Telefonica to consolidate their mobile network infrastructure into a single grid, thereby enabling ongoing efficiencies in network design, build and operations. We are now the leading UK mobile infrastructure services provider with over 15,000 sites owned and operated in the UK, with a further 5000 third party sites managed on behalf of our two main customers. Cornerstone generates in excess of £380m of revenue and £140m of EBITDA annually and has an estimated market cap of in excess of £3bn. Vantage Towers and VMO2 are the principal Shareholders.
If this role is of interest to you and you would like to find out more, please do apply with an up to date version of your CV.