Director, Commercial Finance

We’re looking for a Director, Commercial Finance to join our team in London, UK  As the Director, Commercial Finance, you will play a key leadership role in driving the commercial finance agenda for Liberty Global’s Corporate entity. You will lead the Commercial Finance team who support corporate functional leaders across the business to pursue cost-efficiency opportunities and explore potential avenues for commercializing services provided to operating companies, as well as growth and services businesses.

This role will manage end to end budgeting, forecasting, planning and reporting for the Corporate entity, and requires a results-driven individual who can drive commercial initiatives, operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement and financial discipline across the organization.

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ACCOUNTABILITIES Commercial Finance Lead the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis for all Corporate functions ensuring accurate and timely reporting of financial results and insights to stakeholders

Challenge stakeholders to explore cost reduction opportunities and revenue-generating avenues

Development of critical KPI metrics to track functional performance with a focus on commercialization, efficiency and cost discipline by function to support strategic pivot to advisory business

Perform detailed financial analysis, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and sensitivity analysis, translated into meaningful and actionable insights

Manage all external spend including ownership of consultancy request process, assessment and sign off before submission to CFO, Telecom and Services for approval

Develop business case-backed transformation initiatives aligned with commercial finance objectives to streamline financial planning and reporting activity and drive efficiencies

Collaborate with FP&A and other Finance teams to ensure alignment with broader finance transformation strategy and coordination of human and capital resources

Managed Service Agreement (MSA) Ownership Act as Corporate Managed Service Agreements (MSAs) owner and key point of contact for all customers and LG service providers

Responsible for the implementation and in-life management of all LG Corporate MSAsProactively identify potential revenue opportunities to implement new services with affiliate companies

Develop monitoring and reporting framework to track in-life performance of existing and new corporate service agreements

Develop performance dashboards for key corporate service agreements to facilitate customer service reviews and track in life performance of service delivery against applicable SLAsDevelop and maintain revenue performance and reporting framework by service and customer

Create and implement framework to enable contract revenue analysis and reporting by department, service line and by team Track contract expiration dates and proactively develop renewal strategy by customer

Build and maintain standard pricing models to optimise efficiency and profitability of services agreements

Continuously refine MSA processes to maximize efficiency, profitability, and long-term value for the business.

Talent Development Deputy to VP, Commercial Finance and key point of contact for CFO, Telecom and Services Act as a role model, demonstrating strong leadership, integrity, and professionalism

Build and develop the commercial finance team, fostering a positive and collaborative team environment to drive engagement and team morale

Facilitate talent moves both within Commercial Finance team and wider finance function KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Sophisticated written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Strong influencing and relationship building skills

Exceptional commercial acumen and ability to quickly get to grips with commercial drivers

Strong leadership capabilities, with proven ability to inspire and develop a high performing team Comfortable working in an agile, commercially led environment, easily able to juggle multiple priorities and adapt quickly and calmly to constant change

Track record of driving, project managing and implementing transformational change programs

Exceptional…