Finance Business Partner

The Role

Workplace: London, White City or Salford, Media City with flexible and hybrid working options

The team..

The ITV Media & Entertainment (M&E) Finance team are trusted advisors to the division in an environment that is both creative and commercially focused. Supporting the M&E Content Pillar and M&E Legal, this role partners closely with leaders responsible for investing over £1bn per year in commissions, acquired content, sport and partnerships, alongside managing significant rights and other costs. In a collaborative, fast-paced environment, the team plays a central role in shaping strategy, enabling investment and ensuring ITV continues to deliver distinctive content at scale across ITVX and its linear channels.

The role..

This 12-month FTC Finance Business Partner role sits at the heart of M&E’s Content Pillar, supporting one of the UK’s largest and most influential content investment and rights licensing portfolios. Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner (Content & Legal), the role provides financially astute insight, robust analysis and forward-looking decision support. You’ll help turn data into actionable insight, enabling intelligent investment, effective cost management and informed decision making that ultimately shape the content watched by millions every day.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Act as a proactive, trusted finance business partner to senior stakeholders across M&E Content and M&E Legal, providing clear advice on opportunities, risks and trade-offs
• Develop a strong commercial understanding of content investment, including audience metrics, ROI, deal structures, rights costs and industry dynamics
• Analyse financial and operational data to generate insight, support in-year performance delivery and inform decision making, including the use of AI where appropriate
• Build on core reporting from the FP&A Centre of Excellence to deliver high-quality management information, analysis and ad-hoc decision support
• Support budgeting, forecasting and business planning, contributing financial insight, scenario analysis and resource allocation recommendations
• Support strategic cost management by challenging cost drivers, reviewing investment cases and ensuring delivery of agreed benefits
• Monitor industry and market trends, assessing potential short, medium and long-term impacts on strategy and financial plans
• Drive continuous improvement in processes, data integrity, governance and financial control, enabling efficiency and digital transformation

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with demonstrable business-facing finance experience in a large, fast-paced organisation
• Strong engagement, presentation, and communication skills
• Proven experience in financial modelling, analysis and performance reporting
• Track record of partnering with senior stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and decision support beyond core reporting
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, attention to detail and ability to leverage benefits from working with AI

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Confident communicator who can engage, influence and present complex financial insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Commercial curiosity with the ability to quickly understand new business models, performance drivers and industry dynamics
• Analytical problem solver with the ability to turn ambiguity into structured insight and practical recommendations
• Inquisitive and forward-thinking, with a mindset focused on continuous improvement and innovation
• Credible and collaborative relationship-builder, able to work effectively across disciplines, levels and functions
• Comfortable challenging constructively while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
• Action-oriented team player who is flexible, adaptable and effective in less structured environments
• Resilient and self-motivated, able to manage competing priorities, time pressure and evolving business demands

Desirable at interview stage:

• Exposure to, or strong interest in, the media, content or creative industries
• Motivation to develop a long-term career in commercial finance and business partnering

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.