CNO Financial Reporting Manager

• Manage Financial Reporting and governance for CNO, to meet requirements from project to investment level
• Drive innovative plans, industry best practice and tooling to automate and optimise Financial project, programme and portfolio reporting data outputs and tools.
• Define, design and manage frameworks, policies, processes, procedures and reports to drive improvements across Financial governance controls.

• Working for the Head of Governance and Planning, you will have line management for the Finance Programme Analyst function – approximately 2-5 people.
• Manage Financial Reporting and governance for CNO, This will include (not limited to)

• Monthly financial performance reporting including budget cuts, analysis, re-forecasting.
• Running the reporting and governance of the quarterly forecasting cycle and the multi year planning cycles.
• Lead and deliver company-wide activities such as annual and quarterly planning, TowerCo governance reporting, finance and spend management processes and reporting, trending analysis, and financial change management. Strong cooperation and interworking with Finance Dept.
• Drive the portfolio to ensure financial risks, dependencies and planning is documented across CNO and actions are mapped, owned and tracked.
• Summary reporting analysis of key governance activities and the impact this has on the portfolio: not limited to GRNI tracking, Capex Drawdown, Project cost model analysis, investment approvals.

• Drive innovative plans, industry best practice and tooling to automate and optimise project and programme reporting data and tools.
• Implement and drive new methods, tools, templates & guidance for project and programme delivery into BAU governance.
• Work with the Head of to produce adhoc reporting to support business needs.

• Experience of rolling out automated analytical tools and migration to data focused analytics.
• Strong people skills, able to collaborate at most levels of the business and display effective influencing and communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability
• Previous experience of leading within a large PMO team.
• Proactive and can-do attitude and committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to prioritise workload, delegate where appropriate and ensure expectations are set and commitments met.
• Drive for change – actively seeking out opportunities to do more but smarter.
• Take the initiative/leadership engaging within the CNO team and across the matrix organisation to achieve the goals and ensure continuous improvement
• Telco business understanding
• Proven stakeholder management at all levels: providing service to internal or external stakeholders to achieve successful programme and project outcomes
• Experience in the creation, deployment, and management of process, tools and frameworks to deliver change and reporting on delivery / financials data.
• Preferred experience of Planning and RAID across Programmes

• Competitive annual salary, car cash allowance, a performance based annual bonus & an additional 'flexible allowance' to spend on additional benefits, topping up your pension, or to be added to your salary.
• Hybrid working between your home (2-3 days a week) and our brand new Reading HQ office at Green Park (2-3 days a week)
• 28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 3 personal days annually, which increases with length of service
• Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Free mobile phone package & unlimited sim-card
• Free on-site car parking (including electric!)
• Plus lots more including well-being and learning & development benefits!

Salary range for this role start's at £53,760, and exact salary will differ by job and experience

Our people make us who we are. We’re a diverse and inclusive bunch, and it’s important you can feel you belong here. We value everybody for who they are and what they bring to the table, supporting one another as we continue to deliver for our customers.
At Three we have a hybrid working arrangement in place as standard for office based employees, where employees work from a mix of office based location and working from their home in the UK to carry on their role.
Excluding retail, core hours at Three are between 10:00 and 16:00, with operating hours between 08:00 & 18:30. This allows employees to have a start time between 08:00 and 10:00 and finish time between 16:00 and 18:30.