Job profile

Salary: £52,386 - £61,647 per annum 

Fixed Term Contract: for 12 months 

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the BFI’s Finance team on a fixed term basis for 12 months.  The Senior Financial Analyst will work on assisting the Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in producing robust financial models to support various business plans supporting managers and senior Finance Staff in the BFI. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Producing financial models for key strategic projects enabling clear and effective decision making and delivery across the BFI.  

• Supporting the Deputy Director of Finance and the Head of Operational Planning & Data Insights, as well as the relevant managers, in preparing robust financial analysis and ensuring all options appraisals and benefits analysis are well tested. With a key focus on return on investment and clear measures of success. 

• To be the lead financial role on supporting the BFI’s long term Estates Strategy; provision of robust analytical support through quality data and strong analytical processes, including the production of options appraisals. This will include our main Exhibition site on the Southbank, head office as well as incorporating the BFI National Archive and Conservation centres as part of the Screen Archive of the Future programme. 

• The creation and management of the financial model supporting the projects. Producing Green Book Compliant business cases, including multiyear, P&L’s, Cashflows and balance sheets.  

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Qualified Accountant with a minimum of two-year experience in a similar role. Example (CIMA or ACCA) 

• Financial Analysis experience. 

• The ability to present financial analysis reports to non-financially trained managers. 

• Strong Microsoft Excel and financial modelling skills. 

• Good attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy in figure work 

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

About the BFI  

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow. 

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.  

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.  

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by clicking the links to the left.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday 07 October 2024 

First interviews will be held on Tuesday, 15, Wednesday 16 or Thursday 17 October 2024