MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Capex – Invest-to-Value Leadership

• Sit on Tier-1 capital programmes as the finance lead, working the project managers to shape; scope, phasing and delivery to maximise NPV/IRR and payback; provide robust gate reviews and decision packs.
• Own the Capex portfolio budget, forecast and cashflow phasing; challenge assumptions, run scenario/sensitivity analysis, and recommend trade-offs.
• Assist the development of and pressure-test business cases (driver-based, should-cost, risk-adjusted), ensuring clear KPIs and benefits owners.
• Drive benefits realisation: complete post-implementation reviews for all Tier-1 projects, quantify benefits vs business case, and hold owners to account with recovery plans where needed.
• Lead month-end Capex accounting (WIP, capitalisation/commissioning, impairments), ensuring ledger and fixed asset register integrity and timely close.

Opex – Cost Leadership & Contract Optimisation

• Take ownership of designated OpEx lines (e.g., IT, rents, management fees): deliver accurate month-end (accruals, prepayments, reclasses), budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Run cross-functional spend reviews; produce trend and unit-cost analysis by supplier/category to surface leakage, duplication and optimisation opportunities.
• Partner with Procurement to prioritise key suppliers; support negotiations (volumes, indexation, SLAs, service credits), support RFPs/consolidation, and quantify savings with clear baselines.

Performance, Analytics & Automation

• Generate ad hoc reporting/dashboards for Capex/OpEx performance, supplier concentration, savings pipeline, and benefits realisation; enable one source of truth.
• Maintain clear bridges & variance analysis (PY Budget Forecast Actuals) and run scenario/what-if analysis to inform prioritisation and risk management.

Business Partnering & Influence

• Act as a proactive finance business partner to project managers and operational leaders; challenge constructively, translate data into actions, and influence senior stakeholders (incl. ExCo).
• Lead monthly performance reviews with action logs, owners and deadlines; track delivery of cost optimisations and project benefits.

Reporting, Controls & Governance

• Deliver timely, accurate submissions to Group via HFM, with clear variance commentary and forward-looking insights.
• Maintain strong financial governance across Capex and OpEx cycles (policies for capitalisation & accruals); ensure audit readiness and respond to external audit requirements.
• Own the Capex pipeline, benefits register and savings tracker with audit-ready documentation and evidence.
• Various other duties, including project based work, as assigned by the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

In addition, the person will be required to

• Understand and comply with the licence and other regulatory rules applying to the position.
• Understand and comply with the Data Protection Law as it relates to the position
• Understand and comply with the Health and Safety responsibilities relevant to the role as defined in the Sure Safety Policy
• Work in accordance with the safety procedures and safe working policies of Sure
• Undertake appropriate security awareness training covering information security, data protection, financial crime and payment card data and comply with their information security responsibilities. This awareness training includes understanding of the incident reporting process to be followed in the event of the employee suspecting, causing, or discovering an information security incident.

Due to the nature of this position, the postholder must hold a satisfactory Basic Police Disclosure. All disclosures of a criminal background are treated with the strictest confidence and checks will only be made in connection with suitability for a post and for no other purpose.

Convictions likely to be considered relevant to this post include dishonesty and those indicating a breach of trust, due to the security requirements of the role.

Please note that disclosure of a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from employment in this post – this will depend on the nature of the offence/s and the circumstances surrounding it/them.

THE WAY WE DO THINGS

• We work together as One Team,
• We strive for Customer Satisfaction,
• We are Reliable,
• We have a Passion for Technology & Learning
• We are Community & Sustainability Focused

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

Essentials

• A professional accounting qualification and membership of a recognised professional accounting body or working towards an accounting qualification with significant hands on accounting experience
• High level of systems, IT and Excel skills
• Strong project/time management skills
• Self-motivated and well organised
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to analyse situations effectively and proactively provide solutions
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present financial information to non-financial persons and consider business implications
• Energy and enthusiasm with good leadership skills
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

Desirable

• Experience working in telecoms or technology sector
• Exposure to VBA, SQL and a variety of accounting packages
• Experience of accounting within a commercial environment