Commercial Manager

Job Req ID: 36045

Posting Date: 14 Aug 2024

Function: Property

Unit: Strategy & Change

Location:

Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom

Salary: Attractive salary & benefits

Recruiter: Carla Ballinger

Hiring Manager: John Mcguirk

Locations considered: Manchester (preferred) Birmingham, Bristol & London

Our hybrid working means in this role you are required to be in the office 3 days per week with the option of working from a place of your choice 2 days per week

Why this job matters

BT pays business rates on its offices and depots across 500 properties with payments of £50m pa. Additionally for BT’s network assets BT pays cumulo business rates of £350 pa. Property & Facilities Services (P&FS) are responsible for business rates and cumulo rates across BT Plc.

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of business rates saving opportunities across the BT estate to reduce BT’s business rates liability. The role will work with BT’s outsourced business rates partner to deliver the savings and the role will also take the lead in developing processes and procedures for forthcoming duty to notify legislation.

This is an exciting role working across both the huge BT estate portfolio and at the centre of the BT property team.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading on business rates for P&FS, working both across P&FS and the wider BT stakeholders group to capture and optimise opportunities.

• Proactively integrating business rates with all P&FS teams (strategy, projects, property management) to ensure business rates opportunities are captured.

• Leading, developing and delivering specific projects to enable business rates savings and identify a future pipeline of opportunities.

• Managing BT’s outsourced business rates partner to deliver business rates savings.

• Minimising business rates risk across the portfolio, recommending and delivering measures to minimise liability risk.

• Leading on business rates professional development for the property team to broaden knowledge of business rates opportunities.

• Compilation of Cumulo MCC data, resolution of VOA enquiries and information provision for business rates appeals.

• Leading on development and rollout of internal BT processes for to maintain compliance with duty to notify legislation.

The experience you'll need

• Knowledge of business rates including receipts & expenditure valuation methodology.

• Knowledge of BT’s regulatory accounts (RFS) and Openreach product portfolio

• Previous experience of working in regulatory and or competition finance is desirable but not essential

• Relationship management: strong relationship management skills. To build a network of stakeholders both within the property team and wider across BT Group.

• Supplier management: strong supplier management skills to manage BT’s outsourced business rates partner.

• Financial acumen: understand of company accounts and valuation of assets.

• Process development: able to design, deliver and communicate processes to a wide stakeholder audience.

The skills you’ll need

Regulatory Compliance

Business Assurance

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Business Insights

Data Analysis

Corporate Governance

Business Process Improvement

Growth Mindset

Inclusive Leadership

What’s in it for you? What are the benefits?

We work across the group with a wide range of stakeholders including many of the senior leadership teams in the business. We are committed to providing all colleagues with the right opportunities to develop their career. There will be an opportunity to learn from a diverse team, with wide ranging experience. The opportunity to make a difference is huge! You’ll get a broad understanding of all parts of BT and the experience will be valuable in any future roles.

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service

• 10% on target bonus

• Life Assurance

• Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%

• 50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans

• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages

• BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids

• Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks

• 3 volunteering days per year

• Competitive employee discount on BT/EE products

• Competitive friends and family discount on EE Mobile

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.