Finance Manager - Group Reporting

News UK; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Finance Manager - Group Reporting

13 Month FTC

Finance role supporting the Head of Finance, Group Reporting. Group Finance is a key function with oversight of all areas of the business and regular direct liaison with CFO.

The principle responsibility of the role is to assist in processing and delivering regular P&L performance reporting and current year forecasting across News UK Group to the CFO, combined with ad hoc analysis to support the business, and in particular the CEO, in making decisions.

Responsibilities:

Weekly:

• Support in the preparation and analysis of weekly P&L to the CFO.
  • Understand the full P&Ls for the News UK business comprised of titles; print and digital, print operations and brand extensions as well as Wireless and TV
  • Investigate variances in results against expectations with other finance and non-finance staff
  • Feedback process improvements to all finance areas

Monthly Reporting:

• Support and co-ordination of the month end close process
• Ownership of/responsibility of PLVAR summaries and leading the monthly PLVAR meeting
• Supporting the on-going development of reporting outputs and monthly review process

Quarterly Reporting:

• Assisting with analysis and completion of narratives for the quarter end conference call
• Assisting with the co-ordination and completion of the quarter end conference call deck and investor relations questions

Forecast/Budget:

• Supporting the update and maintaining of the P&L rolling forecast and liaison with cashflow team for the preparation of the rolling cashflow forecast
• Tracking of mitigating actions following rolling forecast review
• Supporting the budgeting and forecast cycles for News UK, including:
  • Summary schedules for presentational purposes
  • Internal consistency
  • Assist in the completion of US narrative explaining variances

Other Reporting:

• Ownership of monthly savings tracker, leading update meetings with CFO and FDs
• Ownership of Regional P&L reporting and analysis
• Ownership of Group submissions for the monthly CEO Vital Info Pack
• Assist with the completion of the quarterly CEO report to the US

System:

• Identifying and developing process improvements and investigating solutions via TM1 development

Requirements:

• Qualified accountant with two to five years post qualification experience
• Pro-active individual who indicates via their actions a desire to get the job done
• Experience of coordinating information involving multiple business areas
• Proven organisational skills
• Commercially aware with strong accounting skills
• Strong report writing skills coupled with a high level of IT literacy in excel and ideally SAP and TM1
• Tenacity and willingness to challenge at all levels
• Drive and enthusiasm to develop the role and realise process efficiency
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what's required for your role.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected].