Financial Analyst

Springer Nature; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational publisher is seeking a Financial Analyst on a 12-month fixed-term contract based in London. This hybrid role involves financial reporting, budgeting, and collaborating with cost centre managers. The ideal candidate is part-qualified in accounting, has excellent communication skills, and strong Excel knowledge. This position offers a chance to contribute to the financial success of a reputable company.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant with first-time passes.
• Experience within the publishing industry is desirable.
• Ability to communicate with various levels of management.

Responsibilities

• Support cost centre managers with budget submissions.
• Provide consolidated summaries of cost centre budgets.
• Quarterly cost centre review and accrual preparations.
• Estimate Adjusted Operating Profit monthly.
• Manage bonus accruals for UK entity.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong knowledge of Excel

Highly organised

High degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Proactive and takes initiative

Education

Part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)

Tools

SAP

Anaplan Workforce Planning

Job description

Job Title: Financial Analyst (12 Month Fixed Term)

Location: London – Hybrid Working Model

Organisation : Macmillan Education

Application Deadline: Wednesday 27 th August 2025

About Springer Nature

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup

About The Brand

Macmillan Education provides world-class content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats to support students, teachers and institutions in lifelong learning.

Visit macmillaneducation.com and follow @MacmillanEducation / @MacmillanELT

About The Role

The Education Management Reporting, Planning and Analysis [MRPA] team support Macmillan Education’s management with regular and ad-hoc financial information. In this 12 month maternity cover you will undertake ad-hoc and periodic (e.g. monthly, quarterly) reporting of financial data and periodic financial budgeting and forecasting working in appropriate structures for management decision making, as well as advising management on how these data are to be interpreted and what conclusion can be drawn from them.

You will be responsible for providing month-end analysis of indirect costs within the UK business, including all intra Group recharges, as well as partnering with cost centre managers in preparing accurate budgets and forecasts. Th is will also include support in presenting indirect cost budgets/forecasts to senior management and provide ad hoc analysis of indirect costs as required.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support cost centre managers with the submission of their budgets/forecasts

• Provide consolidated summaries of cost centre budgets/forecasts at departmental level and present to departmental heads for review

• Quarterly cost centre review, reporting and tracking including preparing cost centre accruals and ad hoc analysis as required

• Estimate Adjusted Operating Profit for areas of responsibility on a monthly basis and report to management

• Review marketing spend monthly and prepared accruals for year end

• Oversight of central, intercompany, head office and investment in content recharges, raising invoices when required

• Manage bonus accruals for UK entity

• FTE reporting – budget/forecast/month end

• Develop knowledge of SAP as a superuser to assist the wider team with projects and learnings

• Assist stakeholders with invoice coding queries

• Reconcile ISBN data and load into system monthly for use by wider team

• Additional ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required

Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

Essential

• Part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent preferable with first time passes)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to communication with various levels of management

• Strong knowledge of Excel

• Highly organised individual who is able to work to deadlines while juggling the demands of the business

• High degree of acc ur acy and attention to detail; able to quickly grasp complex recharging models

• Proactive and takes initiative; not afraid to ask questions and be curious

Desirable

• Experience within the publishing industry and/or working within the finance team for a large, global business

• Confident with complex systems landscapes

• Experience with SAP and/or Anaplan Workforce Planning

Springer Nature is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and wish to submit your application in an alternative format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process, please get in touch either by phone on [phone] or by email [e-mail] so we can make any necessary arrangements.

At Springer Nature we value the diversity of our teams. We recognize the many benefits of a diverse workforce with equitable opportunities for everyone. We strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles.

Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion

For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://careers.springernature.com

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Job Posting End Date:

27-08-2025