Markets & Finance Editor, CNBC

NBCUniversal; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company based in London is seeking an experienced Markets & Finance Editor to oversee coverage of global markets and corporate finance in the EMEA region. This role involves managing a team of reporters, shaping impactful journalism, and driving audience engagement across multiple platforms. The ideal candidate has significant editorial experience in financial journalism, strong leadership skills, and an audience-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an editor in markets, banking, or financial journalism.
• Strong leadership skills with proven experience managing teams in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Deep knowledge of markets, banks, private markets, and corporate finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and inspire a team of reporters covering markets and finance.
• Drive breaking news and ensure CNBC is first with fast, accurate coverage.
• Set the agenda with strong markets and finance coverage across EMEA.

Skills

Leadership skills

Financial journalism

Editing and commissioning

Audience-driven mindset

Job description

Overview

CNBC International is seeking a driven and experienced Markets & Finance Editor to lead our coverage of global markets, banks, deals and corporate finance across the EMEA region. Based in London, this senior editorial role will manage a team of reporters, driving agenda-setting journalism that spans breaking news, scoops, and distinctive long-form stories.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and inspire a team of reporters covering markets, banks, hedge funds, private equity, and corporate finance within the EMEA region.
• Drive breaking news & scoops and ensure CNBC is first and best with fast, accurate coverage of the biggest market-moving events. Drive exclusives and original reporting that stand out in a competitive space.
• Set the agenda with strong markets and finance coverage across EMEA, identifying the stories that matter most to investors, policymakers, and executives.
• Commission and edit compelling analysis and features, with a focus on driving subscriptions and high-value content for the paywall.
• Partner with broadcast, social, and product teams to deliver cohesive, impactful coverage that resonates across CNBC’s global platforms.
• Ensure stories are conceived and executed with a clear audience focus, using data and insights to shape coverage that performs across digital, TV, and social. Play a leading role in enabling CNBC’s multi-platform strategy by aligning content for maximum reach, engagement, and subscriber growth.
• Lead the team in cultivating deep relationships with bankers, investors, regulators, and policymakers to strengthen CNBC’s reporting network in EMEA.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an editor in markets, banking, or financial journalism.
• Strong leadership skills with proven experience managing teams in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Deep knowledge of markets, banks, private markets, and corporate finance.
• Strong record of breaking news, delivering scoops, and publishing agenda-setting journalism.
• Excellent editing and commissioning skills across news, analysis, and features.
• Ability to thrive under pressure, balancing speed with accuracy and editorial authority.
• Global outlook, with sharp awareness of how EMEA markets fit into the wider financial and geopolitical landscape.
• Audience-driven mindset, with proven experience shaping content for digital and social platforms as well as TV.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.