Senior Finance Partner, Direct Costs & ROI

Informa Group Plc.; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person collaboration 3 days a week

Job summary

Taylor & Francis, part of Informa, seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner - Direct Costs to provide strategic financial leadership across editorial operations, marketing and production costs.

You will partner with cross-functional teams including Commercial, Technology, Operations, HR and Legal to optimise investment decisions, deliver ROI analyses and drive cost improvements in a complex publishing portfolio.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) - Essential
• Progressive finance experience, ideally in FP&A or business partnering
• Experience managing complex cost structures and marketing budgets with ROI analysis
• Track record influencing senior stakeholders and driving business performance
• Experience working in a matrix organisation

Responsibilities

• Serve as finance business partner to direct cost line leaders, providing insights and guidance.
• Own the financial planning, forecasting and reporting for direct cost centres.
• Lead annual budgeting and monthly forecasting for direct cost centres with robust cost controls.
• Develop KPIs and performance metrics including ROI, production costs and inventory turnover.
• Evaluate investment proposals for new journals, editorial initiatives, marketing campaigns, and tech investments; provide ROI assessments.
• Collaborate with Procurement and cross-functional teams to optimise supplier value and contracts.

Skills

Excel modelling

ERP systems

Power BI / Tableau

Cost accounting

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Taylor & Francis, part of Informa, seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner - Direct Costs to provide strategic financial leadership across editorial operations, marketing and production costs.

You will partner with cross-functional teams including Commercial, Technology, Operations, HR and Legal to optimise investment decisions, deliver ROI analyses and drive cost improvements in a complex publishing portfolio.