Finance Analyst, Subscriptions

Condé Nast Germany; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Finance Analyst in New York to join the US Revenue Finance team. You will partner with functional leads, review journal submissions, and develop financial models to forecast risks and opportunities. You will lead data architecture and automate reporting using Power Query, SQL, and Google Apps Script.

You will collaborate across markets, Corp FP&A, and the Bangalore Centers of Excellence to drive revenue growth and provide leadership with actionable insights.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years post qualified or QBE (qualified by experience).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, willing and able to challenge key stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, comfortable with handling a lot of complex data sets and delivering quality outputs with minimal review required.
• Commercial mindset, goes deeper to understand the numbers and can ‘tell the story’ about business performance effectively.
• Great team player, able to pitch in where required, flexible and adaptable.
• Works well under pressure, prioritises effectively and takes ownership of deliverables.
• Proficient user of G-suite, Microsoft Excel, Power Query, SQL, and Google Apps Scripts
• Comfortable with change, can use judgement and a problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director to provide ongoing business partnering support to functional leads (including advertising, commerce, subs, etc).
• Review and analyze journal submissions prepared by the Center of Excellence for the US Market monthly close.
• Develop, maintain, and own Financial Models to forecast future risks and opportunities.
• Serve as data architecture lead by utilizing power query and other data automation tools to join multiple data sources into one cohesive database for analysis.
• Assist in automating reporting by using Google Apps Script and SQL to streamline manual tasks and processes.
• Develop a relationship and work in partnership with the business partnering team to ensure all reporting needs are met.
• Support Associate Director to answer time-sensitive questions from the Finance Leadership team and other ad-hoc requests.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial mindset

Team player

Under pressure

Problem solving

Attention to detail

G-Suite

Microsoft Excel

Power Query

SQL

Google Apps Script

Education

Experience: 2+ years

Tools

Power Query

SQL

Google Apps Script

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Condé Nast is one of the world’s most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today’s most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company’s owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company’s award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

The company is headquartered in London and New York, and operates in 32 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local license partners across the globe.

Position Overview

The Finance Analyst is a key member of the US Revenue Finance team, which is responsible for managing the US Conde Nast reporting, analysis, forecasting, and P&L management to help deliver the company’s financial targets. The team is based in the US and we work closely with all functions, all markets, Corp FP&A, as well as Bangalore Centers of Excellence. Our work is absolutely critical to the business as we help to support and drive revenue growth, and provide the finance leadership team with the insightand information needed to manage company performance.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Support the Director to provide ongoing business partnering support to functional leads (including advertising, commerce, subs, etc), developing a deep understanding of the key drivers and business challenges, and forging close working relationships with the leads and teams that support them.
• Review and analyze journal submissions prepared by the Center of Excellence for the US Market monthly close.
• Develop, maintain, and own Financial Models to forecast future risks and opportunities.
• Serve as data architecture lead by utilising power query and other data automation tools to join our multiple data sources into one cohesive database to be used for analysis.
• Assist in automating reporting by using google apps scripts and SQL to streamline otherwise manual tasks and processes.
• Develop a relationship, and work in partnership with the business partnering team to ensure all reporting needs are met.
• Support Associate Director to answer time-sensitive questions from the Finance Leadership team, as well as any other time sensitive ad-hoc requests.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

• At least +2 years post qualified or QBE (qualified by experience)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, willing and able to challenge key stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, comfortable with handling a lot of complex data sets and delivering quality outputs with minimal review required.
• Commercial mindset, goes deeper to understand the numbers and can ‘tell the story’ about business performance effectively
• Great team player, able to pitch in where required, flexible and adaptable
• Works well under pressure, prioritises effectively and takes ownership of deliverables
• Proficient user of G-suite, Microsoft Excel, Power Query, SQL, and Google Apps Scripts
• Comfortable with change, can use judgement and a problem solver
• Range: $70,000-$85,000

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.