AddressThe Team: We are Group Finance, a key function of News UK with oversight of all areas of the business and regular direct liaison with the CFO and CEO.
Your Role: You will support the Head of Finance with principle responsibility to assist in processing and delivering regular P&L performance reporting and current year forecasting across the News UK Group portfolio to the CFO and US Head Office, combined with ad hoc analysis to support the business in making decisions.
Day to day:
Preparation and submission of weekly results to News Corp.
Assist in the preparation and analysis of weekly results to the CFO.
Understand the full P&Ls for the News UK business across Publishing and Wireless.
Assist with investigating variances in results against expectations with other finance staff.
Completion of the month end process including system and organisational assistance.
Consolidation of the News UK Group numbers and the reporting to support the sign off process.
Ensure relevant teams receive numbers at the end of each reporting cycle.
Assist in the completion of US narrative explaining variances and support the US head office with ad-hoc requests.
Assist in updating and maintaining the rolling forecast and tracking of mitigating action.
Supporting the budgeting and forecast cycles for News UK Group.
Assisting with analysis and completion of narratives for the quarter end conference call.
Ownership of monthly TLS P&L analysis.
Preparation of the quarterly TNHL Board report.
Investigate and solve any variances which arise, reconcile and investigate discrepancies.
Supporting the on-going development of reporting outputs and review process, identify and develop process improvements and investigate solutions.
What we’re looking for from you:
You need to be qualified or part qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent), with relevant experience.
Strong report writing skills, a high level of IT literacy in excel and ideally SAP and TM1.
Pro-active individual who indicates via their actions a desire to get the job done.
Experience of coordinating information involving multiple business areas with the ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external partners.
Commercially aware with strong accounting skills and attention to detail ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Tenacity and willingness to challenge at all levels.
Logical thinker and able to solve problems.
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, TalkTV 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 12 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 benefitssuch 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 we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
