Junior Finance Manager

News UK

Job title:

Junior Finance Manager

Company

News UK

Job description

Junior Finance ManagerLocation:PeterboroughDepartment:FinanceSalary Details:Not SpecifiedAdvertising End Date:11 Aug 2024Job DescriptionPlease note this role is advertised on a 14 Month FTC.Your role:We are seeking a Junior Finance Manager to join our News Broadcasting Finance Team in Peterborough, reporting directly to the Head of Finance for Broadcasting. As a member of this team, your primary responsibilities will revolve around management accounting and business partnering for three business units within News Broadcasting. This role specifically focuses on the Talk brand, Piers Morgan Uncensored and News Studios which is an internal business producing TV and video for The Sun, The Times and talkSPORT.Our Finance Team: Our Finance team has a large part to play in the success of our business. We are based across a few locations, but operate as one team, and work together to create a positive, productive and highly efficient finance department within News UK.Day to day you will:

  • Weekly P&L reporting, ensuring accuracy and efficiency

Monthly calculation and management of accruals and prepaymentsTimely preparation of Management Accounts, including trend analysis and performance reportingConducting monthly meetings with key stakeholdersEffective balance sheet management, including reconciliations and bad debt monitoringHeadcount reporting for informed decision-makingBudget and long-range plan (LRP) preparation and submission for three business unitsRegular forecasting, including weekly rolling updatesActive involvement in improving reporting processesProviding finance and decision support to business stakeholdersDeveloping business cases for new products/revenue streamsEnsuring the delivery of high-quality financial and management information and reports, complying with reporting needs and accounting policiesAssisting the Head of Finance with ad hoc requestsServing as the primary contact for all annual audit queriesSome travel to the London office required.What we’re looking for from you:

  • ACCA/CIMA qualification with relevant work experience

Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, supported by system proficiency (including Excel)Experience in compiling budgets and forecastsSolid commercial awareness coupled with strong accounting abilitiesAbility to work independently, taking initiative when neededExperience with TM1/SAP is beneficialWillingness to challenge existing practices and drive positive changeProactive approach, demonstrating dedication to completing tasksStrong relationship-building skills with both internal and external stakeholdersCollaborative team player, motivated to achieve common goalsWe are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must-listens for millions across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good withVirgin Radio- home to Chris Evans at Breakfast and Graham Norton at the weekend.talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans. Launched in June 2020 Times Radio brings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including John Pienaar, Aasmah Mir and Michael Portillo.Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat – they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.We championdiversity and inclusion (https://www.news.co.uk/diversity-and-inclusion-at-news-uk/) , we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting theHealth and Wellbeingof our staff. Some of what we offer includes:

  • A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

25 daysholidayand up to 4volunteeringdays per year;Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks;Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.Private medical insurancecovering pre-existing conditionsDiscounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes‘Bikes for Work’schemeAccess towellbeing benefitssuch as physio/massage and counsellingWe want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require anyreasonable adjustmentsduring the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.

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Location

Peterborough

Job date

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 04:33:53 GMT

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