Finance Analyst - Corporate and Commercial

Job Description

Your team: This role will be within the Corporate and Commercial Finance team based in Peterborough. We have a large part to play in the success of our business and are responsible for all of the Management reporting for the Publishing sector of News UK, including Costs (Editorial, Marketing, Production and Overhead), Revenue (Subscriptions, Circulation and Advertising) and CapEx.

Your role: Are you looking to make an impact in a dynamic and innovative environment? We are seeking talented professionals to join us on a Fixed Term Contract to backfill our core roles during a pivotal transformation project. As we transition from our ageing SAP system to the state-of-the-art S4 HANA, our core teams will be leading this change, and we need skilled individuals to ensure business continuity and support during this period.

Day to day you will:

• Reporting - Preparation of weekly submissions and month end reporting

• Analysis - Reconciling actual spend to weekly management accounts and Forecast/Budget

• Reconciliations - Completing Balance Sheet reconciliations and monthly commentary, Investigating GRNI balances and parked/blocked invoices

• Business Partnering - Supporting the London Finance teams with ad hoc queries and meeting with stakeholders to understand drivers for variances

• Capitalisation of Fixed Assets and ad hoc support to CapEx team

• Ad hoc support to the team as needed

What we’re looking for from you:

• Qualification & Experience - AAT qualified, actively studying for ACCA/CIMA professional examinations with at least 2 years relevant work experience

• Analysis - strong analysis and data interpretation skills

• Ability to get to grips with new financial reporting systems quickly e.g. IBM Cognos/TM1 and SAP, strong excel skills

• Reporting & Compliance - ability to identify key performance indicators, adherence to reporting timetables and adoption of processes

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

We are: News UK & Ireland is a phenomenal company full of talented, dedicated, and creative people. We are an ambitious and ever growing organisation with a real passion for quality content and storytelling. Our digital and print products include some of the most powerful media brands in the world, reaching over 30 million people each week. Our brands include national newspapers - The Sun, The Times, and The Sunday Times. Radio Stations under the Wireless Group umbrella, comprising of talkSPORT, talkRADIO, Virgin Radio and several regional radio stations.

Life at News

At News UK some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We champion diversity and inclusion, 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 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women’s Steering Group.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.

In addition we also offer:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;

• 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.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.