Finance Analyst in London, United Kingdom

Finance Analyst

Location:

London

Department:

Finance

Salary Details:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

11 Aug 2024

Job Description

Finance Analyst – Group Finance & Technology

The role:

Analyst role supporting the Group Finance team across Reporting, Strategy &Technology.Group Finance is a key function with oversight of all areas of the business andregular direct liaison with the CFO.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with ad-hoc projects across Group Reporting, Strategy Finance & Technology such as:

• Review and update of US reporting templates

• Process and workbook review & improvements

• Group platform and video reporting

• Strategy deck and Dec LRP support

• Tech capex analysis, reporting and TM1 implementation

• Additional testing support for S4 / TM1

• Providing emergency cover for analyst and Finance Managers

Additional Requirements:

• Qualified accountant

• Pro-active individual who indicates via their actions a desire to get the job done

• Experience of coordinating information involving multiple business areas

• Proven organisational skills

• Commercially aware with strong accounting skills

• Strong report writing skills coupled with a high level of IT literacy in excel and ideally SAP and TM1

• Tenacity and willingness to challenge at all levels

• Drive and enthusiasm to develop the role and realise process efficiency

• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

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 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 ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , 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 have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insuranceincluding 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 towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 30 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected] .