Finance Manager - 8 month FTC

Our Finance Teams: 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. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who wants exposure to the Publishing businesses (Times & Sun) within News UK across a wide variety of areas including, paid sales, subscriptions, commercial, audience, editorial, brand extensions and marketing. Day to day you will:

• Providing cover within the Team - This role is varied as members of the current team will need to test our new SAP system. This role is primarily to provide cover to these team members across a wide variety of areas and will be different week on week.
• Reporting- Weekly and Monthly reporting of relevant KPIs and costs. Whilst this role does not involve intensive month-end processes, working with our shared service centre in Peterborough you will be responsible for ensuring costs and revenue are recorded accurately. Maintain and enhance all KPI reporting, providing analysis and good understanding of any risks/opportunities identified.
• Analysis- Undertake analysis on performance weekly and monthly giving insight to Heads of Finance
• Ad Hoc -Although a short-term contract there will be ad-hoc requests to support Head of Finance and Finance Director
• Automation- Strive to drive automation through efficiencies including the use of AI
  
  Fully Qualified Accountant with a number of years PQE
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with multiple departments finance and non- finance colleagues
• Proactive, problem solving, 'can do' attitude to work with multiple stakeholders of varying finance knowledge
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships
• Media / digital marketing experience helpful, not essential
• Strong excel skills (experience with TM1 beneficial but not essential)
  
  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 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 have13 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.

Some of our benefits include:
• Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave 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%
• 25 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per year