Finance Manager – Group Reporting

Finance Manager – Group Reporting – News Corp Finance role supporting the Head of Finance, Group Reporting. Group Finance is a key function with oversight of all areas of the business and regular direct liaison with CFO. The principle responsibility of the role is to assist in processing and delivering regular P&L performance reporting and current year forecasting across News UK Group to the CFO, combined with ad hoc analysis to support the business, and in particular the CEO, in making decisions. Responsibilities: Support in the preparation and analysis of weekly P&L to the CFO. Understand the full P&Ls for the News UK business comprised of titles; print and digital, print operations and brand extensions as well as Wireless and TV. Investigate variances in results against expectations with other finance and non-finance staff. Feedback process improvements to all finance areas. Monthly Reporting: Support and co-ordination of the month end close process. Ownership of/responsibility of PLVAR summaries and leading the monthly PLVAR meeting. Supporting the on-going development of reporting outputs and monthly review process. Quarterly Reporting: Assisting with analysis and completion of narratives for the quarter end conference call. Assisting with the co-ordination and completion of the quarter end conference call deck and investor relations questions. Forecast/Budget: Supporting the update and maintaining of the P&L rolling forecast and liaison with cashflow team for the preparation of the rolling cashflow forecast. Tracking of mitigating actions following rolling forecast review. Supporting the budgeting and forecast cycles for News UK, including: Summary schedules for presentational purposes. Internal consistency. Assist in the completion of US narrative explaining variances. Other Reporting: Ownership of monthly savings tracker, leading update meetings with CFO and FDs. Ownership of Regional P&L reporting and analysis. Ownership of Group submissions for the monthly CEO Vital Info Pack. Assist with the completion of the quarterly CEO report to the US. System: Identifying and developing process improvements and investigating solutions via TM1 development. Requirements: Qualified accountant with two to five years post qualification experience. 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. At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. 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, Talk 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr