FP&A and Revenue Analyst in London

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a part-qualified accountant to join our finance team in London, supporting the Head of FP&A and the Senior Finance Manager - Revenue and Commercial. In this role you will gain exposure to financial analysis and preparation of board decks, month end/year end revenue reporting, business partnering and working with internal stakeholders to understand key performance drivers. This is a varied role that combines technical accounting with commercial finance, offering scope to develop your analytical skills, build relationships across teams, and take ownership of key financial processes. The role is also responsible for the consolidation process, cost allocation and reporting of management information. This is a permanent contract position. This role will be hybrid based in the London office, working to support award-winning brands like Sky HISTORY, Crime+Investigation and BLAZE.

Key Responsibilities – FP&A

• Produce and maintain a multi-currency and multi-territory budget, forecast and 5-year plan consolidation.
• Support the analysis of budget data and forecast data. Challenge where necessary and pull together bridges and variance analysis to explain key movements.
• Improve and adapt current models in line with business needs.
• Maintain strong working relationships with business partners.
• Manage large amounts of data from multiple sources.
• Produce management reports and ad-hoc financial presentations including the board deck.
• Develop clear, logical driver-based Excel and BPC models for consolidation and analysis.
• Assist in providing finance systems support across the EMEA team.
• Leverage new and old systems by integrating and automating reports into financial planning model/s for business use.
• Be the main point of contact for the finance team during month end, forecast and budget periods including setting up internal orders and deals in SAP/BPC.
• Provide analysis and assessment of performance against the agreed budget / forecast plans on a monthly basis.
• Support all ad hoc reporting.
• Support Head of FP&A with key strategic projects.
• Responsible for the allocation process for budget, forecast and month end, as well as implementing different methodologies when necessary.

Key Responsibilities – Revenue

• Preparation of monthly management accounts across Revenue for review by Senior Finance Manager.
• Understand the nature of transactions and identify appropriate accounting treatment (referring to contracts if necessary).
• Posting of month end journals and understanding the impact on both P&L and balance sheet.
• Support with maintenance of the month end reporting models ensuring data accuracy.
• Prepare the monthly flash revenue report for senior management.
• Support Senior Finance Manager with Budgets / Forecasts.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations – investigating and resolving anomalies.
• Working closely with Accounts Receivable & Commercial on monthly billing and accrual queries including raising internal invoice request forms for revenue partners and monthly tracking of partner deal renewals.
• Liaise with auditors and support external reporting as necessary.
• Support all ad hoc reporting.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following key competencies:

• Analysing
• Planning and Organising
• Working with People
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Adapting and Responding to Change

Essential Knowledge/Skills:

• Part qualified accountant, at least 50% through qualification.
• Comfortable with large data sets and ability to analyse data.
• Advanced Excel skills and willingness to further learn.
• Month End experience.
• Basic accounting knowledge will be essential.
• Experience working within a Finance team (minimum two years work experience).
• Multi-currency experience.
• Consolidations experience.

Desired Knowledge / Skills:

• Power BI.
• Experience within the media industry.

As a person you will be…

• Proactive and innovative, looking to continuously improve.
• A self-starter, who takes ownership to work independently, make logical decisions and prioritise your workload.
• Able to build strong relationships across the business and across different markets.
• An effective team member with strong time management skills, and high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Someone who works well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise and meet all deadlines.
• Analytically strong with the ability to solve complex problems, thinking outside the box.
• Inquisitive - able to identify anomalies and challenge assumptions.
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, able to collaborate with a range of colleagues at varying levels of seniority.

About Us

At Hearst Networks, we share stories that matter, inspiring and exciting our audiences with hit US franchises and original commissions. We welcome talented candidates with infectious enthusiasm who love what they do, and are ready to learn, develop and thrive. Here you’ll find a community of innovative, creative and inspiring people who aren’t afraid to embrace responsibility and try new things collaboratively, as a team.

We are a certified Great Place to Work® with a can-do, motivated culture that believes in working to live, not just living to work. Every employee has a voice and is encouraged to be themselves and be ambitious. With offices in various locations, we are a truly international organisation that celebrates difference and diversity.

As an inclusive employer, we value the diversity of our teams and want our workforce to reflect our wider society. We encourage and welcome applications from people from under-represented backgrounds and are keen to make sure we are inclusive and accessible to all.

Hearst Networks Values

• Curiosity is what drives us to question, explore, and innovate.
• Courage is showing up as your true self, with confidence and heart.
• Care is part of everything we do - how we treat each other, approach our work, connect with our partners and the world.