The Focus Of The Role
Your main focus within this role will be to provide meaningful, informed and timely commercial insight to guide business decision making in the Subscriptions area of the business. You'll be reporting to the Head of Finance with close working relationships with operational management including Publishers, budget holders and the central Bauer Finance Hub.
This role offers hybrid working, with 2/3 days working from our Peterborough office and the rest of the week working from home.
Key Responsibilities
Decision Support:
* Work with Chief Customer Officer to ensure plans are in place to maximise long term profitability
* Support business to ensure financial benefits identified in budgets and forecasts are delivered
* Work with marketing teams through Trading and Planning Meetings and other forums to ensure full understanding of the required financial performance
* Support in the financial evaluation of subscriptions pricing initiatives
* Assist with financial insight and analysis to support recommendations in decision papers
* Support the business with financial aspects in conversations with external Suppliers/Partners
Around 30% of time spent on these activities
Financial Management:
* Provide support to the business around all accounting processes
* Effectively monitor, interpret and challenge monthly financial results. Communicate issues, risks, opportunities and trends to the management team on a timely basis
* Support budget holders in managing spend consciously
* Provide support and guidance to the business on the use of the purchasing system and the coding of transactions
* Review monthly management accounts to ensure completeness and accuracy
* Present monthly accounts to Subscriptions Executive Committee
* Develop month end suite of reports to reflect changing digital subscriptions landscape
* Assist with designing and implementing Subscriptions reporting in new S/4 Hanna financial reporting system
* Investigate cost variances and work with business to establish/reinforce cost controls
Around 30% of time spent on these activities
Budgeting And Forecasting:
* Deliver timely budgets and forecasts with associated insight and commentary
* Liaise with relevant stakeholders to develop robust forecasts for revenues, direct costs and salary costs
* Review and refine information with Chief Customer Officer and senior staff members
* Update forecasts on rolling basis for any material items to ensure business has a robust view of year out turn
* Input all required data to SAC
Around 30% of time spent on these activities
Other:
* Manage subscriptions analyst
* Liaison with auditors during audit process
* Review and approve non-PO invoices
* Review and approve Marketing team workforce changes in PeopleSource
* Key interface for business with the Bauer Finance Hub
* Other ad hoc tasks
Around 10% of time spent on these activities
What You'll Bring
* Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively with a wide range of people
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Self-motivation, using initiative to change focus as business priorities change
* Ability to manage varied workload and tight deadlines
* Highly numerate with extensive accounting experience
* Experience of working in a commercial environment
* Extensive experience of using Excel and PowerPoint.
* Experience of S4, SAP Analytics Cloud and ThinkCell would be beneficial, but not essential.
Closing Date
Sunday 26th January
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europes largest Publishers. From womens and celebrities magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich peoples everyday lives.
Whats In It For You
* Youll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
* Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
* We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
* Youll have the opportunity for flexible working.
* And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here.
Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email we would love to hear from you.
Date: 9 Jan 2025 Location: Peterborough, GB, PE2 6EA Req ID: 2404
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