VP – Corporate Financial Planning & Reporting

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.

Job Description

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Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

The Role

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 31 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others. Condé Nast Entertainment was launched in 2011 to develop film, television and premium digital video programming.

Responsible for leading and delivering the Group’s global financial management reporting, including monthly results, re-forecasts, budgets and long-term strategic planning. The role involves the critical review and proactive value-added analysis to interpret financial and non-financial information and convey those insights to Finance and non-Finance stakeholders to enable decision-making. 

The individual will play a key role in continuing the evolution of the end-to-end reporting/planning process and approach, to enable alignment with organisational structures and business goals, as well as continuing to improve insights, timelines, and overall effectiveness.

What will you be doing?

• Lead and manage the end-to-end delivery of the global monthly reporting, re-forecasts and annual budgeting. This includes communications, timetables, process, data requirements, data integrity, consolidations, and a rigorous review process.

• Lead the annual budget process, coordinating across functional and markets teams and managing targets to ensure the global goals are achieved.

• Prepare & present the monthly financial results to the global CEO & CFO as well as providing reporting packs for the board & Conde Nast executive leadership team

• Manage the design, tracking and analysis of KPIs to assess performance of key projects, activities and initiatives.

• Ensure variances, risk and opportunities, trends and other insights are identified, understood and explained and, if appropriate, recommend actions.

• Ensure information/insights are accurate, relevant, delivered in a timely manner, and reflect a true and fair view of performance.

• Deliver reporting/planning that continues to evolve to align with business models and strategic direction, and maintains appropriate levels of granularity and structure.

• Build strong positive relations with finance teams across markets and functions to facilitate and improve reporting and planning.

• Work collaboratively with the finance functions (Controlling, Finance Systems, Finance Partners) and non-Finance functions (Technology, People, etc) in providing leadership, strategic thinking, and operational execution to successfully implement projects and initiatives.

• Work with the Advance (parent company) finance team to explain financial performance, and provide the necessary information to meet their reporting needs.

• Lead the continual evolution of the offshore FP&A Reporting team, developing and delivering against Service Level Agreements.  And in partnership with Finance stakeholders, look to deliver improvements in reporting across functions and geographies, to enable a more consistent approach, as well as effective, efficient and value-added insights.

• Develop the team to ensure that they flourish and grow in their careers.

Who you are:

• Successful track record leading FP&A HQ teams in a global company

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to successfully influence individuals at all levels.

• Ability to work well under pressure to tight deadlines, handling multiple priorities at any given time.

• Strong business acumen and commercial understanding.

• Ability to manage and influence change and deal effectively with change management initiatives.

• Strong organisation skills to ensure that communication and engagement happen in an appropriate timely manner.

• Workday and Oracle EPM experience preferred.

• Experience leading offshore teams.

• Qualified accountant (CCAB, ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with 10 years post-qualification experience

Where will you be? 

We value collaboration, and our team comes together in the office three days a week. Our Adelphi office spans three floors, offering amazing views of the Thames and easy access to the amenities of The Strand. We truly love working here!

What benefits do we offer? 

• 25 days holiday and extra days of annual leave for life events 

• Hybrid working and core hours 

• Competitive pension scheme 

• Bupa Private Healthcare 

• Enhanced maternity leave and family leave 

• Season ticket loans 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Employee Assistance programme 

• Bring your dog to work 

• A wide variety of wellness benefits including gym discounts 

• Discounts and Magazine Subscriptions

• Employee Resource Groups to provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce 

• Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find you’ll find all Condé Nast-developed learning courses and trainings, and over 16,000+ courses in seven local languages 

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.