An exciting opportunity to work for a fast paced global media company and a highly agile Finance function. Based in either Bath or Cardiff, and reporting to the Head of Management Accounts, this role plays a key part in the continuous improvement of and insight into our management accounts.
- A brand-new role focused on developing, consolidating and validating reporting of our management accounts.
- Working closely with commercial finance and business leaders to provide insight into our business performance.
What you’ll be doing...
At Future, our management accounts team is responsible for producing our monthly management accounts. On a monthly basis this role will look after the tasks required to ensure that we are able to present these results in a timely, accurate and user-friendly manner to both the wider finance team and business leaders.
The Management Accounting team is a new function within the wider finance team, focussing on creating a centre of excellence for producing month-end results and informing the business.
- Supporting the management accounting team with the production of month-end reports
- Ownership of all OWL reports used within the monthly accounts productions
- Ensuring reports are fit for purpose, and can be reconciled to the central MI pack/appropriate source
- Controlling/supporting the development of new reports
- Documentation as appropriate
- Development and maintenance of MI reporting using appropriate output tools:
- Improved speed of production
- Ongoing accuracy
- Business focused
- Ability to drill-down into results easily
- Development/maintenance and ownership of appropriate month-end reporting outputs for MBR packs etc.
- OWL systems expert, providing ongoing training to the wider team
- Supporting the management accounts team with training and issue resolution business-wide.
- Ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required
Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...
- OWL systems/data user.
- Proven experience of challenging and improving processes.
- Effective change management
- Strong communication and people skills to build strong relationships across the organisation.
- Bright, energetic and self-motivated with a proactive approach to work, and a focus on accuracy and execution.
- Team player who is able to communicate and collaborate across Finance to ensure month-end deadlines are met.
- Able to provide OWL /MI training to new members of staff
- Effective stakeholder and time management essential
What’s in it for you…
We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience
And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.
Internal Job Family Level P6
The expected range for this role is £25,000 - £40,000
This is a Hybrid role from our Bath or Cardiff Office, working three days from the office, two from home
Who are we…
We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.
Want to know more… https://youtu.be/xxfSvjPuZd
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future
We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.
Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!
Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
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