Finance Analyst

Job Description

Your team: Our Finance Teams play a vital role in the success of our business. Operating across multiple locations as one united group, we work collaboratively to create a positive, highly productive, and efficient finance department within News UK.

Your role: This is an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself across News Broadcasting’s revenue streams and associated costs. You will partner closely with the Finance Manager to drive impactful analysis, forecasting, and strategic business partnering. By connecting financial results with commercial activity, you will play a crucial part in turning data into clear, actionable recommendations that support our wider broadcasting goals.

Day to day you will:

• Build effective relationships with commercial teams and budget owners, delivering financial insight, constructive challenge, and practical support to help stakeholders achieve their objectives.

• Analyse detailed revenue streams, brands, and platforms—including advertising, sponsorship, and digital activity—to investigate performance drivers such as pricing, volume, and customer trends.

• Evaluate the costs associated with generating and delivering revenue, including commercial team costs, bonuses, and the cost of advertising sales.

• Support the Finance Manager with budgets, forecasts, and long-term planning by modelling trading scenarios and assessing the financial implications of risks and opportunities.

• Prepare comprehensive analysis and commercial commentary for weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reviews, explaining variances and underlying causes.

• Maintain and develop financial models, dashboards, and KPI reporting to improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of our commercial analysis.

• Collaborate with the wider Broadcasting team to understand reported results, investigate unexpected movements, and ensure commercial developments are accurately reflected in reporting.

What we're looking for from you:

• Fully qualified accountant status (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).

• Strong analytical capabilities with the proven ability to investigate complex data, identify underlying drivers, and translate findings into clear commercial recommendations.

• Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting; previous business partnering experience is highly desirable.

• Deep commercial awareness and a clear understanding of the relationship between revenue, costs, and profitability.

• Confident communication and interpersonal skills, allowing you to effectively explain complex financial information to colleagues with varying levels of financial knowledge.

• The ability to influence and challenge constructively while building positive, collaborative working relationships across different teams and locations.

• Strong Excel and financial modelling abilities; experience with TM1 or other planning and reporting tools is a distinct advantage.

• A curious, proactive, and purposeful mindset, with a dedication to delivering useful insights and following analysis through to practical actions.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

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. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what’s required for your role.
News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

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.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.

Skills

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