Manager, Finance
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$ 105000 - 135000
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Job Description
Job Description:
About Our Organization:
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats including print digital mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest newsgathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barrons MarketWatch Mansion Global Financial News Investors Business Daily Factiva Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Dow Jones Newswires OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS NWSA; ASX: NWS NWSLV).
About the Team:
The team sits in the Financial Planning and Analysis area of Finance at Dow Jones.
About the Role
You will directly support budget and forecast revenue and proactively work with business partners to help identify sales and revenue opportunities that will enable the business to achieve its financial goals. You will also aid business partners in assessing the financial impact of their recommendations/decisions by regularly developing analyzing and presenting business case models. Additionally you will have one direct report that you will manage develop and coach with the aim of delivering our team and business objectives. You will be based in the New York New York office and will report to the Finance Director.
You Will:
- Work closely with business partners to review and prepare comprehensive budgets and forecasts.
- Collaborate with the sales team to analyze and prepare detailed sales and revenue forecasts.
- Develop and analyze revenue sensitivity scenarios to anticipate potential impacts on business performance.
- Maintain routine financial performance reports and conduct variance and trending analyses to monitor and explain performance against budgets and forecasts.
- Construct business case models to assess the financial implications of various business decisions.
- Assist in the collection and reporting of sales and revenue KPIs.
- Manage monthend close processes with a primary focus on revenue.
- Handle adhoc requests and projects to meet financial or business demands.
- Collaborate with FP&A colleagues to share best practices and ensure cohesive team operation.
You Have:
- Strong accounting and analytical skills.
- A Bachelors degree in finance or accounting (preferred).
- Relevant Commercial Finance experience of 67 years.
- High degree of proficiency in PC skills including experience with financial applications and reporting tools specifically Microsoft Excel (can perform complex functions) and Google Docs Sheets and Slides.
- Planning and organizational skills including effective time management and attention to detail.
- Initiative and drive and work well under pressure including being a team player with a strong work ethic.
- Experience maintaining accounting records and preparation of financial reports.
- Ability to recognize problems collect data draw valid conclusions and define/suggest resolutions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of business partners.
- Strong eye for detail and detail oriented work practices.
- SAP and TM1 financial systems experience (highly preferred).
Our Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plans
- Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
- Education Benefits
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Family Care Benefits
- Commuter Transit Program
- Subscription Discounts
- Employee Referral Program
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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.Business Area:
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FinanceUnion Status:
NonUnion rolePay Range: $105000 $135000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Payforperformance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
