Job Description

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Condé Nast is a global media company home to iconic brands including Vogue GQ Glamour CN Traveller Vanity Fair Wired The World of Interiors House & Garden and Tatler among many others.

We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print digital video and social platforms.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

We value diversity of background views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities skills and contributions recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.

The Role

Reporting to the Finance Director UK the Finance Business Partner will support our brands/functions providing clear financial insight and trusted advice to drive performance and growth. Working closely with senior stakeholders you will play a key role in shaping financial plans analysing performance and translating complex data into meaningful insight that supports decision-making. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys partnering with the business thrives in a fast-paced environment and is motivated by using finance to make a real impact.

What will you be doing

• Be a strategic partner to the UK and European Finance Business Partnering (FBP) function in support of the UK market operations

• Become a trusted resource of the FBPs and business stakeholders become the go-to person and embed within the business as an expert in their field

• Partner to the FBPs for Advertising Consumer and Content to support them in their endeavours in the UK business

  • OPEX planning and analysis

  • COGS analysis particularly around events branded content and consumer products

  • Profitability analysis and tracking

  • Model building and support of existing and new business lines

• Work closely with the UK and Bangalore Controlling teams to ensure a smooth month-end close analysing reporting packs and in particular statistical analysis

• Support closely in the annual budget and reforecasting process owning various parts of the process from inception to execution in particular our driver-based planning models

• Own the end-to-end people planning process for the UK business partnering with the People team to ensure accurate people planning identifying risks and opportunities

• Assemble and summarise data to structure understandable reports on financial statements track and determine financial performance by analysing actual results in comparison with forecasts (variance analysis) risks and opportunities

• Support on various ongoing projects within FBP such as subscriber end-to-end journey print optimisation strategy consumer product profitability branded content and events profitability Adbook standardisation-optimisation

About you:

• Part-qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent) or actively studying towards a qualification.

• Relevant finance business partnering experience ideally within a media or FMCG environment.

• Strong financial and accounting capability with the ability to analyse results identify trends and translate data into clear commercial insight.

• A strategic and commercially minded approach using financial expertise to support business growth and decision-making.

• Excellent communication influencing and interpersonal skills with the confidence to work with stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience consolidating complex or disparate information and turning it into clear streamlined reporting tailored to the audience.

• High attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to work under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.

• A proactive solutions-focused mindset including the ability to think creatively and challenge conventional approaches when needed.

• Strong stakeholder awareness and empathy enabling effective information gathering and a clear understanding of business needs.

• A results-driven and risk-aware approach with a commitment to sound controls integrity and compliance.

• An interest in continuous improvement and improving financial processes systems and ways of working.

• Experience with Workday Financials and People Adaptive Planning Oracle Hyperion Planning and Google G-Suite is desirable.

• Undertake any other duties as reasonably required

Does this sound like you

Please submit your CV which highlights why youd love to take on this role and why youre a great match for what were looking for.

We value the time and effort behind every application. All submissions are reviewed by a member of our talent team - we dont use AI-assisted technology to review applications.

What benefits do we offer

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.

• Youll have access to a competitive pension scheme Bupa Private Healthcare Season ticket loans and eye tests.

• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing including core hours 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location) access to our Employee Assistance Programme corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

• Were a dog-friendly office plus youll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.

• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub where youll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training available in local languages.

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

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.