Dow Jones

Senior Manager, FP&A

Dow Jones$130K — $145K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of commercial finance experience
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Suite
  • Background in maintaining accounting records and financial reporting
  • Strong analytical and accounting skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting preferred
  • Experience with SAP and TM1 systems preferred
  • Effective organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Strong work ethic and teamwork mentality
  • Ability to build effective relationships with diverse business partners
  • Willingness to work in the Midtown Manhattan office 3 days a week

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the consolidation of financial results and forecasts
  • Ensure accurate submissions to parent company News Corp
  • Lead budget and long-range planning processes
  • Summarize revenue and cost trends for management
  • Conduct variance and trending analyses for performance monitoring
  • Manage month-end close processes with a focus on revenue
  • Collaborate with corporate functions and partnerships team
  • Handle ad-hoc financial requests and projects
  • Share best practices with FP&A colleagues

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
  • Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Plans
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Education Benefits
  • Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Family Care Benefits
  • Commuter Transit Program
  • Subscription Discounts
  • Employee Referral Program
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Senior Manager, FP&A

New York, New York

About the Role

The Finance team is looking for a Senior Manager, FP&A in its consolidations group.

As Senior Manager, you will aid in overseeing the timely and accurate consolidation of financial results across the company. You will work on a team driving the close process, support strategic decision-making with high-quality reporting, and partner with operating FP&A leaders, accounting, tax, and systems leads to ensure integrity and transparency in financial reporting.

Additionally, you will manage, develop, and coach one direct report with the aim of delivering our team and business objectives.

Reporting to the VP, FP&A, you will work in our Midtown Manhattan office 3 days a week.

You Will

  • Work on the consolidation and creation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly results and forecasts into management level presentations.

  • Ensure accurate and timely submissions to our parent company (News Corp).

  • Lead the budget and long range plan process to drive revenue growth and cost efficiency.

  • Summarize the revenue and cost drivers and trends for senior management.

  • Maintain routine financial performance reports and conduct variance and trending analyses to monitor and explain performance against budgets and forecasts.

  • Manage month-end close processes with a primary focus on revenue and cost analysis.

  • Partner and oversee corporate functions as well as partnerships team.

  • Handle ad-hoc requests and projects as needed to meet financial or business demands.

  • Collaborate with FP&A colleagues to share best practices and ensure cohesive team operation.

You Have

  • Minimum 10 years of relevant commercial finance experience

  • High degree of proficiency with financial applications and reporting tools, specifically Microsoft Excel (can perform complex functions) and Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

  • Experience maintaining accounting records and preparing financial reports

  • Experience recognizing problems, collecting data, drawing valid conclusions and defining / suggesting resolutions

  • Strong accounting and analytical skills

  • A Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting (preferred)

  • SAP and TM1 financial systems experience (preferred)

  • Planning and organizational skills including effective time management and attention to detail

  • A strong work ethic, initiative, drive, and teamwork mentality with experience effectively working under pressure

  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of business partner

  • The willingness to work in our Midtown Manhattan office 3 days each week

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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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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Finance

Job Category:

Finance

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: $130,000 - $145,000

We27re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate27s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

About Dow Jones

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 world?s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America?s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron?s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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