Your role: This is a dynamic interim opportunity to play a pivotal role in streamlining our financial operations and supporting a key transition of activities to offshore teams. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will oversee essential production finance processes while ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and seamless collaboration across our iconic media brands. Day to day you will:

Support the Senior Finance Manager with transitioning specific accounting activities to offshore staff.
Calculate weekly and month-end results alongside variance reporting for Contract Print, Insertion, Packaging, Ink, Plates, and JV Costs.
Manage balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of queries and accurate submission of month-end processes.
Resolve supplier invoicing, credit note, and discrepancy queries in a swift and effective manner.
Partner with the Head of Magazine Publishing to ensure production costs are calculated accurately and purchase orders are raised appropriately.

Full accounting qualification (or equivalent professional experience) with a strong background in production finance or shared services environments.
Proven experience in balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, and variance analysis to drive accuracy in financial reporting.
Strong problem-solving skills to investigate and resolve invoice and supplier discrepancies effectively.
Clear communication skills to collaborate seamlessly with senior stakeholders, supplier teams, and offshore colleagues during periods of operational change.

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.

Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
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%
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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