Senior Finance Business Partner, The Telegraph
Operations
3-5 days a week in office (Buckingham Palace Road, London)
Multi-media news publisher
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Multi-media news publisher
1001+ employees
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3-5 days a week in office (Buckingham Palace Road, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide content that inspires people to have the perspective they want to progress in life.
Role
Who you are
- ACA, ACCA qualified
- Solid experience with Financial Control and Balance Sheet management
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across the business, both with financial and non-financial partners
- Advanced Excel Skills
- Strong leadership skills in order to influence and guide the leadership team effectively
- Ability to think creatively: excellent problem-solving abilities and adept at using different skill-sets to get things done
- Proactive, open approach
What the job involves
- The Senior Finance Business Partner will be a key strategic and operational role, reporting directly to the Commercial Finance Director
- This role will establish close working relationships with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and their leadership team, ensuring high-quality financial insight, accountability, and governance across the COO department
- The Senior Finance Business Partner will focus on both revenue and cost streams within the COO remit, overseeing areas including Print Subscription & Circulation revenue, Technology, Newsprint, Production Establishment Opex costs, and CAPEX
- Build strong working relationships with the COO and their leadership team to ensure alignment on financial objectives
- Develop and maintain a high-quality suite of reporting and management information (MI) to provide transparency and valuable insights into revenue and cost streams within the COO department
- Oversee the financial management of key areas, including Print Subscription & Circulation revenue, Technology, Newsprint, Production Establishment Opex costs, and all CAPEX expenditures
- Lead and develop team members, setting objectives, promoting best practices, and fostering professional growth
- Take ownership of multiple balance sheets, ensuring high-quality reconciliations with detailed insights and narratives to support the closing position
- Partner with stakeholders to provide valuable insights by identifying risks and opportunities and making recommendations to support informed business decisions
- Conduct thorough analyses of financial movements and variances, reviewing key P&L and balance sheet items
- Produce detailed weekly and monthly financial reports to monitor performance
- Deliver high-quality financial outputs, including month-end reporting, forecasts, budgets, and long-term planning (3-5 years)
- Create financial models and analyses to support strategic and tactical initiatives
- Drive standardisation of reporting across the COO, ensuring MI is transparent, accessible, and actionable
- Instil a culture of financial governance and regulatory compliance, promoting disciplined risk-taking and accountability
- Review COO contracts in compliance with company terms, conditions, and financial controls
- Ensure all costs and revenues are accurately captured according to company policies and internal guidelines
- Apply rigour, discipline, and critical financial analysis to all business activities and reporting to ensure accuracy and reliability
- Lead and support initiatives for the continuous improvement of accounting processes and internal controls
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Telegraph was the first newspaper to report on a number of notable news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II and the 2009 MP expenses scandal. Now, the Telegraph Media Group has grown into a multimedia news brand, providing subscribers with access to journalism across The Telegraph website and app, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
The brand hit a £33.3m operating profit in 2021, indicating the group has managed overcome the difficulties print media has struggled with since the turn of the millennium. Adapting to digital distribution has earned it over 100 million individual readers a month globally, though the Daily Telegraph remains Britain's best-selling print broadsheet.
People's increased curiosity in current affairs has been the driving force behind The Telegraphs phenomenal growth and the company continues to invest in top-notch journalism.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Holiday
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Medical cover
- Parental leave (six months fully paid)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Emergency child and dependent care
- Employee assistance program
- Gym flex
- Fruit in the office
- On-site massage
- On-Site gym
- On-site GP
- Trained mental health first-aiders
Company values
- Fearless - We’re fiercely ambitious; we set the agenda and lead by example. Respect for our readers and pride in our reputation means we never compromise on the truth. We share brave and insightful opinions, and are not afraid to ruffle feathers.
- Together - We’re generous with our support and trust. We’re open and unselfish with our knowledge. We work with self-awareness and a sense of humour.
- Informed - We’re smart, well-informed and up-to-date. We make intelligent predictions, bold plans and rational decisions. We take full ownership of our work and our results.
- Open-minded - We’re creative and pioneering, and not afraid to take risks in pursuit of innovation. We develop our thinking through meaningful, stimulating and honest debate. We embrace diverse perspectives, backgrounds and viewpoints.
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Nick Hugh
(CEO, not founder)Previously Head of Business Development at 24/7 Media for 9 months, Cost Transformation Programme Director at British Telecom for 3 years, Director of Publisher Services at Phorm UK for 1 year, and Vice President - EMEA at Yahoo for 2 years.
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