Strategic Finance Manager, Vox Media
Editorial Brands
$102-120k
Independent media company
Job no longer available
Independent media company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$102-120k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape the future of the media industry.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting and/or related field
- 4-8 years of relevant work experience in financial modeling and/or relevant analytical roles
- Excellent analytical & technical skills: sophisticated Excel skills and experience in Adaptive are a huge plus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain business partner relationships at all levels within the organization
- Ability to produce reports and presentations with accuracy and in an efficient manner
- Exceptional attention to detail, with an ability to organize and self-manage competing priorities. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to think creatively and strategically while performing tactical analysis
- Embrace working in a highly collaborative environment
- Ability to take initiative and make decisions in a sometimes ambiguous work environment
- Extremely curious and analytical mindset; not satisfied with easy or convenient answers
What the job involves
- Vox Media is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager, Editorial Brands for its Strategic Finance team
- You will play a key role in the budgeting and forecasting process for a select group of editorial brands and be responsible for a variety of financial duties surrounding analysis and providing financial insights
- The Manager is expected to establish themselves as a strong business partner to leaders throughout the organization
- Develop a detailed understanding of key financial and operational metrics, supporting with analyses to propel Company growth and efficiency
- Act as a key business partner with Editorial leadership to help support brand strategies, build bottoms-up budgets and forecasts, and establish and track key performance indicators
- Lead long-range planning, annual budgeting, and monthly financial forecasting, providing guidance on brand level strategy
- Assist with the preparation of brand level P&Ls and provide key takeaways to brand leadership to help support and provide guidance on their overall strategies
- Manage variance analyses by clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting forecast models to reflect changes in the business
- Support ad-hoc analyses to assist with strategic planning including brand & project level return analyses
- Create financial models to help support business strategies for Editorial leaders
- Identify and implement various financial process improvements
Our take
Whilst magazines and newspapers are not as popular as they once were, digital journalism is alive and well. However, many people feel that digital content is becoming less natural and informative, and instead has become focused on sensationalism and ‘click-bait’ as a means of advertising.
Vox Media publishes media across various digital platforms, focussing on providing insightful and informative journalism through storytelling, commentary, and cultural conversation. Whilst the company's editorial networks are meant for entertainment purposes, they do this through a means that increases awareness and interest of affiliate brands. Generally, their digital content aims to lead readers to subscribe to a podcast, click a link, or purchase a product.
Marketing through digital publishing is nothing new, but Vox Media has approached this with an interesting perspective by focussing on producing content that inspires a reader to follow up on a brand, as opposed to being suggested to do so. This helps the content remain natural and legitimate, as opposed to feeling spammy and pushy. With numerous acquisitions at its back, and a recent and substantial investment in the company, Vox Media will continue scaling its existing brands and operations, as well as securing the resources to continue its ascent into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2015
$200m
SERIES F
Dec 2014
$46.5m
SERIES E
Total funding: $307.7m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive and inclusive physical and mental healthcare
- 401k program for eligible employees
- Learning and development opportunities
- Employee-assistance programs
- Flexible arrangements depending on job responsibilities
- Generous paid time off
- Expansive parental leave
Company HQ
Dupont Circle, Washington, DC
Leadership
Jim Bankoff
(Chairman & CEO)Jim served as President of Netscape for 2 years before joining Aol as President in 2000. They left after over 6 years to serve as Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners and co-found Vox Media in August 2008.
Trei Brundrett
(Senior Advisor)Trei studied at the University of North Carolina before working in Directorship at OzSearch, Mediatruck, Oak Sanderson, and Forward Together. They co-founded Vox Media in 2008, serving since 2017 as COO.
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