This is an exciting opportunity to work for a fast paced global media company and a highly agile Finance function. This Bath based role will closely support the US Commercial Sales Team.

What you'll be doing...

The role reports to the US Commercial Finance manager, within the Commercial Finance Team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for key management account activities as well as additional commercial analysis as required, such as supporting the weekly trading reports and calculating sales commissions. 

You will become a trusted resource supporting our understanding of US advertising sales performance

Key Responsibilities include:

• Being the US Sales team ‘go to’ person for financial support 
• Attend weekly sales trading meetings and support variance analysis and commentary
• Support with the production of weekly sales reporting and commission calculations
• Support on production of annual budgets and rolling forecasts
• Month end management accounts activities including journal posting, transaction reviews and preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
• Particular support at month end around campaign specific cost of sales- assisting with surfacing the true cost of our in month business
• Ad hoc analysis as required

Experience that'll put you ahead of the curve...

• Pursuing or interest in pursuing an accounting qualification ACA/CIMA/ACCA
• Management accounting experience would be preferential
• Ability to integrate data to ensure accuracy and provide insight to business partners
• Strong communication and people skills to build strong relationships across the business
• Bright, energetic and self-motivated with a proactive approach to work, and a focus on execution
• Desire to understand and challenge the ‘why’ when it comes to producing  numbers
• Team player who is able to communicate and collaborate across Finance, business and operational teams
• Effective stakeholder and time management essential 
• Possess a positive attitude to change, and a drive to challenge and improve processes
• An enquiring mind, and the ability to absorb and apply new information quickly
• Experience in using Excel or equivalent essential

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff.  We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level P7

The expected range for this role is £24,000 - £28,000

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath Office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. 

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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