At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our Management Accountant (Maternity Cover) to start the next chapter in your career. 

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

The finance team at Hearst works closely with our brands to prepare value adding analysis and insight to support business decisions. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Management Accountant responsible for our Advertising and events business, you will work as a part of the Reporting & Planning team to deliver professional, efficient & accurate business reporting for your stakeholders. You will be liaising with both finance and non-finance personnel to prepare accurate budgets, forecasts, and reporting of actuals. 

Your role has a strong business partnering element and you will be required to provide insight to help maximise profits across the business. You will be responsible for the accurate reporting of revenue and costs associated with our businesses and ensuring that variances to forecast, budget and prior year are adequately explained. We require you to use sound judgement to estimate month end accruals/prepayments, gather supporting information and post appropriate journals.

Other duties include;

Business partnering – support the advertising business and add value through both revenue and cost analysis Reconcile relevant balance sheet accounts monthly to auditable standards including details of ageing, and any risks and opportunities.  Be proactive to identify inefficiencies in all processes, communicating impacts and proposing solutions.  Prepare additional analysis for your stakeholders to support their business needs

 

ABOUT YOU

You will have proven experience in a Management Accountant role as well as the ability to be organised and to critically analyse a large amount of data. You have at least intermediate level excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups etc.).
 

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) Hybrid working – 3 days per week in Central London office, Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Discounted gym membership Healthcare cash plan Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause Life assurance and pension scheme Regular socials and more!
 

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here.

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.