Strategic Finance Manager, Editorial Brands

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 

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WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• 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

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• 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 …