What's the role?
Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this highly visible role plays a critical part in leading the organisation's planning and reporting cycle for NCA. Acting as the key link between business partnering teams and executive leadership, you will consolidate insights across the business and translate financial results into clear, compelling narratives that drive commercial decision-making. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality internal and external reporting to senior stakeholders across News Corp Australia and Global Head Office (NY), providing strategic insights that create value and support enterprise-wide performance. Collaboration will be central to your success, as you work closely with commercial finance teams to understand all areas of the business and distil complex information into meaningful, actionable outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Craft the 'narrative' of NCA's results by analysing performance trends and drivers, explaining variances against budget and forecast, and influencing how these are communicated to the Executive Leadership Team and Global Head Office in NY.
* Advise the ELT and Finance & Strategy Committee on macro-level decisions, including brand profitability assessments and setting cost/stretch targets.
* Synthesise financial and commercial insights across all business units to forecast NCA-wide impacts, including understanding the business from NY's point of view.
* Deliver ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
* Act as the subject matter expert and primary liaison with the Systems & Data team on system-related projects and maintaining the integrity of key FP&A systems.
* Drive continuous process improvement, automation, and reporting standardisation to build a best-practice finance function.
Who are you?
* Relevant experience in a similar FP&A or commercial finance role, with post-graduate qualifications (e.g., CA/CPA/CFA).
* Effective communicator with strong attention to detail.
* Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate financial results into clear business narratives and actionable insights.
* Able to convey the bigger picture while understanding the supporting detail.
* Collaborative, building strong partnerships across teams to achieve shared objectives.
* A self-starter who drives initiatives and takes accountability for outcomes.
* Strong stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
* Proficient in Google Sheets and Google Slides; experience with TM1 (IBM Planning Analytics Workspace) or similar systems is advantageous.
News Benefits
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
* Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
* Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
* Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
* Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
* Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
* Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
* Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
* Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms
Who are we?
News Corp Australia is the nation's most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.
What's next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.
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