About the Role
We are the world’s leading illustrated non-fiction Publisher seeking a Junior Business Analyst who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is ready to make an impact to join our finance team. Reporting into the Head of Finance, you will be supporting in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Responsibilities
- Assist the UK Head of Finance and UK sales team to prepare the bottom up, title based, annual budget and re-forecasts for the DK UK business.
- Complete month end processes for UK and Corporate functions including reconciliations, preparation of provisions and accruals; and review of overheads.
- Support the preparation of the biannual channel profitability reporting, analysing the performance of key customers and present to the UK sales team.
- Undertake ad hoc analysis as required for the DK Executive and Senior Management teams.
- Provide analytical support to the UK Sales, Marketing and PR teams as required.
Requirements
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Financially and commercially aware.
- Able to work to multiple deadlines, projects and workloads.
- Enthusiastic, confident, and able to work independently as well as part of a team with a can-do attitude.
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain financial concepts without jargon.
Skills
- Financial planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Reconciliations
- Analysis
Location
- Pimlico office
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote working from abroad (subject to criteria)
Experience Level
- Junior
- Recent Finance graduate or some experience in finance or accounting
Salary/Compensations
- Up to £35,000 (plus bonus and benefits)
Benefits
- 25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee assistance programme
- 60% discount on company books
- Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
- Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
- Shopping discounts
- Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
About the Company
- World’s leading illustrated non-fiction Publisher.
- DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world.
- DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
- DK is a member of the disability confident scheme.
- DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
Equal Opportunity
- We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background.
- We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
