92 applicants

Company

Informa Markets · 23 hours ago

Finance Director

Irving, TX

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$135K/yr - $165K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Responsible for submission of timely, accurate and commercially focused budget and forecasting, in line with agreed templates and timetables

Challenge commercial team on business issues and revenue/cost assumptions, including demonstrable ROI on all costs incurred

Work with commercial team to identify key commercial issues and ensure commentary highlights these issues concisely

Anticipate likely review questions and answer them in advance (with supporting analysis where appropriate)

Demonstrate a deep, fundamental understanding of all costs in product and portfolio P&Ls, including investment/capex

Be able to clearly advise and communicate the reasons for incurring costs, demonstrating financial/commercial returns

Review and challenge cost budgets from a granular zero-base (i.e. building from scratch, not rolling forward prior year)

Prepare and challenge investment/business cases

Understand the importance/priority of each cost line so that savings can be made to fund investment

Provide commercial and strategic insight and analysis to the business in setting product/portfolio strategy

Take shared responsibility – with commercial team – for ensuring event plans are delivered on time and in line with agreed format and TM1 Product Tracker

Liaise with internal JV partners and external partners to agree event plan strategies, financials and timetables

Ensure best practice is followed when preparing plans, using experience across multiple events/portfolios

Support decisions/recommendations with accurate and relevant data

Work with commercial team – for setting pricing and re-book targets

Work with commercial team to create projections and estimate synergies

Shared responsibility – working with commercial team – for producing integration plan

Work with SSC as needed

Shared responsibility – working with commercial team – for evaluating attractiveness of launches

Help commercial team to create projections based on underlying market data and customer segmentation

Prepare launch proposals using Group template

Review and approve any revenue accruals

Ensure third party contracts are place and approved by Legal

Ensure commercial team and the Finance Team have copies of contracts with third parties

Review and approve any expense accruals working with product/event teams

Review balance sheet on a monthly basis

Approve significant items as required

Work with Finance Team to determine risks/upsides on a monthy basis and make timely adjustments to P&L

Ensure material releases do not come as a surprise to CFO

Review and approve month end flash report highlighting key variances

Review and approve month end performance bridges

Provide relevant and concise commercial commentary to central team

Review and approve sales commission payments

Ensure commission structures and targets aligned to deliver budget and strategic goals

Shared responsibility – working with commercial team – for creating clear and concise capex proposals, including financial returns, cash flow, implementation and risks

Challenge commercial team on assumptions and returns

Review and approve weekly sales report, ensuring it includes concise commentary on trading vs target and risks/upsides

Raise trading issues with commercial teams and propose solutions for material variances

Support external and internal audit processes as necessary

Qualification

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Financial PlanningBudgetingForecastingCost AnalysisEvent ManagementData AnalysisReporting SystemsKPI DevelopmentCommercial AgilityFinance DegreeAccounting DegreeEvent Industry ExperienceMedia Industry Experience

Required

Degree in Finance or Accounting with 10 years of relevant experience preferably in the Event or Media business.

Commercial agility: able to use technical accounting and analytical skills to highlight data trends and deliver business results

Customer orientation: able to develop a deep understanding of products and markets, as well as the needs of customers and other stakeholders

Operational excellence: able to instill a strong and seamless control environment, developing and using KPIs to support growth and tightly manage costs

Technology: has a good understanding of reporting systems and analysis tools to provide commercial insight

High performance: able to contribute to the success of a high performing team, communicating effectively with others and influencing in a matrix without direct authority

Benefits

Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive, and we support a range of working patterns

Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks

Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too

Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves

Time out: 15 days PTO rising to 20 after three years and 25 after six years, plus 10 national holidays, a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year

Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more

Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs

As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world