FP & A Field & Product Manager

News America Marketing provides powerful media tools that break through the clutter of today's marketplace. Our broad portfolio of in-store, online and home-delivered products has become an integral part of most marketing plans due to its unparalleled consumer reach. News America Marketing is a key subsidiary of News Corporation, one of the world's largest vertically-integrated media and entertainment companies, and its sister companies include 20th Century Fox Films, Fox Broadcasting, HarperCollins Publishers, and The New York Post. Don't miss the opportunity to work for such a great Company! You may visit our website at http://www.newsamerica.com/.

 

 

 

Job Competencies:

Management, analytical, business acumen, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Management, business acumen and interpersonal skills.

 

Job Responsibilities:

 

1)  Serve as lead financial partner to the Field, providing monthly estimating, quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting support. Also manage monthly cycle performance reporting, month close analyses, and ad hoc analyses as required.

2)  Lead the Field Finance Task Force in establishing expense standards for new & revised products and identify/quantify/implement expense-saving ideas.

3)  Maintain cycle budget model and identify/implement process & system changes that enhance ease of use and incorporate new product roll-outs.

4)  Conduct weekly meetings with Exec VP, Field Ops to provide status updates on current activities and discuss any new initiatives. Model field expenses associated with all proposed new product introductions.

5)  Provide annual cycle budget training to new Field management and recommend/oversee quarterly market audits in under-performing markets.

6)  Manage the annual P/T Filed wage increase process and determine/implement the efficient deployment of field handheld units.

7)  Serve as lead financial partner for the In Store Operations team, providing monthly estimates, quarterly forecasting and annual budget support for both the US and Canada businesses.

8)  Manage monthly actual reporting, month close analysis and ad hoc analysis as required for In Store Production Expenses as well as Other Costs of Sales expenses.

9)  Support Operations and Marketing with Cost profiles for new products, product redesign and custom items for retailers.

10)  Manage and review cycle budget model and present to VP, Operations each cycle. Identify cost improvement and process changes that enhance ease of use and better identify rate fluctuations.

11)  Manage department of two analysts (one field, one production)

 

Educational Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA A+

 

Professional Experience:

Plus 10 years of Finance and Accounting experience with increasing responsibilities, preferably in the Media Advertising or Consumer Goods Industry with 5+ years of management experience. Experience should include supporting non-Finance and non-Accounting departments (i.e. Sales and Operations).

 

Technical Skills:

- Strong analytical skills

- Excel and Word skills

- Knowledge of Oracle Financial Systems, Hyperion Essbase, and Siebel A+

 

Other requirements:

Position requires travel twice a year to Field Markets.