Job Description

Location: London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others.

We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.

We’re looking for a Senior Director, Finance Business Partner EMEA to join our team.

The Role

Reporting to the VP Finance Business Partnering, EMEA, the Senior Director, FBP EMEA will support the VP in developing the overall strategic Finance direction for the Region, including researching and developing innovative ways to support the achievement of the Region’s Financial targets and plans.

You’ll embed Finance strategy in targets and plans through the leadership of the Budget/CE process, ensuring this is delivered in accordance with timelines and targets set by Corporate FP&A and Global Functional Business Partnering teams. Leadership will also be provided to ensure Month End and performance management processes are focused on providing insightful commentary and action plans to support the achievement of the Region’s plans and targets, and any non-standard or legacy reporting is retired.

The Senior Director, FBP EMEA, will support the VP, EMEA, by providing strategic business partnering to the EMEA Leadership Team and taking a lead role in driving key strategic initiatives. You’ll manage direct report(s) and work closely with a team member in the FP&A Reporting, Bangalore team that will deliver standard reporting, KPIs calculation and Budget/CE support on behalf of the Region.

What will you be doing?

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the Budget/CE setting process across the Region, working to standards set by Corporate FP&A and in conjunction with Global Functional Finance Business Partnering teams to develop Budgets/CEs to reflect Market business conditions, opportunities and risks and communicate agreed Budgets/CEs with Regional Leaders.
• Work with the Global Functional Business Partnering teams to ensure that risks and opportunities present in the EMEA Region are understood and are incorporated appropriately by the Global Functional Finance Business Partnering teams in their strategies, budgets and forecasts.
• Convert targets and plans set by Corporate FP&A and Global Functional teams into stretching but achievable plans, scenarios and budgets.
• Receive and review analysis prepared by the Region and Market Finance team to support strategic or cross-regional initiatives and ensure recommendations are robust and actionable before presenting to Regional Leadership.
• Develop forward-looking views of the Region and coordinate inputs from the Region to the Long Range Planning process as required.

Performance Management & ME Reporting

• Translate standards and guidelines set by Corporate FP&A into Month End timetables for the EMEA region, sharing with the Europe Controller and cascading to Market FP&A teams.
• Work collaboratively with the Europe Controller to ensure that all actual results are presented in a timely and accurate manner and that input is received to assist in the preparation of variance analysis.
• Oversee the preparation of Regional consolidated results by FP&A Reporting, Bangalore team.
• Prepare insightful analysis and commentary on the Region’s overall Financial performance, supporting the VP Business Partnering EMEA in the presentation of month-end performance to the EMEA leadership and Corporate FP&A.
• Partner with senior stakeholders in the EMEA Region and Global Finance organisation to determine action plans to address potential risks to the achievement of the Region’s key performance targets.
• Prepare assessments of the economic conditions and business trends across the Region to ensure that HQ and Regional leaders are kept abreast of key financial-related issues and trends.
• Work with Corporate FP&A and Global Functional Business Partners to eliminate any non-standard reporting and KPIs and support the definition and adoption of global standards.

EMEA Region & Global Finance Development and Business Partnering

• Support the VP Finance Business Partnering to set the Finance strategy for the EMEA Region in alignment with the Global Strategy, researching and developing actionable ideas and plans to achieve growth targets.
• Develop and maintain a high level of understanding of key value drivers that have an impact on the performance of the Region and design action plans to improve performance.
• Set the strategy for the EMEA Region ‘Squads’ aimed at promoting best practice in key revenue-related activities, sharing ideas and networking to drive greater standardisation in approach across the Region.
• Sponsor Regional major projects from a Finance perspective, participating in governance meetings to provide guidance and advice to ensure successful implementation.
• Direct the preparation of strategic analysis, business case development and ad hoc analysis as required to support Regional and Global strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of Global Revenue processes, controls, data, KPIs and reporting standards to ensure any market-specific requirements are considered and recommend strategies that will support successful adoption.
• Be an active participant in the Global Finance team and support the delivery of the F&O Vision by ensuring the successful transition to the CFO’s Global Organisation, by acting as a role model and advocate for Global Finance team and ways of working.
• Lead and train a team of 1 -2 Regional Finance Business Partners and coach them to convert the Global/Regional Strategies into Market plans and track performance against the plan.

About you

• Significant senior-level financial leadership, management and oversight experience in a large and complex international Media organisation or equivalent.
• Qualified finance professional with senior financial management experience within a complex global organisation.
• Exceptional Finance Business Partnering and FP&A skills and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a matrix management environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
• Ability to present complex financial information succinctly and compellingly.