We have been a leading figure in publishing for more than 500 years. We have always been a forward-looking organization, maximizing the technology for the day, but the digital revolution is bringing enormous change, fast. That same spirit of adventure and entrepreneurialism is critical to our future success. In a fast changing publishing landscape, OUP welcomes the inquisitive, the inventive, and the ambitious; people who challenge the conventional, and pioneer the possible.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will provide financial and commercial support to the Higher Education and Canada businesses within the Academic division of OUP - working effectively as part of the Finance team, the Division and across the wider OUP group.
You will be responsible for delivery of financial results, working with the management team to ensure results are delivered for the financial year, tracking and understanding risks and putting mitigation plans in place, strategic analysis, providing financial analysis to help business set strategy, including appropriate allocation of resources and targeted investment and budgeting and forecasting, leading on the budget, forecast and 5 Year Plan process. You will need to have a clear understanding of how financials will be delivered - understanding and evaluating risks.
Additionally, you will be responsible for commercial support, ensuring decisions are taken with sound commercial judgement and analysis, including investment appraisals, publishing plans and product development, major product launches ensure tracking mechanisms and governance in place to help ensure return on investment, and business & market analysis, performing ad-hoc business analysis to aid effective decision making.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
ABOUT YOU
- Qualified ACA (or CIMA / ACCA) ideally with experience in commercial or business partnering role.
- Initiative and ability to successfully implement new ideas, with drive to push through.
- Self-starter and able to work independently.
- Outgoing, persuasive and a good communicator with an ability to communicate complex financial matters in a way that is understood at all levels.
- Have the ability to manage a complex workload with multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience of data analysis, interpretation, reconciliation, and presentation
- Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP preferred). Experience of systems transition a bonus.
- Discrete and trustworthy
- A good team player
- Willingness to travel to UK/USA/Canada when required.
BENEFITS
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
QUERIES
Please contact grace.mcfadyen@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
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