Finance Manager

Job Description

You will join the Finance team, based in our Peterborough office. You will be part of a collaborative, focused team dedicated to driving financial clarity and precision across our dynamic corporate landscape.

As Finance Manager
, you will report to the Head of Finance
- Treasury, supporting a variety of treasury related operational and commercial activity across the News UK Group, including Times Media, The Sun, News Broadcasting and our New sprinters joint venture.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders, contribute to important finance processes, and be involved in projects and discussions that go beyond routine treasury.

For the right person, this position offers the chance to step into a genuinely varied treasury role, broaden your experience beyond a traditional finance remit, and grow as a senior member of the team while supporting the continued development of the function.

• Review and oversee daily and weekly cash‑flow processes, providing clear visibility to UK and US management teams.
• Present financial insights and cash‑flow narratives to News UK management, turning complex numbers into a clear, compelling story.
• Prepare accurate monthly and quarterly cash‑flow submissions for seamless delivery to our global headquarters in New York.
• Develop rolling weekly and quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long‑range cash‑flow plans by collaborating closely across various business divisions.
• Manage the accurate recording of cash book entries, bank reconciliations, and the daily cash‑flow positioning process with our banking partners.
• Collaborate daily with our offshore transactional treasury team in India to maintain smooth, efficient global operations.
• Drive continuous process improvement by exploring and implementing AI capabilities to maximise departmental efficiency.
• Deputise for the Head of Finance
  - Treasury when required, providing key leadership support and guidance to the wider team.

• Hold a full professional accountancy qualification (such as ACA, CIMA, or ACCA).
• Exhibit exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a natural ability to build narratives around numbers for senior management.
• Demonstrate advanced systems savviness and high attention to detail to ensure the absolute accuracy of corporate financial submissions.
• Possess previous experience collaborating closely with offshore transactional teams, helping to maintain strong daily cross‑border operational links.
• Bring a forward‑thinking, innovative mindset with a keen interest in leveraging automation and AI tools to evolve traditional financial workflows.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local stations across Ireland. Our world‑famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month.

Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi‑format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace.

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the…