Senior Financial Analyst, Newsroom Finance

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Office: New York, NY

Department: Financial Planning and Operations

Job Description

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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

About The Role

The New York Times is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Newsroom Finance team. The News Finance team is a group of experienced finance professionals supporting the FP&A requirements of our growing newsroom and other journalism areas.

This is an important and exciting moment to work at The Times. Our journalism has never been stronger or more relevant. Our products are used by millions of passionate and engaged readers every month, and our strategy of providing journalism worth paying for has helped us rapidly grow our digital subscription and advertising businesses. Still, we see enormous potential for growth and improvement — and know that achieving it will require us to think creatively about where and how we invest.

To help manage our growth, we're looking for a strategically minded financial professional to help scale a growing FP&A function supporting our journalism areas. This is a new role, and you will report directly to the FP&A Director, News Finance.

Responsibilities

• Help guide the newsroom's annual strategic planning and budgeting process
• Prepare quarterly forecasts
• Develop analyses to forecast future needs and assess availability of resources
• Prepare important reporting on the newsroom's financial and operational performance on a monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc basis
• Help create P&Ls for multiple areas of the newsroom
• Report on spending, including in-depth analysis of budget variances
• Communicate with departments to understand, research, and report on financial issues and make recommendations
• Do both tactical work and set an overall strategy when working on projects
• Partner with Newsroom Strategy on ad-hoc projects to provide analytical inputs to support decision-making
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 3 or more years of experience in financial analysis, investment banking or consulting
• Experience mining and manipulating data, identify and analyze trends, Indicators and plans
• Mastery of Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and Google Slides
• Experience building complex financial models
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a business/finance discipline.
• Advanced degree or CPA
• Passion for journalism and commitment to the mission of The Times
  
  

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$95,000—$110,000 USD

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