Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (AJC)

Company

Cox Enterprises

Job Family Group

Finance

Job Profile

Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Management Level

Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $99,000.00 - $165,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) has a long-standing legacy as one of the most trusted source of news and information in Atlanta, Georgia, and the South. As we transform from a traditional print newspaper to a leading digital media organization, our focus remains on informing, inspiring, and empowering the community. We are committed to serving future generations with high-quality essential and engaging journalism that adapts to the rapidly changing media landscape.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager to be a valuable contributor to our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and the Finance team overall. This role plays an important role in ensuring the alignment between financial management and achieving the AJC’s strategic objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial analysis and business modeling as well as have experience in driving performance optimization and guiding strategic decision-making.  This role reports into the Senior Director of Finance and Accounting and serves as an individual contributor.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Serve as a trusted financial advisor to management

• Develop and manage against org level financial plans that are aligned with overall business objectives

• Work closely with department leaders to convert their annual plans into actionable annual budgets and long-range plans

• Liaise between financial teams and other departments to foster a cohesive understanding of financial goals

• Understand and stay current with news media industry trends, technology and financial practices

Report and analyze business results, trends and projections

• Generate and analyze revenue and expense reports and review monthly variances with management

• Use actual results, ongoing trends and known risks and opportunities to recommend changes to department-level forecasts during monthly reforecasts process

• Manage corporate reporting and upload of non-financial statistics used in performance measures, including volumes, newsprint consumption and inventory

Create and present intuitive, flexible financial models

• Build and maintain sophisticated models to project the AJC’s key revenue lines including digital subscription, print consumer, and advertising

• Drive the volume and rate projection process and provide recommendations for the print and digital businesses

• Conduct cost-benefit analysis and ROI assessments for strategic initiatives  and provide recommendations for risk mitigation

• Work cross functionally and utilize internal and external data and trends to align on the key assumptions utilized within models

• Perform scenario analysis to assess potential outcomes and risks associated with different growth strategies

Provide actionable recommendations based on data-driven findings

• Collaborate with Data and Analytics team to integrate cutting-edge analytics into financial decision making

• Utilize SQL databases, Power BI or Tableau to visualize insights

• Drive performance optimization

• Establish key performance indicators, monitor metrics, provide regular reports to management

• Implement strategies to optimize financial performance, driving profitability and cost-effectiveness.

• Serve as the main support for pricing analysis and decisions related to print and digital subscribers.

• Constantly strive for process improvement and optimization in all processes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field with 6+ years finance/business management experience. A candidate may also have a Master's Degree with 4+ years of experience or a Ph.D. with 1+ year of experience. A non-degreed candidate will have 10+ years of experience.

• Strong understanding of financial, budget and business