Business Controller Elsevier Health and Medical Sciences

Business Controller Elsevier Health and Medical Sciences Do you have a Financial Degree /Diploma, CIMA / ACCA qualification? Do you enjoy using your analysis skills to provide financial insights? Location: Oxford or Amsterdam About our Team This is a role with a real opportunity to make a difference. Use your analytical skills to help provide Business Decision Support to STMJ Health and Medical Science (HMS) – a global team responsible for approximately 1,000 journal titles (Human and Animal), with 100+ FTEs and revenues in excess of $200 million. With continuously changing business needs you will use your analysis skills to provide financial insights for decision making and help HMS to make the right business decisions. About the Role You will work with a variety of departments throughout the company including Publishing, Society Business Development, Sales, Operations, Procurement and Finance GFS and Centre of Expertise. You will be a business partner to Publishing Directors and Publishers for finance related matters - providing finance analysis and reviews, assisting with some finance models, training new publishers, providing oversight for royalty statements, and playing a pro-active role in the further improvement of management information for decision making. Your ability to build and foster connections and communications with the business will be pivotal to success. Responsibilities Providing finance analysis and reviews Ensuring control process are maintained and improved Safeguarding the quality of data supplied to the business Working on ad-hoc projects. Assisting the Finance Manager with the budgeting and forecasting P&L processes Assisting in developing the financials for the strategic plan Requirements Educational Level: Financial Degree /Diploma, CIMA / ACCA qualification. Experience: Significant experience in a commercially facing Senior Finance Analyst role and of coordinating analysis. Publishing industry or Elsevier experience is considered a plus. System Knowledge: Advanced Excel and ORACLE system knowledge. Interpersonal skills: excellent communication skills, collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking & convincing. Personal drive: technical & professional expertise, practice self-development, ability to work in culturally diverse environment, curious mindset. Results orientated: customer focused, drives for results, problem solver, analytical and structured, ability to work to tight deadlines, planning and organizing skills. Strong English skills (spoken and written). Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive Working for you We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits Wellbeing programs Life assurance Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme Save As You Earn share option scheme Travel Season ticket loan Electric Vehicle Scheme Optional Dental Insurance Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave Employee Assistance Programme Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer Access to extensive learning and development resources Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work About the Business A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. 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Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education; including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 38,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX Group. With a wide range of technology jobs, commercial and business jobs, and graduate jobs, there is a part for everyone to play. We need talented people to help us inspire ground-breaking research. Be curious. Be challenged. Be involved. Discover Elsevier. Join us. elsevier.com/about/careers