Finance Analyst – Direct Costs Support

Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom; in-person work three days a week or more, with flexibility to work from home or remotely at other times. The Milton Park office is expected to relocate to Oxford city centre in late 2027 or early 2028.

Company

hirify.global is a FTSE 100 academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events group; this role supports Taylor & Francis publishing operations.

What you will do

• Prepare monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and financial reports for editorial, marketing, production, manufacturing, inventory, and supply chain cost centres.
• Support annual budgeting and monthly forecasting by gathering operational data, preparing cost centre budgets, and maintaining forecast models.
• Analyze direct costs, marketing expenditure, production and manufacturing expenses, inventory levels, and supply chain performance to identify trends and savings opportunities.
• Track KPIs including marketing ROI, production cost per unit, manufacturing efficiency, inventory turnover, and supply chain performance.
• Monitor costs across editorial activities, marketing campaigns, production projects, print runs, and manufacturing, ensuring accurate capture and allocation.
• Improve reporting processes, automate routine tasks, and provide ad hoc financial analysis and business case support.

Requirements

• Part-qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent accountant, actively studying toward full qualification with a clear progression plan.
• Experience in FP&A, commercial finance, management accounting, or business partnering, including budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, or cost analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, data analysis, and financial modelling.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar, plus understanding of management accounting, cost allocation, variance analysis, and accruals.
• Strong numerical, analytical, communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, with attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent financial reporting and data visualization tools.
• Exposure to marketing finance, editorial operations, manufacturing, production, supply chain finance, publishing, or inventory management.
• Experience working with operational or non-finance teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working culture supporting work-life balance, wellbeing, and home working outside required in-person collaboration.
• 25 days of annual leave, a birthday day off, and three additional discretionary days during the holiday season.
• Four paid volunteering days annually, private medical insurance, an employee assistance programme, and life assurance.
• Share Match plan, pension scheme, and optical and medical care benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development, continuous learning, and progression toward full accounting qualification.