Your role: We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Executive Assistant to provide essential support to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a dynamic and influential media organisation, acting as a pivotal link between the CFO and the wider business. You will report directly to the CFO, ensuring their office operates with maximum efficiency.
Day to day you will:
- Represent the CFO as the primary internal and external point of contact.
- Coordinate complex diary management, travel arrangements, and meeting schedules to ensure the CFO’s time is prioritised effectively.
- Manage the CFO’s email correspondence, actioning requests where possible and highlighting urgent matters for immediate attention.
- Prepare detailed meeting materials and briefings, while also attending sessions to record minutes and track follow-up actions.
- Facilitate efficient document control and workflow management, including proofreading and editing high-level communications.
What we're looking for from you:
- Demonstrated EA experience supporting senior leadership within a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced proficiency in GSuite and MS Office to produce high-quality presentations and manage complex digital filing systems.
- Expert document control skills with a keen eye for detail when proofreading and editing sensitive financial or corporate materials.
- Strong interpersonal relationship building to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- High level of discretion when handling confidential data, ensuring total integrity and security of personal or sensitive information.
- Proactive workload management to determine priorities independently and meet strict deadlines without direct supervision.
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands 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.
Life at News
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 diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.
At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
- ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
- Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
- Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.
