Central Operations Assistant - Finance

Our Team: 

Central Operations is a commercial support team for all the Publishing brands at Bauer, from Angling Times to Empire, Model Rail to Grazia. We are a team above all else, and we work towards a common goal of delivering the best customer service to our clients and colleagues.  Our aim is keeping any risk to advertising revenues across our print and digital platforms at a minimum through best practice and adaptive internal processes.
We have a friendly/family atmosphere of people who are fun to work with and who always dive in to help each other when needed, for example where there is a major incident to resolve or there are decisions to be made or knowledge to be shared.

The focus of your role: 

In this role you will be the link between the sales teams and various other support departments within the business. You will be responsible for ensuring all advertising is booked onto the sales system correctly and successfully collecting advertising prepayments, as well as ensuring the accuracy of the advertising revenue booked prior to invoicing.

Ensure that minimal revenue is lost through bad practice or errors and highlight issues to the Central Operations Manager.  Ensure that your work is efficiently processed in accordance with the Central Operations Finance team SLAs as well as being in line with company and advertising strategy.

Key Responsbilities: 

• Booking and confirming adverts
• Chasing payments in line with deadlines
• Maintaining hygiene of customer records on systems
• Daily use of our systems including Adpoint, SAP, Microsoft Excel and other databases
• Assisting with revenue at risk reporting & month end billing
• Ensuring GDPR regulations are adhered to
• Maintaining good business relationships with internal and external stakeholders

What will you bring: 

• High levels of motivation and enthusiasm
• Ability to meet deadlines and work as a team
• Great organisation skills
• Confidence when dealing with difficult situations
• The ability to think outside of the box & a curious mindset
• Great numeracy skills & attention to detail

Closing Date: Sunday 17th May 

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win. 
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk

We are actively recruiting for this position, however, the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.