The purpose of the role is to streamline our business revenues and efficiencies. This role works within and across our rights and finance departments in the UK, US and COE territories. The aim will be to streamline processes and develop business operations. It will also be to increase visibility of the data within our systems in a user-friendly, accessible manner through the use of PowerBi and other technologies, as needed. We’re looking for someone who enjoys a challenge and is self-motivated and self-disciplined to solve problems in a creative way, through reports, processes, and systems. We are looking for methodical and analytical mindset. Experience in rights and royalties are not a requirement, but we are looking for someone with an understanding/experience of working in a finance function.

Key responsibilities:

Automation

• Work to find solutions to automate the daily processes

• Proactively investigate new solutions and interrogate any issues.

• Provide maintenance for solutions and communicate with stakeholders.

• Work alongside various teams to learn the processes as needed in order to work out where there are opportunities to streamline processes or automate.

• Provide ad hoc assistance on tasks as needed

• Become a PPM superuser so as to understand the workings of PPM consequently how the data works.

• Support the US in their migration to Klopotek and building PowerBi Dashboards in line with their requirements.

• Support the COE territories by building reporting tools that promote visibility.

• Offer training and support where possible to aid in upskilling all parties.

• Create and maintain meticulous process documentation

• Run reports as necessary using Business Objects and other internal systems such as Reportnet

• Run ad hoc reports as required.

Streamline processes and design automations and other system improvements

Experience

• Administrative, systems analyst and/or reporting experience within a finance/rights function

• Powerbi experience

• Automation/coding/VBA experience

• Excellent problem-solving skills and with strong attention to detail and methodical

• Excellent organisational and communication skills

• Team player with proven ability to work independently in a dynamic, global, and evolving work environment

• Ability to plan and prioritise

• Willing to adapt to changing priorities

• Strong skills with Microsoft Office, and specifically Excel (to manipulate data files) and Word

• Excellent problem solving and with strong attention to detail

• Ability to multitask

• Able to provide exceptional service to our customers and clearly explain complex information in an understandable way

 Benefits

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days) 

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance 

• Summer Hours  

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal 

• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme 

• Relocation Rent Support Loan  

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes 

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers 

• Gym membership discount 

• Onsite physiotherapy (London only) 

• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days 

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

• Green Electric/Hybrid Car Benefit Scheme (salary sacrifice)

• With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire

• Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books 

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts 

• Onsite prayer room 

  At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.  This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.

  If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to stephanie.jemmett@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

  Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.