Operations Manager

• Revenue Planning & Forecasting
• Maintain a rolling 24-month revenue forecast across subscriber, newsstand, advertising (print + digital), and CPG/retailer streams — refreshed weekly from automated data feeds.
• Build and update subscriber revenue models applying churn, growth, and rate-tier assumptions across all newspaper and magazine titles.
• Gather weekly qualitative intelligence from ad managers and division directors; layer onto statistical base forecasts.
• Forecast weekly copy volumes across multiple stores and multiple publishers using secular-decline baselines seasonal indices, and merchandiser capacity constraints.
• 1. Annual Budgeting
• Own the full budget cycle — kickoff through lock-down — across necessary back n forth iteration rounds for the BU’s build input templates, consolidate submissions, and present to senior leadership.
• Build line-by-line headcount and compensation budgets from payroll exports, covering all employee types including temp-agency DC labor.
• Produce departmental opex budgets from AP actuals and contract-change inputs; build COGS, D&A, and newsprint cost models.
• Run the freight model against volume assumptions (box-consolidation optimization); build and negotiate the store-level merchandising budget with external vendors.

Variance Analysis & Reporting:

• Pull month-end actuals; build bridge schedules and draft tailored variance narratives for each BU leadership/ executive
• Compile and publish the weekly leadership slide deck — actuals vs. forecast and 24-month forward view — plus the CFO KPI metrics deck (20+ metrics) for board cycles.
• Process outside-printing reconciliations (12–15 vendors), advertising commission statements, and royalty agreements (~31 SIP partners) monthly.
• Review POs; validate G/L codes, approver chains, and budget alignment; support period-close journal-entry creation as needed.

Scenario Planning & Ad-Hoc Analysis:

• Model leadership-directed scenarios — subscriber repricing, ad-channel rationalization, headcount restructuring, publisher volume cuts — accounting for non-linear cost responses.

Education: BCom

Preferred skills: Finance & Accounts->FP&A