Teams at The Economist Group

The Financial Controller manages financial reporting, compliance, and treasury functions, ensuring fiscal responsibility and strong internal controls. This senior role partners with global finance teams and leads process improvements while overseeing audits and risk management.

Sell sponsorships for Economist Events across Sustainability, Trade, Technology and Industry portfolios. Manage full sales cycle, build new client relationships for virtual and in-person events, produce proposals/contracts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, hit sales activity targets (30 substantive conversations/month), and sometimes lead global commercial strategy for franchises.

Manage and grow a portfolio of agency and client accounts across the UK and EMEA. Identify new business opportunities, lead the full sales cycle, hit revenue targets, develop insight-led proposals across Economist media (digital, print, podcasts, events, branded content), and maintain forecasting and pipeline in Salesforce while collaborating with internal teams for campaign delivery.