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Launch your finance career where curiosity, collaboration, and innovation come together. As a Financial Analyst at Hearst Magazines, you'll gain meaningful hands-on experience across accounting and finance while contributing to the financial operations behind some of the world's most iconic media brands. This is an opportunity to build foundational expertise, make an impact from day one, and grow your career within a dynamic organization.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers, with 30 iconic brands that reach more than 150 million readers every month in the United States alone. But we're more than just our renowned magazines—we're a modern content company powered by innovative storytelling, data, technology, and commerce. At Hearst, you'll collaborate with talented colleagues across the business, contribute to meaningful work, and have the opportunity to grow your career in an environment where ideas are valued and development is encouraged.
Key Responsibilities (What You're Doing)
- Review and monitor travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses to ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to company policies.
- Analyze T&E and operational spending trends, providing insights and identifying opportunities for cost savings and process optimization.
- Perform periodic and ad hoc audits of expense activity to support strong financial controls.
- Support the validation, maintenance, and enhancement of T&E dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and usability for business stakeholders.
- Maintain financial policies, procedures, and internal documentation while serving as a resource to employees on policy interpretation and compliance.
- Assist with internal and external audit requests, including supporting SOX control activities and annual compliance sign-off processes.
- Coordinate lease administration activities within Visual Lease by tracking key dates, maintaining documentation, and partnering with internal stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes through automation, AI-enabled solutions, and continuous improvement initiatives while contributing to special projects across accounting, finance, and operations.
Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
- 0+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related field; internships or equivalent experience are welcome.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and communicate actionable insights.
- Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational and time management skills.
- Self-motivated learner who is eager to take initiative, develop new skills, and grow professionally.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with financial analysis and reporting tools.
- Working knowledge of accounting fundamentals, including general ledger activity, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and delivering high-quality work.
- This is a hybrid role requiring four days per week in our New York City office.
Benefits (What We Offer)
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
The base salary range for this role is $66,000-$70,000. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- 0+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related field; internships or equivalent experience are welcome
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data, identify trends, and communicate actionable insights
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and time management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with financial analysis and reporting tools
- Working knowledge of accounting fundamentals, including general ledger activity, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and quality
- Ability to work four days per week in the New York City office
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
