Be Part of What's Next
Join a team that helps power some of the world's most iconic media brands. As a Staff Accountant at Hearst Magazines, you'll play an important role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial operations while contributing to a collaborative, fast-paced environment where your work has a meaningful impact across the business.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is one of the largest publishers in the world, 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 iconic magazines, such as Cosmopolitan, Harper's BAZAAR, Esquire, ELLE, and Popular Mechanics. We're a cutting-edge content distribution platform and proprietary data lab that's reinventing what publishing and media means in the 21st century.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Prepare journal entries and assist with monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
- Reconcile general ledger accounts and investigate discrepancies to ensure financial accuracy.
- Support the preparation of financial reports and maintain accurate accounting records.
- Assist with account analyses, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance reporting.
- Collaborate with internal business partners across Hearst Magazines' brands to support day-to-day financial operations.
- Help maintain compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and company procedures.
- Support internal and external audit requests by preparing schedules and required documentation.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and contribute to operational efficiencies.
Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
- 0+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related field, including internships, co-op experience, or equivalent experience.
- Foundational knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with ERP or financial systems is a plus.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset with a willingness to learn and contribute across teams.
- Hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC, with an expectation of working in the office four days per week.
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 $58,000–$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, including internships, co-op experience, or equivalent experience
- Foundational knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and contribute across teams
- Experience with ERP or financial systems
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.
