About the role:
As an Editorial Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Overseeing freelancer budget spend, producing a spend trend analysis to anticipate unplanned costs and working closely with Global Managers to flag concerns and identify solutions.
- Conducting a 3rd party agency contract review, including document and data collection, review of required contract language, shepherding through 3rd party contract updates where necessary and creating a database to house these.
- Overseeing CEST compliance for non RSR workers and develop plan for same every six months.
- Supporting workforce planning activities by assigning an FTE equivalent for each freelancer by Country and Freelancer that can be used in future SWP analyses.
- Completing an equipment form usage audit, working with Global Managers to ensure documentation is in place and records are maintained.
- Identifying and helping our wider team prioritize freelancer onboarding efficiencies.
- Escalating and overseeing freelancer payment resolution issues.
- Supporting contract cleanup initiative efforts.
- Assisting in conducting freelancer country reviews (payment sources, contracts, risk)
- Taking ownership of non-AP vetting tool access (Third Party Risk Management / including coordination with Finance and coordinating user training.
- Proactively work with corporate secretariats to validate and keep current our LE signatory list referenced on a daily basis for contract creation.
- Assisting with various Power BI reporting, contract creation tool programming and on demand advanced analytics.
About You:
To be an Editorial Operations Manager, you will likely have:
- Excellent organizational skills and experience in office administration and people management and problem solving.
- At least 5+ Years of experience
- Advanced excel, experience with Power BI reporting and a willingness to embrace new technologies, including AI.
- Fluent written and spoken English; a second global language would be advantageous.
- Experience of working in a large international company or media organisation.
- An ability and desire to work with a team across languages and geographies.
- The ability to work under pressure and with great flexibility.
- Goal-oriented to meet the set objectives and goals.
- Should be flexible to work in UK Shift( 12 PM- 9 PM IST)
