DK Finance - Temporary Business Analyst (12-month maternity cover)
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Vauxhall, South West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and ambitious Business Analyst to join the finance team at DK on a 12-month basis.
We are looking for that eager and proactive individual who can hit the ground running to provide commercial and financial support to the DK Living division, with a particular focus on DK Children’s, as well as supporting the wider Commercial Finance team.
Working both strategically and analytically, key responsibilities of the role will include:
Assist in assessing the profitability of future publishing programmes to drive strategy and decision-making.
Prepare and analyse the monthly commercial KPI pack for circulation to the global leadership team.
Support the Commercial Finance team in evaluating the performance and profitability of published titles.
Provide timely divisional reporting on key title sales and assist in the periodic divisional planning & forecasting cycles, including preparing sales forecasts and overhead budgets.
Support the Finance team in monitoring and reviewing investment spend on titles to ensure optimum cost control.
Serve as a key financial support partner for the DK Children’s creative team.
This role will suit a part-qualified individual with excellent attention to detail who is financially and commercially aware. Working to multiple deadlines, projects and workloads, the ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, confident and able to work independently as well as part of a team with a can-do attitude. You will be IT literate with excellent Excel skills and working knowledge of Business Objects and SAP. Any experience of using Anaplan would be advantageous.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your most recent CV and cover letter by Monday 5 January 2026.
We are offering a competitive salary for this role, plus bonus and benefits.
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
Generous pension scheme
Volunteering policy and charity matching
Employee assistance programme
60% discount on company books
Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
Shopping discounts
Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
*Subject to certain criteria being met.
And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in our Pimlico office. As this is non-negotiable, please ensure you are within a reasonable commuting distance of London before applying.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
We are looking for that eager and proactive individual who can hit the ground running to provide commercial and financial support to the DK Living division, with a particular focus on DK Children’s, as well as supporting the wider Commercial Finance team.
Working both strategically and analytically, key responsibilities of the role will include:
Assist in assessing the profitability of future publishing programmes to drive strategy and decision-making.
Prepare and analyse the monthly commercial KPI pack for circulation to the global leadership team.
Support the Commercial Finance team in evaluating the performance and profitability of published titles.
Provide timely divisional reporting on key title sales and assist in the periodic divisional planning & forecasting cycles, including preparing sales forecasts and overhead budgets.
Support the Finance team in monitoring and reviewing investment spend on titles to ensure optimum cost control.
Serve as a key financial support partner for the DK Children’s creative team.
This role will suit a part-qualified individual with excellent attention to detail who is financially and commercially aware. Working to multiple deadlines, projects and workloads, the ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, confident and able to work independently as well as part of a team with a can-do attitude. You will be IT literate with excellent Excel skills and working knowledge of Business Objects and SAP. Any experience of using Anaplan would be advantageous.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your most recent CV and cover letter by Monday 5 January 2026.
We are offering a competitive salary for this role, plus bonus and benefits.
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
Generous pension scheme
Volunteering policy and charity matching
Employee assistance programme
60% discount on company books
Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
Shopping discounts
Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
*Subject to certain criteria being met.
And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in our Pimlico office. As this is non-negotiable, please ensure you are within a reasonable commuting distance of London before applying.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.