Overview of job
GroupM is the world’s largest media investment company and are a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Regional Senior Financial Manager to join us.
This role will directly contribute to regional growth in APAC, aligning with our global strategy of innovation and excellence. With 12,000 employees spanning 16 currently diverse markets, we thrive on the strength of local expertise, unified by a global vision, to deliver impactful solution for our clients.
Reporting of the role
This role reports to: Regional Senior Finance Manager
What you’ll bring:
- Responsible for the preparation of regional financial reporting include actual, forecast, budget.
- Review and oversees the financial reports, aging items and account reconciliation of each country and respective business units. Prepare variance analysis and commentary report. Highlight risk to management.
- To prepare and review the inter-unit balances and reconciliation. Work closely with Country Finance to update progress and clear the mismatched items.
- Conduct regional SOX review for the country reports.
- Communicate Global and Regional reporting requirements to the Country finance, provide guidance, training, report templates and procedures.
- Ensure the reporting comply to SOX and internal controls.
- Support ad hoc tasks e.g. prepare reporting template or APAC management report, financial analysis etc.
Minimum qualifications:
- Qualified Accountant with Degree in Accounting/Finance or related discipline.
- At least 5 years of accounting and finance experience with preferably multinational companies and companies with multiple legal entities and reporting units. Ideally a mix of audit and commercial experience.
- Strong financial and management reporting experience is a must.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good interpersonal & communication skills with ability and confidence to work with all levels
- Independent, attentive to details, organized, proactive and eager to learn. Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast pace environment.
- Fluency in both Chinese and English
- High proficient in MS office (Excel and macros). Experience in Hyperion, SAP or similar consolidation and reporting applications is a definite advantage.
More about GroupM
GroupM is the leading global media investment management group serving as the parent to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the programmatic digital media platform, Xaxis, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions. GroupM’s primary purpose is to maximize the performance of WPP’s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, and proprietary tool development. GroupM’s focus is to deliver unrivaled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people, and is increasingly working closely for the benefit of clients with WPP’s data investment management group, Kantar. Together, GroupM and Kantar account for over 50% of WPP’s group revenues of more than $20 billion.
About Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s small yet highly dynamic and efficient media market means it gets to operate with agility. Its internet and digital penetration continues to grow year-on-year, and has the highest smartphone penetration in Asia Pacific at 87%, while tablet ownership clocks in at 57%. Hong Kong’s digital market boasts a healthy mix of local, regional and global players, providing new opportunities in the media space.
If you want a future in media and communications, and believe in Hong Kong’s belief of “work hard, play hard”, there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging and exciting than Hong Kong, where opportunities for you to innovate and grow are unparalleled.
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