Senior Finance Analyst – WPP IT (6m FTC)

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

As we progress on this journey, finance plays a critical partnership role to ensure we deliver our transformation outcomes both operationally and financially. You will the lead the accounting finance team ensuring that the finance nuts and bolts are in place ensuring that as the organisation grows, the finance team can scale to support it.

Reporting into the WPP IT Controller, the role holder will be responsible for period end close activities, fixed asset management, intercompany transactions, bank transactions, balance sheet reconciliation, financial and management reporting and a review of statutory reporting for certain countries.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for end-to-end financial reporting of certain divisions within the WPP IT Finance landscape, including balance sheet ownership.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness in processing general ledger entries, fixed assets transaction, banking transaction, preparing financial and management report, balance sheet reconciliation, supporting local statutory and tax (direct and indirect) in accordance WPP policies and procedures, local accounting standard and requirements.
• Work closely with WPP Operating Units (OpCo) Finance to understand current activities and ensure all changes are reflected in financial statement.
• Regularly track and resolve outstanding issues being identified and escalate to relevant parties as necessary
• Coordinate month end process with a focus on continuous improvements, driving standardisation across all processes.
• Ensure financial and non-financial information are reconciled and reported accurately and on time into the group consolidation system.

What you'll need:

• Qualified accountant (i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Degree or equivalent (i.e. MBA).
• Significant post-qualified experience or external experience in Big 4 / Industry.
• Experience of working in a matrix/global organisation desirable.
• Proven experience in financial management.
• Ability to manage high levels of pressure, prioritise work, monitor and track the status of project related tasks.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?