WPP

Technical Finance Manager, Enterprise Technology

Posted 5 Days Ago

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London, Greater London, England

Mid level

AdTech • Marketing Tech

The Role

As a Technical Finance Manager at WPP, you will lead global accounting policies for Enterprise Technology, ensure compliance with SOX, manage financial reporting, and collaborate with various teams while guiding Finance Business Partners. You will oversee a team responsible for financial operations including reconciliations and payroll.

Summary Generated by Built In

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

Why we're hiring:

WPP Enterprise Technology (ET) is transforming how WPP works. We're modernizing with cloud-first infrastructure, consolidating campuses for a better client and employee experience, and shifting from a single IT outsourcing provider to a multi-supplier model. Finance plays a crucial role in this transformation, guiding the move to a more agile IT environment and the development of in-house R&D platform products. This requires expert technical financial skills, commercial acumen, and operational awareness to strategically advise Controllership and Business Partnering functions.

What you'll be doing:

Reporting into the Financial Controller, your responsibilities will include:

Accounting Expertise: Lead global accounting policies and processes for Enterprise Technology, advising Finance Business Partners (FBPs) on technical accounting (Capex, R&D, asset transfers, etc.).
SOX Compliance: Design, implement, and oversee SOX controls, expanding coverage to ~50 countries.
Financial Management: Manage month-end close, reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, and the actuals cycle. Produce the Central Finance Accounts pack.
FBP Partnership: Guide and support FBPs on technical accounting, driving quality and accuracy.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with group accounting functions (tax, treasury, etc.) and internal teams (FBPs, Controllership, Shared Services, etc.).
Team Leadership: Manage and develop a team responsible for intercompany reconciliations, P&L analysis, financial statement preparation, payroll, headcount reporting, and SOX control operation.

What you'll need:

Accounting qualification, with/or equivalent experience
Experience working in a complex international environment either with or for multi-national companies is desirable for this role

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?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

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