Senior Corporate Reporting Accountant

Why we're hiring:

WPP is continuing to drive its global transformation program, focusing on cost reduction and process improvements. Major progress has been achieved across the business to improve performance, strengthen capabilities and prepare WPP for a new future.  Enterprise Technology is at the forefront of providing key servicers to the enlarged Group and this role plays an important part in that journey.

Enterprise Technology delivers a broad range of software and infrastructure services to a global network of creative agencies.  Enterprise Technology provides a global centralised IT and procurement function to provide economies of scale. 

The role objective is to recharge certain centralised costs and then liaise closely with WPP’s other regional brands to communicate shared costs with senior finance stakeholders around the world, ensuring costs are processed at every level, with P&L and Balance Sheet differences being communicated and closed out.  This role offers the opportunity to make an impact on financial health and controls.

What you'll be doing:

As a Senior Corporate Reporting Accountant you will be at the heart of our controllership operations, ensuring accuracy of financial performance and completeness of our financial position.

Specific responsibilities:

• Intercompany mismatches: responsible for obtaining data from multiple sources and counterparties, ensuring all transactions are agreed and supported by evidence (balance sheet and / inter-group revenue/cost mismatches) - a primary area of focus.
• Balance sheet reconciliations and control: responsible for preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and sub-ledger analysis with a specific focus on intercompany payable and receivable balances, ensuring compliance with SOX controls.
• Journal entries: prepare journal entries to resolve mismatches and support with the balance sheet remediation process
• Monthly closing: take ownership for a number of countries and responsible for the balance sheet and accounting entries in those countries.
• Analysis: responsible for providing commentary on the financial performance variances against proforma and rolling forecast and balance sheet movements
• VAT Reporting: prepare and submit quarterly VAT Returns in compliance with regulations.
• Ad hoc duties: including checking payment runs, tax queries, assisting with monthly payroll process, statutory accounts and supporting the annual audit.

What you'll need:

• Audit experience: internal audit or has worked within a FTSE-100 or large international organization, strong controls focus and attention to detail
• ACA qualified (or equivalent)
• Demonstrated experience with MS Excel
• Experience in the preparing / management of journal entries and accrual accounting.

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?