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Senior Finance Manager - 8 month FTCHogarth
26 days ago
  • LevelSenior
  • ProfessionsFinance Manager, Accountant, Finance Director
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.  Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.
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 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
A Hybrid working model
Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.
What does a Senior Finance Manager (FTC) do at Hogarth?
Please note this is a Mat cover FTC contract for the period of 8 months.
The Commercial Finance Manager oversees the client reporting for Hogarth. This role will be working with the Commercial Finance Director and interacting with our global client. We are looking for a strategic and operational analyst that is able to adapt to a rapid fire environment and provide complex reporting. Ideal candidate will also be able to manage client interactions and presentations. This is a one year fixed term contract, starting ASAP and ending in November.
Responsibilities:
  • Run daily, weekly, quarterly, & annual reports from multiple systems and reconcile data to produce results.
  • Lead and manage the month end process, actual variances to budget & forecasting through the fiscal year.
  • Work with Commercial Director on client facing rate cards & analyse the financial impact to Hogarth.
  • Assist in the creating of various KPI and QBR presentations with guidance from management.
  • Continually work to identify new opportunities to provide valuable metrics to the business.
  • Manage data integrity and cleanliness.
  • Maintain/update sales reports/dashboards.
  • Produce and publish a calendar of department deliverables - ensure we remain on target to those dates and that we have the required input from key stakeholders to hit these key dates; communicate to Sales Ops leadership if due dates are at risk with a plan of action to get back on track
  • Researches and evaluates current economic conditions that may affect the organization's ability to sell its products or services in the marketplace.
  • Understanding of commercial transactions
Requirements
  • Experienced in performing financial or data analysis
  • A fully qualified accountant with ideally 3 years PQE, can be ACA, ACCA or CIMA
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required
  • Expert level of usage of Microsoft Excel with strong ability to automate reports (pivots, vlookups, macros, etc.)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Expertise in MS Office suite and Mac required
  • Strong organisational and interpersonal skills required
  • Ability to work well with others at all levels of the operation
  • Ability to deal with a fast-paced dynamic environment
  • Proven project management skills with multiple, complex projects
  • Experience supporting several functional organisations; knowledge and understanding of key metrics driving a sales environment
  • Understanding of the people, processes, technology issues within an enterprise level corporation.
  • Understands how business process impacts reporting
  • Strong multi-tasking skills to manage multiple projects without supervision
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Impact and Inclusion
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
Please contact careers@hogarth.com if you need the job advert or form in another format.
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Skills Required

  • Financial Analysis
  • Accounting
  • Microsoft Excel

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