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Why we're hiring:
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior finance professional to be a New York based leader that is integral to the WPP group finance team. Investment is being made to transform the WPP finance and accounting organisation to better support the business. The new composition for the finance function will target a modernised reporting structure of greater scale, to better service the volume of work required and to the level expected of a FTSE 100 business. This hire will be a critical role in ensuring this success.
What you'll be doing:
Reporting to the Deputy Group Financial Controller, the Director - Group Reporting covers all elements of the Group’s external and internal financial reporting cycles. Operating in over 100 countries worldwide, WPP plc is looking for an internationally experienced candidate who possesses a broad cultural outlook and understanding, thriving in a complex organisation. She/he will ideally have experience of managing multinational teams. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of ensuring the Group consolidation and its supporting items are prepared on a timely and accurate basis and that external financial reporting is of a consistently high standard. Ensuring a “no-surprises” environment is critical. She/he will have a professional financial qualification and will have had exposure to best-in-class processes and systems to develop a first-class Reporting function. The role includes providing significant input into Group-wide improvement initiatives.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
What you’ll need:
The successful candidate will have strong reporting credentials and experience in operating in a listed, multi-national business of significant scale and complexity. She/he will bring partnership and communication skills and a proven ability to communicate and work at senior levels within an organisation. The candidate will have an established track record for leading and developing a talented, inclusive and diverse team to deliver results. As someone managing a large, cross-border team through a time of significant change, this individual must have a proven ability to identify, empower, cultivate and motivate talent and maintain the highest standards of integrity and ethics.
The ideal candidate will have:
In terms of the personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:
Personal characteristics:
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 open-minded: to 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 confidence: 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 deliver extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
Passionate, driven people – We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver 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?
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Full Time
$184k-235k (estimate)
01/14/2024
04/17/2024
wpp.com
WHITE PLAINS, NY
>50,000
2012
Private
$1B - $3B
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