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About the Role
WPP is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join their HQ Finance team. This role involves partnering with Finance and People leaders to provide financial insight, robust reporting, and informed decision support. The position will analyze financial performance, challenge stakeholders, and shape budgeting and forecasting processes, playing a critical role in understanding business performance and supporting strategic decisions. This is an opportunity to contribute to broader transformation initiatives within a global organization.
Responsibilities
- Partner with HQ Finance and People leaders to provide financial insight and analysis, including tracking actual performance against budgets and forecasts.
- Act as the primary finance contact for budget holders and department leads, supporting the development of accurate, transparent, and robust budgets and forecasts.
- Lead month-end performance reporting, including cost actualisation, variance analysis, risk and opportunity assessment, and the identification of mitigating actions.
- Support management accountants through the month-end close process by providing information required for journal preparation and posting.
- Maintain the integrity and accuracy of budget and forecast data within WPP's financial systems.
- Partner with the Finance Director, GBS, Finance and People to support business cases, cost-saving initiatives, and transformation programmes.
- Analyse key cost drivers and collaborate with business leaders to identify efficiencies and opportunities that contribute to transformation and cost optimisation targets.
- Work closely with FP&A, Controllership, Tax and other Finance teams to ensure consistent, accurate, and aligned reporting and analysis.
- Own and manage the calculations that underpin the Finance and People recharge process across WPP.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Proven Finance Business Partnering experience within a complex, international organisation.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Strong influencing skills with the confidence to provide constructive challenge to senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights.
- Excellent organisational and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working effectively across large, diverse, and international teams.
- A proactive, commercial mindset with a continuous improvement approach.
- Experience with enterprise financial systems and data visualisation tools, such as Power BI.
- A proven track record of driving process improvements through automation, standardisation, and the effective use of data.
Skills
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Influencing
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Variance analysis
- Cost management
- Data visualisation
- Power BI
- Automation
- Standardisation
Location
- HQ
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Proven Finance Business Partnering experience
Education Level
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent)
Benefits
- Passionate, inspired people
- Scale and opportunity
- Challenging and stimulating work
About the Company
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
- We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.
- 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.
- For more information, visit WPP.com.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard 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.