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Financial Accountant
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Job Description
Operating Company | GroupM UK |
Job Title | Financial / Technical Accountant |
Department / Team | GroupM Controllership |
Reporting To | Head of Financial Reporting & Control |
Location | London |
About GroupM
GroupM is part of WPP plc and is the world’s leading media agency group.
Comprising central teams and the agencies in our group - EssenceMediacom, Mindshare, Wavemaker and m/SIX– GroupM’s purpose is to inspire and empower our clients and agencies to deliver market-leading business growth. As the world’s largest media investment management business, we do this through the intelligent application of our scale.
We invest in people, content, technology, and data to drive growth for our clients’ businesses, providing intelligence to find or create valuable audiences and outcomes. Our leadership, inventiveness and scale drive success for our clients, our partners, and our people, and we strive every day to be renowned as the UK’s most trusted, innovative, and successful agency network.
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About the Team
This role sits within the Controllership team of the GroupM UK Finance team. The Controllership team are responsible for all Controllership activities across the GroupM UK market. It headed up by the Group Financial Controller and contains c70 staff.
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About the Role
The role is a newly created role within the GroupM UK Finance team. The role reports to the Head of Financial Reporting & Control and will support across several Financial Reporting, compliance and central reporting activities.
The Financial Accountant will support the on all audits across the Group including group audit, stats audits, WPP internal audits and SOX. There will be a strong emphasis on providing first-class support across the wider controllership and Finance teams, providing the team with the resources and information required for their roles. The role will be the go-to person for technical accounting support
The role will have a particular focus on balance sheet, working with the Head of FR&C and the wider Controllership team to understand the balance sheet in greater depth and tracking balance sheet risks and opportunities, helping the team resolve issues and following up on agreed actions.
The role will support the month end close process, working with GroupM EMEA to track flash and actuals submissions and reviewing P&L and balance sheet submissions across the team and reporting key highlights to the Head f FR&C and Group Financial Controller.
The role will assist the Head of Financial Reporting & Control in implementing a robust Transfer Pricing process in FY25.
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Responsibilities
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Other attributes & skills required in the role
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