Senior Manager, Financial Reporting

About WPP Media

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About WPP Media

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective, bringing together world-class media agencies, talent, and capabilities. We partner with clients to unlock growth by combining strategic thinking, creativity, and performance-driven media solutions.

At WPP Media, our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in strong collaboration, trust, and continuous growth to deliver exceptional results for our clients and meaningful experiences for our teams.

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We're Open: we build trust and enhance understanding by working collaboratively - across our teams, clients, and partners.

We're Optimistic: we adopt a growth mindset throughout our business, embracing change to unlock our collective potential.

We're Extraordinary: in pursuit of innovation and growth, we push boundaries and challenge ordinary thinking and the status quo.

Role Summary and Impact

As the Finance & Reporting Senior Manager, you will lead key finance and accounting activities for our Trading division. This includes managing vendor contract reviews, overseeing local and regional reporting, and driving forecasting and budgeting cycles.

You’ll act as a strategic business partner—translating data into insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and shaping recommendations that influence commercial decisions. You will also champion process improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and operational excellence.

Reporting to: Finance & Reporting Lead

Highlights of the role

A positive, vibrant, and collaborative work environment

High‑impact role in a fast‑growing business

Exposure to senior decision‑making and commercial strategy

Strong growth opportunities in a regional finance setup

Responsibilities

Managing the full set of accounts for the Trading division

Preparing monthly financial reports, quarterly forecasts, and annual budgets

Leading local and regional reporting requirements

Conducting revenue, accrued revenue, vendor, and media credit analysis

Ensuring accuracy, compliance, and integrity across accounting operations

Performing balance sheet and P&L reconciliations

Reviewing vendor contracts and supporting commercial decision-making

Building strong partnerships with cross‑functional teams

Supervising and developing team members to deliver excellence

Skills and Experience

Strong Accounting experience with 5+ years of relevant experience

Experience in contract review

Strong analytical skills

Can-do attitude, Proactive and self-motivated person

Result driven with Attention to details

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

Please Note: This role is posted for talent pipelining purposes. While it is not an active opening, we value your interest and will reach out when a suitable opportunity becomes available.

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