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Finance Manager EMEA
at Wunderman ThompsonWho we are:
At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience.
We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world; our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology.
What you’ll be doing:
This Finance Manager (EMEA) role supports the Regional Finance Controller and the regional management for Wunderman Thompson EMEA. The role will work with the finance teams across EMEA, helping to develop and maintain first class finance function that is able to deliver accurate and timely finance and management information. The main objectives are to ensure timely and accurately group financial reporting, insightful analysis, timely and relevant management information, provide training to local markets in the areas of group reporting, management accounting and SOX compliance.
- Direct oversight of the group reporting of key EMEA markets (around 7 direct offices)
- Supervise an area of the EMEA reporting and compliance process (around 50 offices). Ensure integrity of financial reporting and compliance with policies. Liaise with the global finance team on reporting matters
- Play key role in training markets in group reporting as well as management accounting
- Participate in the integration of new companies
- Produce management reports and presentations
- Liaise with Global HQ regarding group reporting queries
- Built in-depth knowledge of the markets including business issues and perform risk-based financial analysis
- Ensure SOX compliance of the direct markets and own work in the team
- Perform a number of SOX and special audits of Opco’s
Who you are:
- Qualified ACA / CIMA / ACCA
- Strong accounting experience in IFRS, management accounting and analytical review, system & processes review
- Good level of technical accounting knowledge.
- International experience and other European languages will be an advantage
- Experience in similar position
- Audit background will be an advantage
- Advanced excel skills (ability to write macros will be strong advantage)
- Experience in compliance auditing/SOX
- Use of a consolidation tool such as Cartesis / SAP BFC
- Ability to form strong relationships with colleagues
What we can offer you:
We don't settle for people who can just do the job, we look for people that go beyond that and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday. We believe that this is what makes our agency a great place to be – a space where you’re never far away from the best minds to learn from.
We want you to be comfortable and proud every day of the week and have created an open and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. We don’t want you to just fit into our culture, we want your uniqueness and diversity of background to add to it and make this an agency where we all have a real sense of belonging and purpose. We are a community.
We have a number of programmes and initiatives designed to support your career and wellbeing. There are exciting knowledge sharing programmes delivered through lunch and learn sessions, cultural opportunities through our exchange programme, and you can have an impact on the wider community through one of our charity initiatives. Your career development is important to us and should you ever choose to move on from Wunderman Thompson, we want you to be better than when you joined us. YOU Time will provide you with the framework and support needed to reach your career aspirations, supported by a range of learning options for every type of learning style. Your mind, body and soul are also taken care of through our varied wellness programmes but we like to have some fun here too, so you could get involved in our culture club, find love through Wunder Dating or if you’re the chosen one, take a spin on our Wheel of Wunder!
There really is no shortage of opportunities here for the right person that is prepared to roll their sleeves up, get involved and collaborate with those around them to deliver the best work for our clients and our agency.
Wunderman Thompson is a WPP agency. For more information, please visit our website and follow Wunderman Thompson on our social channels via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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Established in 2019, Wunderman Thompson has a combined history of 150 years, setting the standard for marketing, communications and business innovation. We bring together over 20,000 creatives, analysts, strategists, customer experience designers and business consultants across 90 markets.
We’re always looking for the best talent to add to our diverse and talented mix that is Wunderman Thompson.
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