Job Description

About Company

This is the world’s leading brand and retail consultancy. Designing the Future. Online, offline and in person. We don’t predict the future, we influence it and we design it. Whenever and wherever your customer meets your brand.

 

Job Purpose:

Responsible for the day to day processing of accounts payable transactions accurately and on a timely basis. Supporting of the wider Finance team to positively impact business performance on a local level.

Professional & Technical Experience:

• Experience in Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel
• Excellent numeracy and analytical thought processes
• Client/customer service experience
• Degree in Business/Accounting/Economics/ etc. desired but not essential
• Desire to start studying for a professional qualification e.g. CIMA/ACCA

Key Responsibilities:

The majority of time within the role is dedicated to:

• Receive and verify invoices
• Take responsibility for ensuring timesheets are entered by studio team in a timely manner and against the correct project jobs
• Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
• Ensure supplier invoices are loaded onto a bespoke system (Maconomy)
• Maintain listing of accounts payable
• New employee setup
• BACS and priority payments
• Entering freelancer timesheets into Traffic
• New supplier setup, ensuring all documentation is provided
• Updating employee holiday onto Traffic
• Maintain an accurate and up to date filing system for financial documents
• Carry out other ad-hoc duties as requested
• Verifying staff expense claims
• Maintaining strict SOX compliance throughout the department
• Raising POs accurately and communicating with relevant parties
• Headcount

Key Success Factors:

• Willingness to undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time
• Ability to work to tight deadlines with some flexibility around working hours in these periods
• Proactive, positive approach to working with all members of the studio team and external contacts
• Timely and accurate assistance, supporting wider Finance team, impacting business performance on a local level
• Strength of working relationships – internally across all departments and within the wider WPP organisation
• Credible and collaborative representative of finance team

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience in Microsoft Office packages, especially Excel • Excellent numeracy and analytical thought processes • Client/customer service experience • Degree in Business/Accounting/Economics/ etc. desired but not essential • Desire to start studying for a professional qualification e.g. CIMA/ACCA