Junior Finance Analyst Workday 2022

WPP is the transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. We create transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology. WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 325 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100.

WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide. We are quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Key performance indicators for WPP (2020) include Billings of £46.9bn and Revenue of £12bn.

Why we're hiring

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

WPP have selected Workday as their innovative HCM, Finance & PSA system of choice to meet changing demands and this role will be instrumental in rolling out one of the most exciting Workday programmes for a global business right now.

This role will play a pivotal role in ensuring programme costs are effectively planned, spend is authorized and tracked in line with WPP and the Programme’s governance framework.

What you'll be doing

• Junior Finance Analyst for our Global Workday programme totalling >$500m investment over 5 years. You’ll improve the impact, and understanding, of financial performance of our ERP programmes and broader legacy estate.
• Accountable for assisting the PMO and Finance BP financial forecasting, planning, and reporting of these key programmes
• Build key relationships with the programme teams
• Improve data quality, insight, and economic drivers.
• Assist with the financial analysis insights and key reports for our ERP Programmes to inform strategic decision making and delivery of business value / outcomes
• Operate in a highly complex environment with very high risk (potential financial or commercial impact, OpCo and Group level visibility, potential reputational impact).

What you'll need

• Part Qualified accountant (i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Degree or equivalent (i.e. MBA) desirable but not essential
• Excellent communicator with a track record of operating, partnering with and influencing stakeholders, including non-financial teams
• Collaborative approach with a focus on business and client needs
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced organisational transformation and is comfortable navigating organisational / geographical complexity, across different functions (Operational, Commercial and Group Finance)
• Tenacity, whilst acting high integrity and strong ethics.
• Management reporting and decision support
• Ability to manage pressure and execute critical decision making as well as being self-motivating whilst operating in an ambiguous environment
• Data-led approach to solving problems, driving new insights and identifying value opportunities
• Strong Organisational and prioritisation skills
• Experience within an IT / technology environment would be an advantage

Who you are

• You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
• You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
• You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you

• Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
• Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
• Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.