Manager- Corporate Accounting & Reporting

WPP is the creative 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 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.

WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500.

Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

Why we're hiring:

As our global operations continue to grow and evolve, we are expanding our finance capability in India to strengthen HQ consolidation and reporting activities. We are hiring a Corporate Accounting Manager who will work closely with our UK-based Corporate Reporting team to support global month-end close, financial reporting, analysis and control. This role will be central to improving reporting quality, enhancing processes and supporting the ongoing transformation of our Group Finance function.

What you'll be doing:

This role reports directly to the UK-based Manager, Corporate Reporting, and is part of a globally distributed finance team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading key components of the global month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of financial information to the Corporate Reporting team based in the UK.

• Preparing monthly management accounts for assigned HQ or global cost centres, including detailed variance analysis and commentary.

• Supporting the global consolidation process, including data validation, reconciliations and uploads to consolidation systems (e.g., BFC or similar).

• Collaborating with UK stakeholders to support Group-level budgets, reforecasts and long-range planning.

• Preparing HQ-related accruals, prepayments, journals and other adjustments required for month-end close.

• Ensuring timely completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and resolving open items.

• Supporting intercompany accounting, including recharges, confirmations and monthly reconciliations between global entities.

• Working with colleagues in India and gloabally on SOX-related controls, enhancing documentation and ensuring compliance with Group standards.

• Partnering with global shared service centres where relevant to ensure completeness, accuracy and alignment across accounting processes.

• Assisting with audit support (internal and external) by preparing schedules and responding to auditor queries.

• Driving continuous improvement in global processes, workflows and reporting quality.

• Providing leadership and guidance to junior team members in India; helping to build a high-performing support function.

What you'll need:

• CA/ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.

• 6–10 years of experience in corporate accounting, management reporting or financial control, ideally within a global organisation.

• Strong foundational knowledge of month-end close, consolidation principles and balance sheet control.

• Experience working with international stakeholders, ideally within a matrix structure.

• Excellent communication skills, especially when working with UK/European counterparts across time zones.

• A process-oriented mindset with the ability to analyse, simplify and improve finance workflows.

• An ability to work autonomously while proactively raising issues or risks to UK-based management when required.

• Comfort working with ERP systems (e.g., D365, SAP, Oracle) and consolidation tools (e.g., BFC, HFM, OneStream).

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

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