• Global Media and Production agency
• Location: Farringdon (2 days per week) and 3 days from home
• Excellent company with fantastic benefits
• Role due to progression within the team

The role will cover UK and US Hogarth business and report into the UK group Financial Controller, working closely with the Global Director - Risk & Controls. There are currently two team mebers you would manager based in Chennai and the role will be direct liaison officer with auditors to schedule and co-ordinate audits across both locations.

The Successful candidate will be very detail oriented deadline driven and have the personality to influence and drive compliance within the UK business. Support the end to end SOX, internal audit and internal control procedures.

• Support the end to end SOX, audit and internal control procedures
• Primary contact with external auditors who are Deloitte and PWC
• Perform pre audit testing to ensure all controls are performed and documented in accordance with WPP requirements
• Provide support to the UK finance team and performing key SOX audit preview controls related to vendor approvals, client approvals and vendor spend
• Prepare and maintain supporting documentation on key SOX controls
• Ad hoc projects in the finance team; revenue, billing, credit control, payables and management accounting

Candidate Profile

• Strong Academics intellect
• Strong transactional accounting skills
• Audit experience, but operationally focussed
• exposure to an effective understanding of principles of Sarbanes Oxley