Senior Manager, Commercial Compliance

1435 - Senior Manager, Commercial Compliance - Finance

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This is a fantastic opportunity where we are looking for a Commercial Compliance Snr Manager to become part of the WPP Media UK Commercial Compliance team, reporting to a Commercial Director. This is a key role, with an overriding objective to partner with the Commercial Director, and other Commercial and Compliance stakeholders to ensure that the agency is complying with all aspects of its contractual commitments whilst fostering a growth mindset.

This includes working with the Commercial team to ensure that contractual provisions in terms of charging mechanisms and notifications to clients are managed accurately and in a timely manner, whilst always having an eye on the Commercial growth and profitability of WPP Media UK. The other key aspect of the role is to ensure that systems, controls, and processes are robust, standardised, and applied to eliminate any risk of revenue loss.

• Working with the commercial team to apply the correct interpretation of WPP’s contractual commitments and reporting thereof, including liaison with affiliate entities.
• Link between the commercial team and finance in ensuring that commercial terms are correctly applied in terms of charging methodology across all income types.
• Supporting the commercial compliance director in ensuring that new commercial models are compliant and have the required level of governance.
• Provide ad hoc commercial analysis for the commercial compliance director.
• To coordinate client audits, liaising with third party audit firms, and ensuring that information required is supplied in the correct format and on a timely basis.
• To work with the UK, EMEA and Global commercial teams to maintain the compliance schedule and ensure that it is up to date and that changes are communicated to the relevant account teams immediately.
• To review the existing control processes and suggest improvements.
• Responsible for all client notifications and declarations.
• To support the commercial compliance director in analysing the transactional processes for all income types, as well as client contractual terms and ensure that all income opportunities are captured.
• To support the commercial compliance director in assessing the robustness of controls around income generating transactions and provide recommendations for enhancement.
• To provide training of the wider agency in commercial compliance related matters.
• Communicate to the agency/to appropriate personnel any new financial and commercial group policies and ensure these are being implemented.
• Able to supervise and mentor more junior staff, professionals, and/or analysts, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Provide ongoing coaching, training, and development opportunities to enhance team skills and contribute to their professional growth.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.
• Qualified accountant/auditor or someone holding a legal qualification
• Industry Commercial / Compliance / Financial experience
• Knowledge of core agency concepts – agency benefits, disclosed buying models, undisclosed inventory, vendor contracts & remuneration models
• Capacity for multi-tasking and meeting multiple simultaneous deadlines
• High levels of…