GroupM Careers

Overview of job

• Opportunity to work in the leading global media investment company with a fast-growing team of professionals.
• Work closely with local country, regional and global finance teams.
• Develop your career in the regional finance and accounting area.

• You will be in pace with the GroupM’s value proposition and familiar with the company culture. 
• Able to review the financial reporting prepared by country and provide variance highlights and commentaries. 
• Familiar with the WPP reporting structure and system. 
• Understand the related company policies and operating procedures.   

• You will be able to make comments on the financial performance, highlight risk or reporting inconsistencies to finance management. 
• Manage the ad hoc reporting enquiries with Country Finance. 
• Understand the month end closing process of the market and able to prioritize the work with Country Finance.  
• Able to design and build ad hoc report in the WPP reporting system. 

• You will be able to provide recommendation, lead and facilitate the change management to drive the reporting efficiency and effectiveness. 

• Review the financial and management reports of the country including actual, budget and forecast reporting.  Check and validate the correctness of the reports. 
• Prepare regional management report with variance analysis and commentary.  Provide highlight to management if any reporting or business risk and opportunity for improvement.  
• Closely work with Country Finance for an accurate and timely financial and management reporting with a tracking and monitoring process in place.   
• Communicate the Global reporting requirements to country finance team by walking through the guidelines, report templates and procedures. Assist in the implementation of new regulatory or management requirements.  
• Ensure the finance function complied to SOX and company policies under the reporting scope. 
• Support audit work and communication with internal and external auditors. 
• Review the statutory audit report and account reconciliation review with Country Finance.  
• Assist in ah hoc projects  

• Qualified Accountant with Degree in Accounting/Finance or related discipline.
• At least 6 years of accounting and finance and / or audit experience with preferably multinational companies or listed and sizable companies with multiple legal entities and reporting units. Ideally a mix of audit and commercial experience or Big 4 audit experience.
• Strong financial and management reporting experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal & communication skills with ability and confidence to work with all levels
• Independent, attentive to details, organized, proactive and eager to learn.  Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Fluency in both Chinese and English
• High proficient in MS office (Excel and macros).  Experience in Hyperion, SAP or similar consolidation and reporting applications is a definite advantage.

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