Operating Company

GroupM

Job Title

Assistant Management Accountant

Department / Team

GroupM / GroupM Motion Finance

Reporting To

Financial Controller

Location

One Southwark Bridge, London

About GroupM

GroupM is the leading global media investment management operation serving as the parent company to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, Wavemaker and MediaCom, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions. GroupM’s primary purpose is to maximize performance of WPP’s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. GroupM’s focus is to deliver unrivalled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders, and people. Discover more about GroupM at www.groupm.com.

The Role Objective

The main purpose of the role is to assist in the preparation of the monthly management accounts for reporting to both GroupM Motion Entertainment, GroupM and agencies, and WPP group (EMEA). The Assistant Management Accountant will perform various Account Payable, Accounts Receivable and Management Reporting tasks. To be successful in this role, engagement with various parts of the business is required, often at different levels of seniority.

Responsibilities

Month-end process/ year-end & variance analysis

• Prepare POs and review open items
• Review employee expenses and submit for approval
• Prepare new client, supplier and media product forms and documentation
• Review and reconcile media bookings and other client invoices, and submit for billing
• Liaise with GroupM and agency media teams to reconcile media booking variances
• Prepare AP payment run, manual payments and bank account balance transfer supporting documentation and submit for approval
• Assist with calculation of accruals & prepayments of costs, using IFRS principles and preparation of journals
• Assist with monthly accounts receivable and payable balance sheet reconciliations and SOX documentation
• Assist with preparation and review of intercompany balances and invoices
• Assist with quarterly VAT reporting documentation

Group / WPP reporting

• Liaise with other group entities to resolve billing or reporting queries
• Assist with year-end audit by providing relevant information to the auditors

Other and periodic

• Ensuring compliance with company policies and SOX requirements
• Continuously reviewing current processes and making improvements to allow better control or improved efficiencies
• Ad hoc projects as directed by FC/SFC
• Assisting AP team with coding of invoices
• Dealing with Finance Plus on ad hoc queries

Skills and Behaviours

Desirable

• Experience working with DDS / Media Ocean
• Experience working with Cartesis / BFC

Essential

• Acute and thorough attention to detail
• Strong work ethic and collaborative nature essential
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft applications
• Good interpersonal skills to work with different management levels
• Quick to learn and adaptable to changing work allocation and able to prioritise workload to meet challenging deadlines
• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude