Landor & Fitch Hiring for Finance Analyst Job at London, England Full Time

We are hiring the next Finance Analyst to join our London studio. Could this be you?

Position Purpose

The Finance Analyst supports the Global team with their daily tasks, in particular Net Working Capital reporting, SOX and other related compliance and Intercompany reconciliations. They will provide a variety of support services to the Finance team to ensure efficiency and effectiveness for the business. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Finance Assistant or Finance Analyst who has a passion and ambition to pursue a career in finance, and is willing to support in all finance administrative tasks. You will be exposed to all aspects of the finance life cycle and be able to build up your knowledge of finance processes, whilst gaining experience working in a creative and professional office environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Landor & Fitch Fundamentals

• Ensures compliance with WPP group reporting requirements and deadlines
• Participates in multiple internal initiatives to help build our culture in support of our brand
• Role model for others in terms of energy, optimism, and drive for results

Management Accounting

• Prepare general ledger journals and accruals in order to capture all costs at the correct period of time and reviewing and reconciling the general ledger entries
• Prepare the month-end file
• Assist with the production of Corporate Management accounts
• Ownership of intercompany billing
• Monthly & quarterly review and reconciliation of P/L and B/S accounts
• Liaise with local finance teams to obtain commentary and transactional details

Global Reporting

• Prepare monthly variance reports between Actual and Forecast and understand the reason behind them
• Assist with global consolidation of Landor & Fitch results
• Assist with adhoc reporting for WPP
• Support the finance team with additional support as required

SOX

• Ensure that the required evidence is maintained at month-end for SOX compliance purposes
• Distribute SOX related correspondence to offices
• Manage quarterly gift register and Code of Conduct

Net Working Capital

• Prepare Net Working Capital monthly report
• Review aged submissions and assess whether provisions are required
• Assist in monthly NWC calls with the offices

Intercompany Reporting

• Full ownership of intercompany reporting and mismatches
• Review mismatch reports and help offices minimise ICO mismatches at month end and each forecast submission

Qualifications and Skills

Capabilities (Success Factors)

• Strong communicator
• Highly organised and skilful planner
• Strong time management skills due to working across different time zones
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to pre-empt, identify and respond to problems arising
• Personable, enthusiastic and committed
• Keen desire to pursue a career in Finance

Required Experience

• 1-2 experience in similar role, preferably in a marketing services environment
• Ideally studying towards ACCA or CIMA qualification
• Experience with SOX requirements

Systems

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, at least intermediate Excel skills (Pivots, Vlookup, etc)
• Previous experience with Maconomy desired

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaging in creating an environment free of discrimination, where our people and their uniqueness can shine and be celebrated. We’re working to set a standard for the industry as a whole, creating a culture of equity and belonging. We may not be perfect, and we know there is work to do, but we regularly check with our teams and Employee Resource Groups on how we are doing, using their insight to frame our thinking and actions, so we can all do better, working as one Landor & Fitch.

Landor is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under local law.

Due to the volume of applications, we unfortunately can only respond to successful candidates.

We will not accept unsolicited CVs or approaches via recruitment agencies.

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