What youll be doing:
Transformation Financial Management Analysis: Track and manage financial performance across WPP ET Media Transformation programmes and the Worldwide IT function, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and variances; Support Programme, PMO, and WPP Media Finance teams with financial insight, identifying risks, trends, and cost pressures; Ensure clear linkage between approved business cases, funding decisions, and actual spend; Support monthly actualisation of costs, quarterly reforecasting and annual budget cycles, ensuring transformation financials are accurate and timely; Assist with investment, savings, and benefits tracking for approved Transformation initiatives
Reporting Governance Prepare regular financial reporting and analysis for Media ST Business Operations, WPP ET and WPP Media Finance, and senior stakeholders; Ensure financial information presented to portfolio and governance forums is clear, consistent, and evidence based; Maintain solid audit trails for assumptions, changes, approvals, and financial movements; Support adherence to WPP and ET financial governance, controls, and policies
Business Operations Finance Support Partner with Finance, PMO, Programme Managers, and Procurement to resolve data issues and improve transparency; Support vendor related financial activities including spend analysis, accrual visibility, and invoice tracking; Contribute to continuous improvement of financial models, templates, and trackers used across Media ST; Provide broader Finance and Business Operations support during peak planning and reporting cycles
Important Role Clarification This is an individual contributor role with no direct line management responsibility; The Manager title (Chennai) reflects scope of financial accountability and judgement, not people management; Career level, expectations,
and progression opportunities are consistent across all locations
Essent ial Qualified or recently qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent); Strong grounding in financial analysis, management accounting, budgeting, and forecasting; High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities; Strong Excel and Powerpoint skills; confidence working with complex financial data sets; Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills; Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non finance stakeholders - able to articulate or convey complex data well; Quick to learn, with the ability to reshape, reconfigure and realign solutions to meet challenging deadlines without jeopardising the successful delivery of the team s objectives
Desirable Exposure to project, programme, or transformation finance; Experience in technology, media, professional services, or large matrix organisations; Familiarity with financial planning and reporting tools (e.g. Adaptive or similar)
Who you are: Youre open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
Youre optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
Youre extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
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📌 Finance Manager Transformation (Chennai)
🏢 WPP
📍 Chennai