Manager - Property Finance

Overview

Finance Manager on WPP's Global Real Estate Finance team in Mumbai, owning real estate cost tracking, business casing and IFRS 16 (Leases) accounting, including sublease arrangements across multiple global jurisdictions.

What you'll do

• Drive technical accounting and financial compliance under IFRS 16 across the enterprise's global real estate and asset lease portfolio.
• Manage complex global subleasing transactions, including derecognition of head-lease ROU assets, evaluation of net investment in subleases (finance vs. operating classification), and foreign currency impacts across regions.
• Serve as the SME on international lease standard updates, lease vs. buy models, and landlord concessions for regional operational teams.
• Create high-impact PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation decks summarizing global estate financial performance, balance sheet exposures, and cost-optimization trends for C-suite and regional leaders.
• Partner with Global Corporate Real Estate (CRE), Procurement, and Regional Finance teams to present financial implications and scenario modelling for prospective lease renewals, relocations, or subleases.
• Communicate complex technical accounting metrics clearly to non-finance regional stakeholders across different time zones.
• Help model long-term plans and company-wide establishment tracking with the global FP&A function, including tracking total spend on real estate and understanding the cash and P&L impact of transactions with transformation teams.
• Help build out a global function and set standards and guidelines for the wider group of portfolio companies.

What you'll need

• Chartered Accountant (CA), ACCA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Commerce, Finance, or Accounting.
• 4–7+ years of post-qualification finance experience, preferably within a Global Capability Center (GCC), Multinational Corporation (MNC), or Big 4 audit firm.
• Hands-on mastery of IFRS 16 and global sublease accounting, including multi-currency lease schedule management.
• Solid background in general financial controllership, ledger controls, and cross-border financial reporting.
• Proficiency with enterprise ERPs (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle) and specialized lease accounting tools (e.g., CoStar, LeaseQuery, MRI, Nakisa).
• Advanced presentation skills, with a proven ability to build clean, executive-ready decks and present seamlessly to global stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills for working across Asia-Pacific, EMEA, and Americas time zones.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of major consolidation ERPs.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Hybrid work, with teams in the office around four days a week.