Manager - Statutory Accounting & Reporting

Overview

Manage and deliver the statutory reporting for all UK registered entities at Companies House as part of the WPP Shared Service Centre (SSC) in the UK, reporting to the Head of Global Statutory Reporting.

What you'll do

• Manage and deliver statutory reporting for all UK registered entities at Companies House, covering approximately 150 UK statutory accounts annually.
• Produce statutory accounts end-to-end using an Excel template for data collection and the statutory reporting software, including generation of iXBRL files.
• Act as key contact, with the Head of Global Statutory Reporting, for CFOs, Finance Directors and Financial Controllers on statutory reporting requirements, issues and questions.
• Work with the Head of Global Statutory Reporting to onboard new operating companies supported by GBS UK for their statutory reporting needs.
• Act as key point of contact for external auditors on statutory audit issues and questions, providing guidance and advice on auditing, audit tests and SoX guidelines across GBS UK.
• Collate corporation tax packs and work with operating company teams on submission to the Group's tax consultants to ensure timely corporate tax returns.
• Assist with the dissolutions of WPP Holding and operating companies together with WPP Legal, WPP Tax and the operating companies.
• Review accounting step plans for dissolutions and assist WPP Legal in writing the legal documentation for dissolutions.

What you'll need

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with strong technical accounting skills.
• Experience of reporting under IFRS and in a SOX control environment.
• Experience producing UK statutory accounts for multiple entities using statutory reporting software (ideally Caseware or Workiva).
• Experience dealing with external auditors and ability to drive the audit process.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively internally and externally, verbally and in writing, and at different levels of an organization.
• Commercially focused with a proactive, service-oriented approach.
• Able to build and maintain strong internal and external working relationships.
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office at intermediate to advanced level), particularly MS Excel at intermediate/advanced level (pivot tables, conditional formatting etc.).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Manage own workload to ensure consistent service levels.

Details

• Hybrid working, with teams in the office around four days a week.
• May occasionally need to work additional hours due to tight deadlines and month-end processes.
• Based in Vikhroli, Mumbai.