Senior Finance Manager

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.

Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.

**A Hybrid working model**

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

**What does a Commercial Finance Senior Manager do at Hogarth?**

From developing pricing strategies for new business opportunities to driving existing client profitability, the Commercial Finance Senior Manager is at the heart of everything Hogarth does. Working throughout the organization and with global clients, the Commercial Finance Senior Manager ultimately creates efficiencies while maintaining profitability. This role will work closely with and become an advisor to business leads within management and must be knowledgeable of the marketplace with strong negotiation skills. Reporting Commercial Finance Senior Director of portfolio, you will manage and develop Financial Analyst and Sr Analyst.

**What you'll do**:

- Partner with Financial Senior Director and Client Managing Director on business initiatives that will impact the overall growth of the operation.
- Provide insight to Client Leads on Revenue Analysis.
- Develop and execute strategies to improve both top and bottom-line performance (eg pricing strategies, offshoring)
- Work closely with senior management, to execute methodology for new business opportunities.

Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager Date: December 5, 2024 Department: Finance FSLA: Exempt Reports to: Commercial Senior Director
- Attend new business pitches, presenting commercial models to local and global clients.
- Knowledge of contract negotiations, balancing financial, commercial & legal agendas to reach the best resolution (eg payment terms, lead times, SLAs, liabilities, IP rights).
- Develop and review standardized rate card.
- Assist in execution of clients SLA's and reporting.
- Full understanding of a functional P&L.
- Manage a portfolio of client with responsibility of full understanding of SOW's, SLA's, & Projects.
- Have a full understanding of IFRS and be knowledgeable about SOX Compliance regulations.
- Drive account profitability by managing cost base and looking for internal efficiencies
- Provide business development support to global offices.
- Be knowledgeable of global tax implications for multiple regions.
- Drive and ambition to grow within an organization.
- Being able to multitask in a face paced environment.
- Able to present to internal teams on reporting/findings.

**What you'll have**:

- At least 6 -8 years' experience of working in a commercial or financial role.
- Service industry background would be beneficial, but not essential.
- Extensive analytical, financial modeling, and budget planning experience required; pricing experience preferred.
- Experience of global organizations and working with foreign currencies.
- Confident presentation & communication skills, comfortable working with all levels of management.
- Proactive and results driven problem solver.
- A team player attitude.
- Strong abilities to work in Excel manipulating data and being able to report on the story behind the data.
- Excellent English communication skills written and oral.

**The Company**

Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.

Founded 13 years ago, Hogarth has grown from a start-up to over 4,500 people, across 30 key cities and is now part of the WPP. Obsessively striving for better is in our DNA, it is the reason for our existence and continues to drive us froward in all that we do, making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.

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**Diversity & Inclusion**

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, e