Manager - Statutory Accounting & Reporting

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. WPP Shared Service Centre (SSC) The WPP SSC provides transactional financial services to WPP companies in the UK, including: - Accounts Payable, including Intercompany transactions - Accounts Receivable (Billing, Credit Control & Cash Allocation) - Treasury - Accounting and Reporting - Statutory Reporting By consolidating activities, the WPP SSC takes advantage of volume to deliver increased efficiency. This is achieved by standardising, streamlining, and aligning relevant processes, and introducing tools and technology to drive effectiveness across our operations. By taking over transactional financial activities, the WPP SSC enables our agencies to focus on commercial activities, client management as well as revenue and cost management. In 2021, the WPP SSC UK organisation transferred specific process and transactional activities to the WPP SSC in India. The WPP SSC teams in the UK and India work together to provide services to WPP companies in the UK. Why we're hiring: The WPP SSC is on a global transformation journey, and this is an opportunity to join the UK team to help us deliver exceptional financial services to our UK companies. What you'll be doing: Management and delivery of the Statutory reporting for all UK registered entities at Companies House. This role will report into the Head of Global Statutory Reporting. • The team manages the delivery of approximately 150 UK statutory accounts annually; • End-to-end production of statutory accounts using both an excel template for data collection and input on our statutory reporting software system, including generation of iXBRL files; • Key contact along with the Head of Global Statutory Reporting for CFOs, Finance Directors and Financial Controllers on statutory reporting requirements, issues and associated questions; • Working with the Head of Global Statutory Reporting to onboard a number of new operating companies supported by GBS UK for their statutory reporting needs; • Key point of contact for external auditors on statutory audit related issues and questions; to provide guidance and advice on auditing, audit tests and SoX guidelines across GBS UK; • Collation of corporation tax packs, working with the operating company teams on submission to the Group’s tax consultants to ensure timely submission of corporate tax returns; • The department also assists with the dissolutions of WPP Holding and operating companies in conjunction with WPP Legal, WPP Tax and the operating companies; • Review accounting step plans for dissolutions and assist WPP Legal in writing up the legal documentation surrounding 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