Commercial Finance Director

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 unrivalled 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.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500.

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. We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Department Summary

This role is based in London, but the team and responsibilities are global. You will share responsibility for the performance of a portfolio of high-profile global clients with other key client leadership team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial thought leadership and be responsible for problem solving and key decision making.
• Lead the business through the commercial landscape and help the company achieve and maintain a trajectory of profitable growth.
• Understand advertising production, help exploit new business opportunities and bring innovation to the ways of working.
• Become part of the client leadership team(s), with FD-like responsibilities of that business that will include budgeting, P&L ownership and analysis.
• Formulate, document and present for approval to senior management client strategic plans, budgets, forecasts and results.
• Develop relationships with clients directly and work closely with the account teams to ensure all finance related interactions with the client give the best possible outcomes.
• Take the lead role in contract preparation, renewal, modification etc. and be responsible for guiding and ensuring full contractual compliance.
• Develop pricing strategies by finding mutually beneficial pricing solutions.
• Help the account teams innovate with new business models.
• Prepare and present new business proposals and commercial propositions and be actively involved in the presentation of these to clients.

Our location-agnostic approach requires decision making to be globally coordinated, globally optimal and locally sympathetic. Flexibility to be available as required by the client in terms of timing is important, so some out of hours commitments will be a feature of the role.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the London-based Global Head of Commercial and Pricing. You will be managing another member of the team. You will work closely with Global Commercial Finance team, Operations, Client Management and New Business teams.

Requirements

• Experience of working in a commercial financial role in a relevant industry / professional services with multi-country experience.
• Team management and leadership skills.
• Effective project management.
• Strong operational awareness.
• Strategic approach to decision-making.
• Ambitious and driven.
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment; adaptable.
• Good communicator, both oral and written.

Diversity and Inclusion

Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.

Hogarth Values

• Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
• Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen; we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
• Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
• Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other.
• Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.