Commercial Finance Manager

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world's largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world's most creative brands.

Why we're hiring:

WPP IT is undertaking a major transformation bringing all global IT strategy, spend, control and staff under the WPP IT organisation.

You will provide pricing support and guidance to the Group Procurement team, from initiating 'Request for Pricing' (RFP) templates and instructions, to validating pricing submissions and making recommendations with the team on vendor selection. You will also work with the Regional Procurement teams and the legal teams to support in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for successful vendors. Where required, this role will provide support to the business on the charging aspects to the running of the contract.

You will be key in ensuring that the foundations of each vendor relationship are balanced and optimised for WPP.

What you'll be doing:

• Constructing pricing templates for RFPs considering business requirements, including clear instructions to potential vendors on pricing assumptions and guidance.
• Undertaking review of overall RFP response including how the proposed delivery aligns to pricing submission, including identifying any financial risks.
• Providing pricing recommendation to RFP process.
• Analysis of all relevant data to own the establishment of deal business cases supporting the implementation of the proposed vendor solution, creating a timeline and budget for the activities required.
• Assisting the Procurement team to embed the new vendor into the business/function including creating appropriate communications and post contract management mechanisms;
• Tracking costs against any saving targets and way of working continued improvement;
• Supporting the team to ensure that the balance of products purchased, by region, deliver an increased proportion of recycled and recyclable products with focus on attaining a product base that includes no single use plastic product usage in line with WPP's targets;
• Developing collaborative relationships with all WPP stakeholders;
• Being a WPP advocate for supplier diversity.
• Assisting the Procurement team and legal support on negotiation and drafting of pricing aspects to contracts.
• Ensuring all contracts are drafted to the best financial position for WPP also taking into account foreign exchange and taxation impacts.
• Providing support to Global Chief Procurement Officer on the actual/forecast/budget for the Global Procurement team.

What you'll need:

• Related qualifications important (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Relevant pricing/procurement experience
• Ability to work across different functions and different business within WPP
• Understanding of multi-location and multi-currency business implications and an ability to problem solve for challenging markets
• Confident with complex data and non-pricing deal concepts
• Management reporting and decision support with recognized strong attention to detail
• Ability to adapt communication skills across different stakeholders/audiences
• Strong organisational and prioritization skills
• Collaborative approach with focus on both business and client needs
• High level reporting skills
• Experience in a company where the organisation model is federated - knowing how to stakeholder manage and communicate
• Experience in implementing Global initiatives
• Not phased by complexity or ambiguity
• Enthusiastic and passionate about operational excellence
• Strong negotiation experience
• A collaborative team player, who is naturally customer focused

Who you are:

You're open : We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic : We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we deliver extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, driven people - We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity - We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work - Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?