Job Description

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, Nestle, 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.
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.
A Hybrid working model
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 2-3 days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
What does a Commercial Director do at Hogarth?
We are looking for a Commercial Director to partner Client Leads for our two key global clients.
This role is based in London, but the team and responsibilities are global.
You will share responsibility for the performance of these businesses with other key client leadership team members.

• You will become part of the client leadership team(s), with FD-like responsibilities of that business that will include budgeting, P&L ownership and analysis

• You will formulate, document and present for approval to senior management client strategic plans, budgets, forecasts and results

• As well as developing relationships with clients directly, you will work closely with the account teams to ensure all finance related interactions with the client give the best possible outcomes.

• You will take the lead role in contract preparation, renewal, modification etc and be responsible for guiding and ensuring full contractual compliance

• You will develop pricing strategies by finding a mutually beneficial pricing solutions. You will be expected to help the account teams innovate with new business models

• Working alongside the Client Leads you 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, both in terms of timing and location is important, so some out of hours commitments will be a feature of the role

• You will be responsible for being the strategic commercial lead for global RFP / pitch submissions for existing clients. Working with client leads, regional CFO/commercial partners and WPP agency partners

• You will be a critical client contact report and be responsible for agreeing, fulfilling to-client financial and performance reporting (eg activity, performance metrics, trackers, savings etc)

• You will define and implement process and commercial policy changes, roll these out and ensure global compliance

• Manage a team of three managers in London

Reporting lines and key stakeholders:

• This role reports to the Global Head of Commercial

• You will work closely with senior leadership and stakeholders, including Global Client MD, Global Head of Delivery, as well as colleagues and counterparts globally

• The Commercial Director sits on the leadership team, covering London offices. The Commercial Director is accountable for all of the Finance team members based in London.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

• Strong academics, intellect

• Experience of working in a commercial financial role

• Relevant industry / professional services / multi country experience

• Effective financial modelling

• Strong operational awareness

• Ambitious and driven

• Comfortable in a dynamic environment; adaptable

• Professional. Accuracy, attention to detail

• Effective project management

• Well organised and self-starting

• Open, honest and engaged

• Change agent / challenger of status quo

• Leadership potential

• Good communicator, both oral and written

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