As a Senior Management Accountant, you’ll take ownership of the Media, Marketing and Technology operating cost base, partnering with senior leaders across three of the Group’s largest and fastest-moving areas of spend.
This is a newly created role with genuine scope to shape how we manage costs, strengthen financial discipline and support better commercial decisions. You’ll also play an significant role in the set-up and implementation of our recent ERP.
You will be responsible for:
Partnering with Media, Marketing and Technology leaders to support informed commercial decisions.
Owning monthly reporting for the portfolio’s operating costs, including clear explanations of performance against budget and forecast.
Leading the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes for your cost base.
Challenging assumptions and assessing the return on spend with budget owners.
Owning month-end accruals, prepayments, journals and reconciliations.
Managing the purchase order process end to end and providing visibility of committed spend.
Designing and maintaining a clear cost centre and account structure with defined ownership.
Supporting the ERP implementation, including cost centre hierarchy, approval workflows, procure-to-pay, testing and training.
Strengthening approvals, delegations and cost management processes.
Building reporting that connects spend with commercial outcomes and helps identify savings prospects.