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 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.

What does an Associate Finance Director do at Hogarth?

This role will help lead all finance forecasting, revenue reports, invoicing, and cross team collaborations for our Subvrsive Austin based team.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the Chief Financial Officer, Americas 

Responsibilities

Overall responsibility for the Balance Sheet, budgets, forecasts, financial planning and analysis and control environment Oversee business policies, compliance, and accounting practices Oversee risk management and legal activities: letters of agreement, contracts, leases, and other legal documents and agreements Provide quarterly and monthly actuals and P&L, Balance Sheet and forecast updates Ensure compliance with SOX, government reporting, tax requirements and WPP financial practices supervising compliance audits on a regular basis Ensure client financial activities are consistent, profitable, and meet client and Hogarth objectives Track SOWs, revenue files and maintain audit back up Report monthly Revenue Recognition Reconcile Revenue monthly and work within proprietary software for invoice and timesheets Manage revenue samples for audits Manage local and intercompany P&Ls Manage treasury payments Provide margin analysis impact based on revenue/cost changes Approve freelance hires and track freelance budget Work with Talent/HR on open position reports and staffing reports Collaborate with other WPP agencies and teams on cross business billing and projects Open billable projects and generate estimates Review monthly billing for fee projects Approve PO’s and vendor invoices Approve intercompany invoices Support and advise leadership and management teams in decision making

Requirements

10+ years of experience in business management, finance, planning, and staff management FP&A experience preferred Proficient with Quickbooks Online. Must have managed a growing operation and have in-depth experience in agency or production environments in a senior finance role Experience within the production, advertising, marketing, media or like industry preferred Excellent inter-company relationship and management skills Outstanding interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills in English Understanding of the Production industry and common rate card trends is a strong plus Understanding of offshoring process, global company relations and parent company interactions Successfully lead SOX compliance initiatives Effective problem-solving and mediation skills Open to light travel when necessary

A Hybrid working model

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves.  We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging. 

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.

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