WIP Controller

Investigo are recruiting a 3month WIP Controller role for a large-scale Multinational Marketing company, based in central London. They are looking for an immediately available candidate and the daily rate on offer stretches from £200 - £250.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and analyses client project finances
• Undertakes regular project WIP reviews with account management teams
• Issues client invoices and monitors client purchase order spend
• Understands and monitors balance of accrued and deferred revenue and work in progress (WIP)
• Proactively reduce these balances and escalate issues to WIP Manager
• Accounts receivable follow-up and liaising with credit control team to ensure minimal bad debt
• Ensures completeness and accuracy of backup documentation for revenue recognition and billing, including PO, client approval and purchasing contacts where applicable
• Prepares month-end reconciliations of balance sheet accounts such as accrued revenue, deferred revenue and client billing
• Looks after and manages the projects lifecycle in SAP
• Work with auditors - gathering and providing necessary information
• Ad hoc analyses as required
• Maintains and develops knowledge of regulatory environment and industry and evaluates agency financial processes and controls

Role requirements

• Fully Qualified/QBE or Finalist level with experience operating at a Project Accountant, WIP Controller or Finance Assistant level
• You will be a result driven, proactive and highly organised self-starter
• We are ideally looking for experience of working within a marketing/advertising/creative agency or similar industry
• Proven record in transferring financial and commercial processes and roles between locations
• Energetic, enthusiastic and hard-working and will have a positive approach to challenges, thinking creatively to solve problems
• Excellent attention to detail whilst maintaining the ability to see the big picture
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate issues and solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills for interaction with senior members of the Group and remote Finance teams

If this role is of interest to you and you would like further information, then please send your CV to Liam Stubbs at Investigo on liam.stubbs@investigo.co.uk.