Freelance Senior Financial Analyst

About the Role

We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next-generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always-on, AI-driven marketing world.

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

The Senior Finance Analyst will cross-support the Revenue Finance team in all financial aspects, including internal revenue, forecasting and profitability, information gathering, and external client reporting. You will develop client management information that supports business needs at both client and departmental levels, ranging from client profitability reporting to maintaining business information on the system. This role also includes project-based revenue reporting and recognition.

Responsibilities

• Partner with members of the client services team to provide reporting and data as requested.
• Work with internal finance and operations teams to analyze and improve client profitability.
• Help identify ways to improve processes and increase efficiency.
• Execute project-based revenue recognition projects.
• Provide budget tracking and financial support to client account teams, monitoring client budgets on a project basis.
• Provide financial information to various departments and clients as required.
• Provide client financial analysis in the review of monthly results.
• Provide a summary of monthly billings and reconciliation.
• Lead and participate in financial meetings.
• Assist in inter-company payables and receivables.
• Assist in all internal and external audits.
• Perform reconciliations and analyses of key accounts and coordinate activities with the treasury and accounts payable department.
• Work within Excel to create pivot tables and other necessary reports.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of finance experience within the Agency space (advertising, production, media, creative, or other agency-like settings are ideal).
• Outstanding Excel skills, including experience with Pivot Tables and VBA (a big plus); skills in Word and PowerPoint also requested.
• Ability to reconcile data with precision and financial understanding.
• Media, Advertising, Creative, or Production industry experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is a plus but not required.

Pay

US Pay Range: $60,000—$140,000 USD

Why Work Here

At WPP Production, you’ll help shape the future of content production at a truly global scale. We bring together world-class talent, cutting-edge studios, and advanced technology to solve some of the most complex creative and production challenges in the industry. You’ll work in a collaborative, borderless environment where craft excellence is valued, innovation is encouraged, and AI and next-generation tools are used to amplify—not replace—human creativity. With access to diverse projects, global career opportunities, and the backing of WPP’s unmatched network, this is a place where you can grow your skills, make real impact, and create work that performs for every audience, across every channel, at every moment.