Commercial Director

Hogarth Worldwide Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hogarth is seeking a Commercial Director based in London to lead financial strategy for key global clients. The role includes P&L ownership, budgeting, and fostering relationships with clients. Ideal candidates should have strong financial modeling skills and relevant industry experience, thriving in a dynamic environment. The position demands a strategic mindset and leadership qualities, and offers a hybrid working model with global responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial financial role is essential.
• Relevant industry experience is preferred.
• Open and engaged communication is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic plans, budgets and forecasts for clients.
• Lead contract preparation and ensure compliance.
• Manage a team of three managers in London.

Skills

Financial modeling

Attention to detail

Good communicator

Dynamic adaptability

Education

Strong academics

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, 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.

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.

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 with 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 including 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 mutually beneficial pricing solutions. You will be expected to help the account teams innovate with new business models.

• Working alongside the Client Leads, you will 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, responsible for agreeing and fulfilling to-client financial and performance reporting (e.g., 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 the 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

• Strong academics, intellect.

• Experience of working in a commercial financial role.

• Relevant industry/professional services/multi-country experience.

• Effective financial modeling.

• Ambitious and driven.

• Comfortable in a dynamic environment; adaptable.

• Professionalism, accuracy, attention to detail.

• Well-organized and self-starting.

• Open, honest, and engaged.

• Change agent/challenger of the status quo.

• Good communicator, both oral and written.

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