Finance and Administration Officer

​​​Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales. Creators of Home Tester Club - the world's largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content. Hybrid work model - work 2 days from the office, 3 from home.Competitive package, including 14 days' vacation, additional leave entitlements & medical benefits. The Role The Finance and Administration Officer is a key support role in ensuring proper functioning of finance for our entities throughout the world.Reporting to the Finance & Operations Manager - APAC, you will primarily focus on the maintenance of the accounts payable system, ensuring the correct coding of invoices and expense claims (including tax allocations) across several international markets.This role will also support the People & Culture and admin departments for Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines assisting with the onboarding of new employees and management of office expenses. You will work as part of a collaborative and goal-oriented team and be responsible for dealing in a multiple entity/currency and SOX compliant environment, as well as abiding by local accounting/tax rules and regulations.This is a remote role from the rest of the finance team who are located In Australia and Canada and therefore strong communication, self-motivation and time management skills are essential for being successful in this role.Previous experience working with SOX or within a multi-country and multi-currency environment is highly desirable.The Brand Power Company The Brand Power Company, a WPP company, is the world’s leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts, and Home Tester Club. We’re big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.We know passion beats pretense and that it’s the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We’re expanding into new markets. We’re committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work. With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world's largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising, and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey, and Wavemaker. A career with The Brand Power Company opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.Key Responsibilities FinanceOnboarding of new suppliersProcessing, coding, and entering of invoicesProcessing staff expense claimsResolving supplier queries and investigating outstanding invoicesPerforming manual and automatic payment runsExecuting bank and supplier statement reconciliationProviding assistance where required in SOX and statutory auditsTraining of new staff on how to use the company’s PO and expense claim systemOffice AdministrationAssist the global People & Culture team with onboarding of new employees in Malaysia and Singapore Management of office expensesAssist executive team with expense claimsAssist with arranging team eventsOther ad hoc tasks as requiredWhat you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously.We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as seeing what else is in your toolbox.Our Qualifications and Experience WishlistPost-secondary education in business (accounting preferred), or equivalent combination of education and experienceHigh levels of attention to detail, initiative, self-motivation, time management and ability to collaborate in a team environmentCompetency in Microsoft ExcelExcellent verbal and written communication skillsMinimum 2 years’ experience in an admin or finance positionOur BenefitsA competitive salary of 4,500-5,000 per monthAnnual discretionary bonusA fun advertising agency work environmentExcellent international career opportunities in a high growth companyWe’re Big Fans of AuthenticDiversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. You may think we care about your purple hair or love of cats, but we don’t. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect simply gives us the best chance of delivering success.At The Brand Power Company, we are committed to ensuring that your personal information is protected and never misused. You can view our policy here: https://www.thebrandpowercompany.com/recruitment-privacy-policy