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.
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 60% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.
What does a SOX Lead do at Hogarth?
The role will cover UK Hogarth business and support our Global team in other geographies.
This position reports into the Global Regional SOX Controller and will be working closely with the Global Director - Risk & Controls. Key to success within this role is the standardisation of process and controls where appropriate and supporting delivery of Green Sox audits.
The Successful candidate will be very detail-oriented, deadline driven and have the skills to influence and drive compliance within the UK business
Support the end-to-end SOX, audits and internal control procedures
Be the key point of contact for SOX compliance
Optimize the design of internal controls, identifying opportunities for improvement in assigned processes
Perform pre audit testing to ensure all controls are performed and documented in accordance with WPP procedures
Ensure deficiencies are tracked and improved/remediated in a timely manner
Prepare and maintain supporting documentation on SOX controls
Provide support to the UK finance team and performing key SOX audit preview controls related to vendor approvals, vendor spend, etc
Directly liaise with auditors to schedule and co-ordinate audits and ensure timely delivery of samples, responses to queries and managing portal information.
Oversee Vendor Management Process
Prepare and maintain supporting documentation on SOX controls
Leading contract assessment process from compliance perspective
Support other finance projects for revenue, billing, credit control, accounting and payables
Ad hoc support for Global Risk & Compliance team in other regions (mainly EMEA & APAC)
Candidate Profile
- Professional in Economic Sciences (Accountant, Bachelor in Administration or Information Systems) or other related degree
- Possess excellent analytical skills, autonomy, commitment and orientation to results and efficiency
- Proven past experience
- Audit experience, but operationally focussed
- Strong transactional accounting skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Prior understanding and knowledge of SOX compliance practices
- Exposure to WPP practices and tolls is an advantage
- A team player
Diversity and Inclusion
Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.
Hogarth Values
Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.
Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.
Find out more at www.hogarthww.com/culture
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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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What We Do
Born to make the best work, brilliantly.
We combine craft insight and technology to bring your creative work to life.
Hogarth was founded 15 years ago and has grown from a start-up to over 6000 people, across 35 cities worldwide and is now part of the WPP family. Our rapid growth continues to drive us forward making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.
