Manager, Commercial Enablement
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Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
Description
Position at GroupM
About GroupM:
GroupM is the leading global media investment management company for WPP's media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, and the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. Responsible for more than US $108B in annual media investment by some of the world's largest advertisers, GroupM agencies deliver an advantage to clients with unrivaled insights into media marketplaces and consumer audiences.
Manager, Commercial Enablement:
GroupM is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented analyst to support our Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes using Workday Adaptive Planning. You will collaborate with various departments to gather data and provide insightful analysis to drive strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial planning principles, excellent analytical skills, and proven experience with Workday Adaptive Planning. This role also includes critical responsibilities for maintaining the Adaptive Planning environment, supporting users, and ensuring data accuracy.
Your Impact:
Qualifications:
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. GroupM employees can tap into the global GroupM & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
GroupM is WPP's media investment group and the world's leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and T&Pm, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business. Discover more at www.groupm.com.
GroupM is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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 four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
GroupM is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with GroupM, please send an e-mail to GroupM Leave Administration at [email protected] or call (212) 297-8507 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $60,000 to $140,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, please visit https://www.wpp.com/careers/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.
Position at GroupM
About GroupM:
GroupM is the leading global media investment management company for WPP's media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, and the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. Responsible for more than US $108B in annual media investment by some of the world's largest advertisers, GroupM agencies deliver an advantage to clients with unrivaled insights into media marketplaces and consumer audiences.
Manager, Commercial Enablement:
GroupM is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented analyst to support our Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes using Workday Adaptive Planning. You will collaborate with various departments to gather data and provide insightful analysis to drive strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial planning principles, excellent analytical skills, and proven experience with Workday Adaptive Planning. This role also includes critical responsibilities for maintaining the Adaptive Planning environment, supporting users, and ensuring data accuracy.
Your Impact:
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Workday Adaptive Planning, providing support and training to users across the organization.
- Maintain and administer the Adaptive Planning platform, including user access, security settings, and system configurations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, escalating to Workday or third party support as needed.
- Stay up-to-date on new Adaptive Planning features and releases, and implement updates as appropriate.
- Review system updates from Workday and implement necessary changes.
- Train users on creating ad-hoc reports using Adaptive/Office Connect.
- Facilitate the load of data into the system, ensuring accuracy.
- Manage and update commission rates within the system, distributing rate lists to agencies as needed.
- Support ad-hoc reporting requests from various departments.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A).
- Knowledge of Workday Adaptive Planning is required.
- Strong understanding of financial planning principles, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other financial modeling tools.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. GroupM employees can tap into the global GroupM & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
GroupM is WPP's media investment group and the world's leading media investment company with a mission to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. The company is responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, as measured by the independent research bureau COMvergence. Through its global agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, and T&Pm, and cross-channel performance (GroupM Nexus), data (Choreograph), entertainment (GroupM Motion Entertainment) and investment solutions, GroupM leverages a unique combination of global scale, expertise, and innovation to generate sustained value for clients wherever they do business. Discover more at www.groupm.com.
GroupM is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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 four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
GroupM is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with GroupM, please send an e-mail to GroupM Leave Administration at [email protected] or call (212) 297-8507 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $60,000 to $140,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, please visit https://www.wpp.com/careers/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.