UK Commercial Director

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.

This role is based in London and will be focused on driving margin growth across the UK business.

What does a UK Commercial Finance Director do at Hogarth?

• Lead the business through the commercial landscape and help the company achieve and maintain a trajectory of profitable growth.
• Understand advertising production and bring innovation to the ways of working.
• Manage an agreed portfolio of UK clients.
• Ensure client & service profitability, taking remedial action on low margin/loss-making accounts.
• Deliver commercial training to the business.
• Oversee procurement and client price increases.
• Review non-billable roles & time.
• Provide commercial thought leadership and be responsible for problem-solving.
• Support non-client-specific Ops projects.
• Make globally coordinated, globally optimal, and locally sympathetic decisions.
• Define and implement process and commercial policy changes, ensuring global compliance.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders:

This role reports to the UK CFO and involves close collaboration with the business and the global commercial team.

Professional Experience / Capabilities:

• Experience in a commercial financial role.
• Relevant industry/professional services/multi-country experience.
• Team management experience.
• Strong operational awareness.

Personal skills and attributes:

• Team management and leadership skills.
• Ambitious and driven.
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment; adaptable.
• Effective project management skills.
• Well-organized and self-starting.
• Open, honest, and engaged.
• Change agent/challenger of status quo.
• Good communicator, both oral and written.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion for everyone. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success.

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.

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