Client Accounting Associate

Summary

Join WPP, a global network of over 115,000 people in 110 countries, as a Client Accounting Associate. This role involves project and subproject creation, invoice uploading, review and drafting, and maintaining trackers for overall accounts. The ideal candidate has a BBA in Accounting or Finance with at least two years' experience billing in public relations, law firms, or consulting businesses.

Requirements

• BBA in Accounting, Finance or Business Management
• At least two years’ work experience billing in the fields of public relations, law firms or other professional services and/or consulting businesses
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and with various project leads and other office finance departments on intercompany transactions
• Strong communication skills - both verbal and written
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to interact with employees at all levels
• Familiarity with computerized billing/accounting systems
• Strong Math/Analytical skills
• Dependable with deadlines and flexible to work beyond standard working hours during “peak” periods
• Must be flexible and team oriented
• Proficiency in Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot Table etc.)

Responsibilities

• Project and subproject creation assigning budgets to the projects
• Upload invoices to client portals. For example, COUPA, Ariba and Time Metrics
• Review the inventory of client billable charges, supporting documentation and work with the Account Lead to determine the appropriate month's billing
• Draft, edit and finalize invoices for clients, working closely with Account Leads
• Maintain trackers for overall accounts including amount billed, approved budgets, inter-company budget allocations and year to date fees and expenses
• Match supporting documentation of expenses to draft invoices
• Ensure that invoices are submitted in a timely manner and in accordance with the Client agreements
• Ensure purchase orders are received for new projects or revised budgets
• Assist in the collection process of past due accounts as needed
• Assist Project Managers/Client leaders on client queries and requests
• Reconcile final invoices and close jobs
• Provide support to Client leaders on adhoc assignments
• Assist with monthly close related to client portfolio, project journals and other duties including SOX compliance with revenue recognition
• Reconcile work in progress for assigned clients
• Monthly intercompany billing