Patricia Wright Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Support FC/FD to manage commercial finances for a portfolio of agency clients and be the first point of contact for client services and project management teams to help run their accounts efficiently and profitably. Responsibilities include:Conducting monthly revenue meetings with client services teams to determine revenue to be recognised for specific clients, billings and WIP management.Assisting in the month end reporting process to tight deadlines, submission of supporting… Show more Support FC/FD to manage commercial finances for a portfolio of agency clients and be the first point of contact for client services and project management teams to help run their accounts efficiently and profitably. Responsibilities include:Conducting monthly revenue meetings with client services teams to determine revenue to be recognised for specific clients, billings and WIP management.Assisting in the month end reporting process to tight deadlines, submission of supporting schedules. Effective monthly and quarterly budgeting and forecasts. Liaising with and challenging Account Directors on their submissions if necessary.Ensuring I have all relevant documentation to recognise revenue across all clients – i.e. client approved SOWs, client purchase orders; collating this documentation and inputting into relevant online tools.Highlight projects likely to over-burn and work with the agency to provide solutions. Updating rate cards within SAP and other ad hoc duties Liaise with IPG regional controllers to ensure revenue recognition tool is updated monthly to reflect new client contracts, addendums, evergreen, framework agreements and report on monthly revenue booked. Liaise with IPG regional controllers to report on revenue at risk per quarter; if necessary, compiling case for client legally enforced obligationsPrepare documentation for quarterly, monthly, year-end auditsOversee meetings with client services and billers to review invoicing of accrued income, WIP, PO, debtor queries Show less

Hayes, Middlesex

Treasurer - Non-exec. Board Director Credit Union Brent & Ealing (CUBE) - Not for Profit OrganisationRegulated by: The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) & Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)Combining day-to-day role as Business Partner within commercial environment alongside role as Treasurer focussed on financial accounting

London, United Kingdom

Part of the McCann Worldgroup family, McCann Enterprise helps our clients to understand their own cultures and communicate in a way that expresses who they really are. Creating everything from visual identity that captures a client’s essence; to advertising that speaks their voice; to films that project their personality. As Business Partner, I report directly into Head of Commercial Finance (HOCF) Support HOCF with revenue budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis at month… Show more Part of the McCann Worldgroup family, McCann Enterprise helps our clients to understand their own cultures and communicate in a way that expresses who they really are. Creating everything from visual identity that captures a client’s essence; to advertising that speaks their voice; to films that project their personality. As Business Partner, I report directly into Head of Commercial Finance (HOCF) Support HOCF with revenue budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis at month, quarter, y/endConduct commercial meetings to review staff utilisation, project recoverability and profitability.Assist with building rates cards based on agency standard hoursReview, analyse and decide upon Persuasive Evidence to support revenue eg. correctly applying straight-line, ETC’s or project milestone as form of revenue recognition methodologyLiaise with Finance Manager/IPG regional controllers to ensure revenue recognition tool is updated monthly to reflect new client contracts, addendums and report on monthly revenue booked. Liaise with Finance Manager/ IPG regional controllers to report on revenue at risk per quarter; if necessary compiling case for client legally enforced obligationOversee accrued/deferred income monthly, including: posting journals, monitoring ageing Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliationsOversee meetings with client services and billers to review invoicing of accrued income, WIP, PO, debtor queriesSupervise x2 WIP Budget Controllers and x1 Junior Business Partner. Liaise with Shared Services,Omaha to resolve accounts payable, receivables queries. Liaise with Intercompany, Omaha to resolve revenue, accounts payable, receivables queries between IPG agencies Provide training for new starters: eg timesheet and financial life-cycle inductions. Prepare documentation for quarterly, monthly, year end auditsSOX, US GAAP compliant Show less

London, United Kingdom

London Se1

Employed as a Management Accountant, within the Custom Division of TNS-UK, a company that falls under the umbrella of WPP; one of the world's largest advertising companies by revenue; having primary listing on the FTSE 100 and secondary listing on NASDAQ. My role is to proactively support Finance, Project Managers and Sector Management Teams across three Public and Social Government cost centres, generating annual revenue close to £30m. I assist with: supporting the accuracy of monthly sales… Show more Employed as a Management Accountant, within the Custom Division of TNS-UK, a company that falls under the umbrella of WPP; one of the world's largest advertising companies by revenue; having primary listing on the FTSE 100 and secondary listing on NASDAQ. My role is to proactively support Finance, Project Managers and Sector Management Teams across three Public and Social Government cost centres, generating annual revenue close to £30m. I assist with: supporting the accuracy of monthly sales forecasts and quarterly profit re-forecasts; participate in the annual budget process; month end tasks, such as recognising revenue through proportional performance, reviewing salary database, deferred income, P&L commentary etc; produce accurate and timely monthly management accounts and project profitability information. I interact with the UK Finance Shared Service Centre on transactional issues – including queries surrounding payables, receivables and debt. I am required to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to achieve Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. I assist with the supervision and training of an Assistant Management Accountant Show less

London Wc1X

• Processing invoices and revenue across GBP and FX projects• Processing sales and completions for external, intercompany and internal projects• Calculating and uploading month end journals containing accruals and prepayments• Reviewing projects over-running on costs • Balance sheet reconciliation • Preparing ad hoc reports, ie. job cards, variance analysis

London W5

• Calculating, reconciling and controlling invoicing and revenue for ad hoc and ongoing projects• Assisting team members with billing queries

London W1T

• First point of contact for up to 45 staff members with IT related issues• Liaised with external technical support team to resolve hardware issues • Co-ordinated in-house training for accountancy staff• Liaised with software support company to resolve accountancy software issues• Maintained database holding client, staff and supplier details • Updated MYOB software with standing order, interim, final invoices and receipts• Ensured all staff timesheets and disbursements… Show more • First point of contact for up to 45 staff members with IT related issues• Liaised with external technical support team to resolve hardware issues • Co-ordinated in-house training for accountancy staff• Liaised with software support company to resolve accountancy software issues• Maintained database holding client, staff and supplier details • Updated MYOB software with standing order, interim, final invoices and receipts• Ensured all staff timesheets and disbursements were posted to the general ledger weekly• Ran monthly work-in-progress, fee ledger, profitability, debtor reports for equity partners Show less

Ba (Hons) Commercial Studies, Business, 2:2

C01, C02, C03, C04, C05, P1, E1