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🤔 Who are we?

Want to evolve within a global leader in media marketing consulting? Join GroupM!

A member of the WPP group, a global leader in communication, GroupM represents more than 1,000 employees passionate about innovation and excellence. We support advertisers in promoting their brands, making advertising a vector of performance, useful and responsible for all.

🎯 Our goal? To help brands navigate a constantly evolving media landscape and create meaningful connections with their consumers.

Present in 80 countries via international networks, we manage a third of global media investments. In France, we collaborate with prestigious clients from various sectors, both nationally and internationally.

♠️ Our assets?

• Unrivaled expertise in media marketing consulting.
• Privileged access to a wealth of consumer and media data.
• A wide variety of benchmarks and case studies.
• The most advanced tools on the market.
• A strong commitment to ethics, transparency, and responsibility.

GroupM France represents more than 1,000 employees grouped in the EssenceMediacom, Keyade, Mindshare, T&Pm and Wavemaker agencies.

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Auditor to be a key member of the Global Investment Audit team, who can apply broad operational knowledge and sound business judgment to execute operational audits across our diverse markets. It is a high visibility role with exposure to GroupM’s senior leadership team and will allow you to make a difference in our business.

You should have broad experience in Operations, Financial, Commercial, and Compliance auditing. In this position, you will dig deep into the details of your audits to develop meaningful findings. You must be able to understand complex business processes and identify the full range of risks related to processes, regulatory compliance, organization, and policy, and translate those risks into business issues. You should be comfortable interacting with a range of roles. You need a sound technical and commercial understanding and the ability to learn new concepts quickly.

You will provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements. You must help prioritize findings and recommendations in tune with our corporate strategy. You should be able to facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately. We value personality, insight, intellectual flexibility, teamwork and sound business judgment.

You will be a person who anticipates problems and pro-actively seeks out solutions, whether working independently or as part of a team. You will have the ability to develop and sustain relationships with both internal and external customers, have a “hands on” attitude to work; and the flexibility to work as hard as the job demands.

❓Context

As part of creation of a position, you will join the global investment audit team made up of four persons, based in several countries, and manage by Maria Laura DE JANIN.

🎯 Mission

• Plan and deliver internal audits to assess control environments in local operating companies as well as group and global functions.
• Risk assessment for auditable areas and processes that will contribute to develop audit programs and assist in determining scope and, on that basis, perform in-depth checks of procedures, ensuring they respect internal guidelines and best practices.
• Assess results, draft meaningful, reliable and independent audit findings and issue practical, value-added recommendations for presentation to management.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, at the local, regional, and global level.
• Conduct interviews, review documents, develop and administer surveys, compose summary memos, and prepare work papers.
• Follow up on all outstanding audit findings to ensure they are appropriately resolved.
• Communicate or assist in communicating the results of audit and consulting projects via written reports and presentations to management.
• Support management in the implementation of global internal control standards.

🫵 Profile Required

• Travel: Available to travel - up to 30%.

Skills Required:

• Strong risk management experience, including; performing risk assessments and audits, designing controls, and prioritizing risk.
• Strong analytical skills. Proven history of analyzing data, having attention to detail, and assessing situations to identify meaningful observations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will prepare reports and make presentations to senior level management. You will interact with various levels of employees to collect and communicate information.
• Microsoft Office (Excel proficient) and exposure to data analytics tools.

Professional Experience:

• 5 to 8 years’ experience (Compliance, Auditing or Risks) preferred.
• Big Four accounting firm experience is a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or related field.
• Advanced degree or relevant certifications (CPA equivalent, CISA etc).

Personal Qualities:

• Self-starter, possess flexibility to work in a fast-changing environment and ambiguous situations and get things done
• Proven history of having built relationships and worked effectively across cross-functional teams and business functions.
• Ability to work independently, but also be a team player.
• Critical thinker.
• Ability to manage multiple projects; and to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Certifications or Licenses:

• Relevant certifications (CPA equivalent, CISA etc).

Languages:

• Fluent English required.

✨ What We Offer

• 🏆 A Key Role Within a Global Leader: Contribute to the success of a major player in media marketing consulting and participate in ambitious projects for renowned brands.
• 💼 A Stimulating and Collaborative Work Environment: Join a team of passionate experts and evolve in a corporate culture based on innovation, excellence, and continuous learning.
• 🚀 Unique Professional Development Opportunities: Benefit from privileged access to cutting-edge training, innovative tools, and stimulating missions to develop your skills and advance your career.
• 🌞 A Privileged Work Environment: Join a socially responsible company, committed to diversity, inclusion, and the well-being of its employees.

Apply now and be part of the GroupM adventure!

🤝 Recruitment Process

• 🥇 Interview with the Recruitment Team: A first telephone or video conference interview with a member of our team. This will allow us to better understand your skills and experience, and will give you the opportunity to ask questions about the position and the company.
• 🥈 Operational Interview: You will then exchange with the hiring manager and a member of the team.
• 🥉 Additional Interview: There may be an additional interview with the Global CFO.
   

We are committed to making this process as quick and efficient as possible, and to maintaining open and transparent communication throughout the process.

💡 About GroupM by WPP

GroupM, the media arm of the WPP group and a major global player in media marketing consulting. We are committed to making advertising a vector of performance, useful and responsible for all. Present in 80 countries via international networks, we support advertisers in promoting their brands. A third of the amounts invested in the media worldwide pass through GroupM.

Led by Alexandra Chabanne, CEO, GroupM France represents more than 1,000 employees grouped in the GroupM, Keyade, Mindshare, T&Pm and Wavemaker agencies. GroupM works with renowned clients in diversified sectors such as luxury, automotive, consumer products, services, etc.

Joining GroupM means sharing our commitment to innovation, ethics and transparency, benefiting from a collaborative and learning culture, as well as a privileged working environment.

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