Matt Thorpe
Global Client Finance Executive Director @WPP Media
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WORK HISTORY
Global Client Finance Executive Director @WPP Media
London, GB
Championing client financial centricity in the dynamic and ever-evolving media landscape(Formerly known as GroupM)
EDUCATION
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Chartered Accountant, Accounting
Durham University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics
ABOUT MATT THORPE
Senior business leader who delivers concise financial and operational recommendations to guide anddeliver business decisions. A proven track record of driving organisational-wide transformation,covering finance, people, systems and data. Thrives in an ever-changing environment of strictdeadlines and competing priorities. A personable manager who enjoys creating and maintaining highperforming teams which allow members to fulfil their potential.Key Achievements Leadership Management: Expanded my role across 8 years to incorporate multiple disciplinesand responsibilities. Built and rebuilt high performing finance teams of up to 10 people fromgraduate recruitment to experienced hire, training and developing individuals through direct andindirect line management to progress Increased Efficiency: Engineered the processes, team structure and financial reportingframework to drive 4 Margin points of improvement over a 5 year period Commercial Expertise: Built a universal rate card model to allow constant review of rates andensure profitable commercial relationships through the pandemic and beyond. Trained innegotiation and contract review with recent experience on supplier-side issues Control & Compliance: Designed and implemented controls to meet the new WPP Risk andControls Matrix, resulting in clean PwC audit reports every year since creation Optimised Systems: Utilised Microsoft cloud-based products to organise file storage and sharingacross the finance and people communities and architected a Power BI based application todistribute financial and people analysis to senior staff throughout the global organisation Wider Responsibility: Supported the payrise and hiring processes and the roll-out of the WPPjob architecture and well as administering and improving the HRIS system, including theexpansion and integration of over 400 members of staff through the merger process Group-wide Influence: Member of the WPP Finance Continuous Improvement Steerco, usingdata to improve Commercial and Financial, Planning & Analysis impact across WPP
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