Weber Shandwick

About the Company

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured. 

Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/.

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Listed Jobs

Company Name

Weber Shandwick

Job Title

Finance Apprentice

Job Description

Finance Assistant - Apprenticeship

Who is Weber Shandwick?

We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity.

Our talented team build brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses eg HSBC, Unilever, eBay and Pinterest to name a few.

We earn affection, attention, affinity, and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:

Developing data-driven insights and strategy to drive measurable impact
Creating impactful campaigns that tap into culture.
Creating channel and platform-agnostic campaigns that grow organically.
Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned-first but deliver for paid and owned.

The Role:

Our finance apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity for ambitious individuals to dive into the dynamic world of finance while gaining valuable skills and knowledge. As an apprentice, you'll work alongside seasoned professionals, learning the ins and outs of financial operations, analysis, and strategy. If you're passionate about numbers, eager to learn, and ready to embark on a rewarding journey in finance, this apprenticeship is the perfect stepping stone towards a successful career in the industry.

This apprenticeship incorporates the Level 2 AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting. Learning covers the following modules:

Introduction to Bookkeeping
Principles of Bookkeeping Controls
Principles of Costing
The Business Environment (Synoptic assessment)

What will you be doing?

PAG / Revenue management

Maintaining the invoice tracker
Following up client PAG with account leads and interoffice contacts.
Managing client portals to ensure POs are raised a correct – working with the client team to follow up any missing items.

Job / WIP Maintenance and Billing

Requesting credit check information and distributing
Requesting client creation via the US
Opening jobs and ensuring all jobs have correct documentation – submitting paperwork to revenue control and loading PAG and scopes onto each job.
Communicating job numbers to the client team and ensuring that time / costs are on the correct job.
Running weekly time and cost reports and actioning time and cost moves
Raising fee and cost invoices and loading onto client portals
Assisting Credit Control with any receivables issues
Assisting with completion emails for completed contract / milestone jobs and ensuring that these are loaded onto SAP.
Complete final reconciliations
Ensuring that jobs are closed on a timely basis.
Analyze and update the monthly WIP report – review with ABM / BM and submit to revenue control.

General Admin / System Maintenance

Ensuring that new employees are set up in SAP, and rate maintenance / employee SAP maintenance.
Assisting with any audit questions
Running ad hoc reports as required
Answering general queries for the team – assisting with the day-to-day financial management and smooth running of the practice

Purchase Order Management

Weekly run of open purchase order report.
Investigate and resolve all open purchase orders or instruct the appropriate team where necessary.
Raise inter-company purchase orders where necessary.
Contact purchase order creators to good receipts POs.
Raise internal purchase orders to vendors where necessary or instruct the relevant team.
Maintain and manage the Vendor PO mailbox.

Vendor Management

Run daily Vendor Invoice "Parked" list, update notes and action points, and resolve / investigate where necessary.
Weekly email the Vendor Invoice "Parked" list to the relevant teams.
Support the business with "New Vendor" onboarding queries.
Request and reconcile vendor statements against SAP.

Amex GBT travel statements/ invoice management.

Download monthly statements and match them against downloaded invoices.
Raise purchase orders to Amex GBT Travel where necessary or instruct the relevant team.

Amex Meeting Card Reconciliation

Reconciling the Amex meeting card monthly.
Collate invoices and purchase orders for submission to the Shared Services Accounts Payable department for processing before the payment date.

Who are you?

A* - C (or equivalent) in Maths and English at GCSE level
An excellent communicator
Confident in taking a proactive approach to identify opportunities for the client, practice and team.
Able to manage your time and consistently meet deadlines.
Attentive to detail and quality

Core Benefits:

Private medical insurance
Group life assurance.
Group income protection.
Personal pension plan
Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Benefits:

Buy or sell holiday.
Additional life assurance cover
Critical Illness Insurance
Personal Accident Insurance
Dental insurance
Travel insurance.
Health screening
Gym discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Health cash plan
Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
4pm Friday finish
Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6-month+ contracts to support home working setup
25 days’ annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off and discretionary festive closure
Flexible public holidays
Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
Headspace membership
Annual eyecare voucher
Season ticket loan
Referral bonus scheme
Long service bonus
Enhanced family leave
Inclusive and invisible health policies

Note from the talent team:

We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.

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London, United Kingdom

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21-03-2025