Senior Analyst - Corporate Card Administrator

Why we're hiring:

The Programme Administrator (PA) is responsible for the successful maintenance, and continuous optimisation of WPP’s Commercial Card programme administration process. The role ensures accurate setup, compliant administration, effective cardholder support, and strong operational governance across regions and local entities.

The PA acts as the central coordination point between WPP Shared Services, local finance teams, cardholders, Onboarding, Service teams, and Programme Managers. The role combines operational execution, process governance, user support, and system administration.

What you'll be doing:

• Maintain cardholder accounts, corporate billing accounts, and programme hierarchies.
• Monitoring centrally billed payment processes and ensure timely settlement.
• Administer account updates (name changes, company changes, hierarchical moves).
• Provide guidance on applications, card issuance criteria, credit limits, and transaction limits.
• Monitor, report, and remediate cardholder delinquency issues.
• Support rollouts of new divisions, sites, billing accounts, and programme expansions.
• Provide continuous cardholder and PA education.

What you'll need:

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of commercial card processes (T&E, P‑Card, Corporate Card).
• Proficiency with Corporate Card administration, reporting, applications, and maintenance ideal.
• Knowledge of WPP hierarchy setup, MCC controls, card issuance policies, and billing structures.
• Ability to manage data accuracy across systems

Behavioural Competencies

• High attention to detail.
• Clear and professional communication skills.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder‑management capability.
• Ability to act as a change agent during process transitions.
• Problem‑solving and issue‑management mindset.
• Ability to deliver training to end users and local teams.

Governance & Compliance

• Familiarity with KYC, credit structures, and contracting processes.
• Understanding of internal cardholder policies and audit requirements.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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