CRC Strategy & Operations Analyst

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WPP Enterprise Technology provides technology services for WPP, the world’s leading creative transformation company. Within Enterprise Technology, Cyber, Risk & Compliance (CRC) plays a key role in strengthening operational resilience, governance, risk management and control effectiveness across a global technology estate. This is an exciting time to join CRC as we continue to modernise our operating model, increase automation, embrace AI-enabled ways of working and build new capabilities that help WPP move faster, more securely and with greater confidence. 

Why we're hiring:

The CRC Strategy & Operations Analyst will support the operational management, functional planning and reporting cadence of the Cyber, Risk & Compliance function. Reporting to the CRC Operations & Reporting Lead, the role will provide analysis, coordination and high-quality materials to support functional budgeting, procurement activity, investment proposals, committee presentations, leadership reporting and operational governance. The successful candidate will help bring structure, data quality and professional execution to CRC's operating rhythm, working closely with Finance, Procurement, CRC leadership and Enterprise Technology stakeholders. 

What you'll be doing:

• Support CRC functional budgeting activity, including budget inputs, in-year tracking, forecast updates, cost commentary and preparation of budget review materials.  

• Maintain organised views of CRC spend, vendors, purchase requests, investment proposals, approvals, risks, opportunities and follow-up actions.  

• Coordinate with Finance and Procurement partners to support purchase requests, renewals, investment cases, contract tracking, vendor analysis and cost optimisation activity.  

• Assist with the development of CRC investment proposals and business cases, including problem statements, benefits, risks, cost summaries, decision points and approval materials.  

• Prepare high-quality committee presentations, leadership updates, board or audit committee inputs and other executive reporting materials as required.  

• Support the CRC reporting cadence, including gathering updates, validating inputs, maintaining action trackers and converting operational detail into concise management insight.  

• Help maintain CRC functional plans, OKRs or delivery summaries, ensuring key priorities, dependencies, risks and decisions are captured and easy to track.  

• Produce analysis and visual summaries covering finance, procurement, programme status, recruitment, vendor activity, operational metrics and functional performance.  

• Support governance meetings by preparing agendas, pre-read materials, minutes, actions, decision logs and follow-up tracking.  

• Use automation, AI-enabled productivity tools, reporting templates and dashboards to reduce manual effort and improve the consistency, speed and quality of CRC operations reporting.  

• Contribute to continuous improvement of CRC operating processes, documentation standards, reporting products and stakeholder communications. 

Who you'll be working with:

This is an excellent opportunity to join the new CRC Risk & Strategy team and help build the operational discipline that supports a global cyber, risk and compliance function. The role offers exposure to senior leadership, functional budgeting, procurement, investment planning, committee reporting and strategic initiatives, while contributing to more automated, data-led and professional operating practices across CRC

What you'll need:

• Experience in business operations, strategy support, finance coordination, procurement support, programme reporting, PMO, technology operations or a related analytical role.  

• Strong analytical capability with confidence working with budgets, cost data, vendor information, trackers, reporting inputs and management information.  

• Excellent PowerPoint and written communication skills, with the ability to create clear, concise and professional executive materials.  

• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with structured data, reconciliations, status tracking and financial or operational summaries.  

• Good organisational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines across recurring reporting cycles.  

• Commercial awareness and willingness to develop understanding of functional budgeting, procurement, investment approvals and benefits tracking.  

• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including working with Finance, Procurement, delivery teams, CRC leadership and senior stakeholders.  

• Ability to translate operational detail into concise insight, highlighting issues, decisions required, risks, opportunities and next steps.  

• Experience with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint; exposure to Power BI, ServiceNow, Wrike or similar reporting/workflow tools would be useful.  

• Curiosity about automation, AI-enabled analysis and ways to simplify recurring reporting, financial tracking and committee preparation. 

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?

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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