Strategy & Transformation Analyst, CRC

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. 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 tha…