Client Finance Manager
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Description
Responsibilities / Required Skills:
Assigned across client(s):
- Assume role of agency finance manager on assigned client business providing financial support to both clients and account teams.
- Generate fee staff plans, review SOW documents and assist Account Management in SOW tracking.
- Analyze and review compensation models
- Present and rationalize fees to marketing and/or procurement clients.
- Forecast projected revenue on a monthly/quarterly basis. Work with account leads to monitor monthly revenue pipeline.
- Responsible for revenue % completion documents and revenue recognition each month.
- Ensure Fees are being billed and sent timely by Biller.
- Generate financial reports and provide analysis in the review of monthly Labor reconciliations and P&L reporting.
- Review Client contracts for Production Schedules and ensure Production jobs are billed to meet the payment terms of the Production companies.
- Follow up on A/R items for assigned clients to help manage company trade working capital
- Review and analyze key financial metrics including Cash Metrics and provide month end analysis to BBH global management.
- Provide critical support to Finance Director in managing the company’s resources which includes utilization reports, hiring needs/trends analysis, and various ad hoc requirements.
- Complete monthly/quarterly reports for Senior Leadership
- Help nurture and mentor of junior team members.
- The successful candidate will have 6-8 years’ experience, with 2+ years at an advertising company
- Confident in presenting and explaining fees to marketing and/or procurement clients
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with very strong excel skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively work and communicate with finance and non-financial people, alike
- Ability to effectively manage workload, prioritize and streamline tasks to ensure accuracy and, take “ownership-mentality” in work/clients
- Able to anticipate problems, analyze situations and proactively come up with solutions
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
- SAP and Hyperion background
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
