Finance Manager

Finance Manager will provide valuable guidance and support to the Finance and Client Service teams. This position will report into the SVP, Finance and collaborate with leaders on a daily basis and will be contributing to overall financial modeling and analysis during requirements planning, business reviews, and providing business insights into key initiatives.

Job responsibilities

Account Finance

• Liaison between account and shared services on job creation, budget set up and all aspects of billing.
• Review client scopes to confirm accuracy with rates, pricing, and business terms.
• Maintain trackers for Purchase orders and monthly revenue
• Drive monthly revenue recognition calculation
• Ensure that WIP is cleared in a timely and orderly manner, client documentation/PO's are secured, and oversees duration of the project lifecycle. Includes preparation of ETC documentation and proper revenue recognition
• Manage Accounts Receivables
• Provide counsel and accountability related to change order management
• Help support client, internal audits and ad-hoc requests as needed
• Train and ensure project management and account staff are adhering to financial

Financial Close, Budgeting and Forecasting Support

• Work with local office leadership and SVP with monthly/quarterly reporting
• Provide ad hoc financial data necessary for leaders to make informed decisions
• Assist with Monthly P&L Analysis
• Process office level revenue and expense entries for shared services
• Lead quarterly forecasting discussions on assigned accounts
• Provide financial insights for recurring business reviews with key stakeholders
• Provide financial onboarding to staff to help educate on financial literacy.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5-7 years' experience (Agency/Services industry preferred)
• BA/BS degree, preferable in accounting or Finance
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Expert in excel
• SAP experience highly preferred

Top Accountabilities

• Identify critical business opportunities, risks and initiatives and provide best practice financial analysis and insights to support decision making.
• Identify opportunities to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of all finance activities.
• Able to interface vertically across all levels of the account team as needed
• Show an eagerness to grow and learn more about the business. This includes asking questions, reading, modeling others, and being open and responsive to feedback/areas of improvement.
• Exhibit professionalism and commitment to role, company and creative product.
• Maintain a high level of integrity, and serve as a model for all other team

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays - Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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