Description:
Job Description
The Global Client Finance Analyst supports the Global Client Finance Manager and the finance leads for all financial deliverables to clients, including reporting, reconciliations and staff plan reviews. The Finance Analyst works closely with the various team leads across the organization and the sister agency finance teams to ensure financial elements of the client relationship are communicated, tracked, monitored and managed. The Finance Analyst role is client facing and is responsible for managing the majority of client reporting and related processes.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Finance
- Working in collaboration with the Manager and/or Director on producing all client reporting deliverables
- Support with preparation of annual scope negotiation analysis and executive presentations, including the management of client staffing plans
- Work closely with the Markets and sister agencies in the U.S. to ensure their billing processes align to the client agreement
- Prepare and provide reporting on staff utilization
- Understanding of Market regulations and working on a global client
- Develop, maintain and distribute ad-hoc reports and financial models as needed
- Assist Global Client Finance team with special projects
- Provide proactive analytical support and other ad hoc financial analyses to the business leaders
- Responsible for improving processes on reporting and building a “Center of Excellence” on select initiatives
Client & Internal Relationships
- Develop and maintain relationships with agency personnel related to financial processes and deliverables
- Provide ongoing reporting and analysis to client teams related to client and job profitability
- Work with client teams to ensure revenue tracking systems are up to date
- Work closely with the client teams to stay abreast of changes and modifications to client budgets
Strategic Thinking & Leadership
- Is approachable and solution-oriented when presented with problems/issues by staff and team
- Breaks down problems and issues into critical parts which can be resolved
Communications Skills
- Express oneself clearly and concisely in oral communications
- Write in a clear, compelling and concise manner
- Organize ideas and information logically and sequentially