About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

About the Role

The role of the Client Finance Manager demands attention to detail in order to eliminate the possibility of careless errors in a fast-paced environment.  The role requires the ability to work independently and solve problems with minimal guidance from the Location FD. 

An understanding of the advertising business and the ability to assess and articulate risks and provide possible solutions to the Location FD is sought after. The individual must also possess good presentation skills in the ability to communicate with senior management in a clear, relevant, and articulate manner. The individual will set an example as a leader and work with the team to maintain and improve quality procedures.  

The Client Finance Manager will be party to sensitive company and personnel information thus a high level of confidentially is required.

What You’ll Do

Financial Responsibilities

• Support the Location Finance Director in the overall financial management of the team’s client portfolio. This includes being responsible for accurately forecasting, analyzing, and reporting client revenue; constant analysis of resource allocation, recoverability and utilization (planned, sold and actual) and its correlation to client profitability.
• Work with Location Finance Director to be a financial and commercial partner to the Ogilvy Account team/s (and other internal departments as appropriate), by reviewing and approving scopes of work, and properly pricing staff plans for client engagements with an overall review for reasonableness 
• Support the Location Finance Director in monitoring contractual relationships with clients to ensure compliance with all commercial and compensation terms. 
• Work with Location FD to review and negotiate contracts with suppliers and consultants
• Responsible for monthly revenue recognition for material clients according to corporate guidelines and compliance with SOX. Maintain proper support and documentation for related revenue accruals and deferrals.
• Liaise and advise account teams on all commercial matters including issues related to: budgets, billings, expenses and collections and work in conjunction to reach appropriate solutions 
• Oversee and manage client finance analysts review of WIP, AR and related variance analysis – as well as monthly revenue reconciliation of billing, accrued revenue, deferred income and payments to other intercompany units
• Actively partner with client’s procurement team, as well as internal/external/client audit teams on all key financial matters.

Workload Management

• Manage multiple tasks, prioritize and organize workload and meet deadlines;
• Keep management updated of progress on projects and report back any difficulties, drawing on analytical or problem solving skills to resolve any difficulties 
• Ability to take on ad-hoc projects will exhibiting time management skills to ensure that monthly recurring tasks are completed as expected

Quality Control

• Maintain the integrity of the financial and management reporting process, and ensure compliance with SOX and contractual client requirements.
• Setting and maintaining all quality standards, and positively encouraging teams to participate.
• The Client Finance Manager will also work to maintain all company quality standards according to company policies.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelors in Accounting or Finance required 
• Previous creative/industry experience (6+ years), which bills fixed price project or time-based fees plus expenses, or equivalent – strong preference for advertising/design business background- Definite knowledge of a creative fast paced environment.
• Client financial experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, good listener, proactive, can stand up and drive changes.
• Familiarity with financial accounting working practices and standards.
• Experience of business planning cycle, budgeting process for the business, financial analysis, forecasting, profitability analysis, management accounts.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel, strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills (written and oral), organization ability and attention of detail, analytical, project management, customer service, documentation and technical writing skills. 
• Financial software experience preferred but not compulsory.

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.