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We. Communications

Global communications agency driving brand connections

Finance Manager - FP&A, Client Finance

Corporate Finance & FP&APosted on Nov 10
Full-time$100k - $130k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of 8 years of progressive client finance or FP&A experience in a marketing or communications firm, focused on financial analysis, planning, budgeting, and forecasting, with substantial operational finance and management reporting experience.
  • Experience overseeing or owning the financials, and preferably the operations, of a large global client, working with agency offices in multiple countries.
  • Respect for cultural differences when interacting with global offices.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and in writing and present financial information clearly, distilling complex information into digestible insights and translating it for non-financial audiences.
  • A minimum of 2–3 years of people-management experience.
  • Customer service orientation.
  • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced team environment with frequent tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Experience mentoring and developing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the day-to-day finance lead for the client account across all regions, partnering with account leadership on financial and commercial matters.
  • Coordinate forecasting and close activities with finance leads in North America, EMEA, and APAC, providing a consistent global view of the client account’s financial performance.
  • Provide financial insight to account leaders, identifying risks, opportunities, and actions related to revenue, margin, staffing, scope, and billing.
  • Participate in leadership, forecasting, staffing, scoping, and business performance discussions, and escalate material issues with context and recommended actions.
  • Own forecasting, planning, and monthly financial reporting across all regions for the client account.
  • Lead month-end close activities for the client account, including revenue, costs, accruals, intercompany activity, and project financials.
  • Analyze actual performance against forecast and budget, explain key variances, and drive follow-up actions.
  • Monitor project and client profitability, staffing mix, utilization, fee and out-of-pocket performance, contribution margin, profit margin, and other key financial indicators.
  • Drive staff and capacity planning by translating scopes and growth plans into staffing models by market, discipline, and seniority; work with client and resource leads to identify gaps, excess capacity, utilization pressure, and improved team deployment.
  • Coordinate across markets and affiliates to create a global view of fees across teams and regions working on the business and across affiliate arrangements; work with business client leads to onboard new affiliate partners from a finance perspective.
  • Standardize planning, reporting, and approval processes for global accounts, reduce duplicate trackers and manual reconciliations, and improve decision-making data quality.
  • Identify ways to update client leads on spend throughout the month and deliver monthly financial updates and client billing.
  • Participate in a cross-functional team managing the agency’s compliance with client requirements.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with relational databases and cube logic.
  • Experience overseeing the operations of a large global client.

About the Company

We. Communications

Global communications agency driving brand connections

We. Communications is a global communications agency that helps brands navigate a changing world by turning new technologies and ideas into clear, meaningful experiences. They craft messaging and campaigns that connect with people, guiding brands through complexity to boost understanding, engagement, and progress across diverse industries and stakeholders. Their approach blends technology and human insight to deliver strategies, storytelling, and stakeholder communications that fit each client’s needs. What sets them apart is decades of experience at the tech-human interface, a global reach, and the ability to translate technical innovations into relatable, audience-focused experiences. The goal is to help brands communicate effectively in a fast-changing environment so they can build trust, drive connection, and achieve their objectives.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Bellevue, WA
Founded
1983

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