Mediabrands - Media Finance Operations, Analyst

Position Summary

The role of Media Finance Operations Analyst is responsible for maintaining all client budget control reports, and acting as a liaison between Finance, our media agencies, and the client. This role requires strong organizational skills, ability to meet tight deadlines, work independently and within a team. Furthermore, this role requires daily interaction both with internal groups (i.e. media teams, local finance, IPG Omaha Shared Services) as well as marketing and finance groups at the client, and as such the successful candidate will possess and exhibit a high degree of professionalism in their conduct and communications.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up and maintaining Budget Control Reports (BCRs), Forecasts, and Accruals, on an ongoing basis – with extensive use of Excel;
• Acting as control for all MPA's (maintain accurate files and act as the central repository for this paperwork);
• Setting up and maintaining fee and/or job dockets;
• Tracking and maintaining intercompany service records (ISRs);
• Liaising with Client on any purchase order (PO) issues, billing issues, Account Receivable Statements;
• Liaising with Suppliers on Account Payable issues; 
• Liaising with Omaha accounts receivable (A/R), and collections group and assisting with maintaining client receivables in a clean and current state;
• Liaising with Omaha Shared Services to ensure billings and payables issues are resolved;
• Investigating and following-up on discrepancies with appropriate personnel to ensure they get cleared;
• Coordinating, maintaining proficiency, and providing training on DDS / SAP related technical knowledge and applications;
• Approving draft billing prior to live billing being issued to client;
• Utilizing accounting system to run appropriate time reports as requested;
• Utilizing accounting system to pull financial updates and billing summaries for client meetings as required; 
• Assisting the Finance Director and the overall team as needed on ad-hoc projects and assignments which are within the scope of the role.

 

Desired Skills & Experience

• Professional or Educational background in Marketing or Advertising would give leverage to this application. 
• University graduate in Finance or Accounting, Bachelor’s degree required; 
• Preference of being in process of obtaining an accounting designation;
• Entry level / Associate level of Financial or Accounting related experience, preferably media agency, marketing, advertising, or technology related industry experience;
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal);
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and strong internal and client relationship skills;
• Professional organization and time-management skills;
• Self-motivated, independent thinker and problem solver;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (i.e. PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Excel);
• Proficiency in financial systems preferred.

 

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its best-in-class brands UM, Initiative, Media Experts, Reprise, MAGNA, Orion, Mediabrands Content Studio, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients