Burson
Client Finance Manager
New York, New York, United States
Sponsorship not specified$60k-$140kDetected 39 days ago
Account ManagementAccountingForecastingExcelSAPERPContract ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationInternal Audit
About the role
- Reporting to the EVP, Finance Director, this role will be primarily responsible for:
- Managing core finance activities tied to revenue recognition, contract grid management, forecasting, billing coordination, and financial oversight.
- Bringing a highly detail-oriented, organized, and hands-on approach to the role while helping the team navigate a fast-moving and closely scrutinized financial environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted finance partner to account and practice leaders, maintaining regular communication on account status, pacing, and upcoming activity
- Use strong Excel skills to analyze data, work through finance files, and support accurate reporting and account management
- Review client contracts, scopes of work, amendments, and change orders to assess appropriate revenue treatment to prepare and maintain contract grid
- Prepare and maintain detailed revenue and percentage of completion trackers
- Support the month-end close process, including preparing P&L and balance sheet schedules, journal entries, prepaids, revenue accruals/deferrals, and reconciliations
- Prepare and maintain month-end financial supporting documentation in accordance with internal controls and audit requirements
- Without that we can't do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners.
- Your unique point of view-your talent-is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it's how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
Nice to have
- Proven experience supporting quarterly and year-end financial reporting.
- At least 7+ years of experience in finance, client finance, accounting, or financial management within an agency, professional services, or similarly structured environment
- Strong understanding of client billing models, including fee-based work and the financial implications of account activity over time
- Experience supporting revenue recognition, contract management, forecasting, and account financial oversight
- Experience using finance or ERP platforms
- familiarity with Maconomy, SAP, is a plus
- Experience with improving processes and reporting efficiencies
- Strong attention to detail and comfort operating in a highly scrutinized, control-focused environment
Skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
Compensation
- $60,000 - $140,000 USD
Benefits
- Our vision is for Burson to be the leading 'academy company' for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders.
Company info
- Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
- WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com
- For more information visit bursonglobal.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
- More about the role:
- Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation.
- With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future.
- When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
- WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
- For more information, visit WPP.com
- Burson is seeking a strong Client Finance Manager to support key areas of our business.
- This role will join a collaborative finance team that partners closely with practice leadership and client leads to help manage the financial health of the business.
- Leading day-to-day client finance support across a portfolio of accounts.
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