Client Finance Director Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Client Finance Director to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with the controller and finance director to accurately assess in a timely manner the monthly recorded revenue for accounting purposes;
- Organizes and attends monthly client finance meetings;
- Has significant (minimum of 4 years) direct experience as a client finance director for agencies with at least $20M in annual revenue;
- Has input into the development of the financial section of client scopes of work in collaboration with project managers;
- Understands the details of individual client contracts and how to accommodate such details within the agency’s established billing processes;
- Has a clear grasp of revenue recognition regulations and practices, specifically as it pertains to the advertising industry;
- Manages a staff of billers who are responsible for monthly client billings;
- Can work under pressure, especially at month-end and at year-end, so as to facilitate the timely closing of the agency’s financial statements;
- On an ongoing basis, updates revenue budgets and forecasts at the client and at the project level;
- Calculates and monitors client profitability based on monthly revenue and direct cost (client contribution margin);
- Manages and supervises the entire billing and revenue recognition process for the agency, as well as its media buying and film production divisions.
Requirements:
- Has a can-do approach and exudes an energy that is required for a dynamic work environment;
- Has advanced time management skills to maintain deadlines within a fast-paced and innovative environment;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a good listener, proactive, can stand up and drive change;
- Bachelor’s – Accounting / Finance;
- Familiarity with financial accounting working practices and U.S. GAAP;
- At least 5–7 years of accounting experience within advertising/media business.