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Operations & Finance Manager

Publicis Groupe, City of Westminster

Operations & Finance Manager

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Publicis Groupe, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 days ago, 10 Nov | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 98d9d05141df464b9cbb0a34d2795538

Full Job Description

  • Provide day-to-day client-approved-budget management including monthly / quarterly accruals.
  • Reconcile monthly vendor spends and update spend trackers.
  • Collate and review monthly Client Billing Summary completion and delivery with markets and vertical teams to provide accurate monthly report.
  • Collate and deliver monthly Staff Plan Report (Pace Report).
  • Track client invoicing and payment of monthly agency fees.
  • Liaise with finance team on any queries on invoices, providing information to resolve and chasing for payment if any publisher flags overdue invoices.
  • Facilitate monthly client calls for financial and billing queries.
  • Manage and deliver market specific financial trainings based on markets knowledge gaps including new market onboarding.
  • Be a key driver in developing and bringing more automation to current manual work streams to improve teams work efficiencies.
  • Own and manage the workstream project management to provide visibility and clarity on deliverables and timelines across the Account, Biddable and Local market teams.
  • Be the lead on project initiatives to coordinate and manage implementation with all account teams.
  • Refine and drive efficiencies in Ways of Working and templates across the region.

    1. You will need to have a firm foundation in both traditional and digital media including brand and performance media along with robust and broad knowledge of the industry and our agency positioning
    • 2. Stakeholder management skills and a positive, proactive attitude are essential here at SPARK FOUNDRY. You will be responsible for the integration of the inter-agency team and maintaining strong relationships with clients and activation teams to achieve the common goal of delivering effective and efficient product. 3. You need to have great communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills - our clients like to be challenged, but with diplomacy. 4. Keen eye for detail and demand the same level of high standard across all teams and disciplines within the agency. 5. Confident managing both up to the AD and BD as well as down to the Senior & Account Execs on your team. Clear ambition and a vision and skills to move the brands forward in new directions.

    Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world's leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 8,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries. Spark Foundry make up part of a thriving global media network and are part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world's leading communications groups. We are globally connected with over 8,000 employees in 110 offices across 70 countries. Spark Foundry Spark Foundry harnesses a startup spirit with a powerhouse soul by combining an entrepreneurial, innovative business approach with the resources, capabilities, and marketplace reach of Publicis Media. The agency leverages best-in-class industry talent in over 50 countries across the world, including the USA, UK, MENA, Poland, Australia, and China. We have 4 simple values that resonate through our culture, development of our people, our environment and everything we do on a day to day basis. We are; 1.Team driven: our superpower comes from our teams, it's where we learn our craft and how we stay connected across the agency 2.Inclusive: we know the road to representation is long but we're proud of the steps we're taking to elicit real change 3.Challenger: we're proud to be an underdog, it motivates us to think differently and work harder than the competition, which means we find solutions that others miss 4.Passionate: we care about what we do, and our people have the freedom to follow those passions, from designing new technologies and innovations, to developing our culture and future talent,
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  • We have a central team based out of London, working in close collaboration with UBS. Spark Foundry has been working with UBS for close to 20 years and has developed a strong partnership.
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