Client Finance Manager

Who We Are

Mekanism is an award-winning, independent, full-service advertising agency made up of creative entrepreneurs. With offices in San Francisco, New York and Seattle, we are collaborative business partners with some of the world’s best brands including Alaska Airlines, Harmless Harvest, and Charles Schwab. Our creative approach to brand building is best described as “The Soul & Science of Storytelling” - communicating a brand’s purpose with ideas informed by data and rooted in human truths.

Mekanism is a part of Plus Company. Plus Company is a 21st-century alliance of best-in-class creative brands, representing a new model for interagency teamwork. With over 25 agencies that deliver creativity fueled by an innate understanding of culture, technology, and data. Plus Company's work adds tangible value to the human experience and is instrumental to the success of their clients. Plus Company has more than 3,000 employees, across 12 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.pluscompany.com

Plus Company agency brands include: We Are Social and it’s sister agencies, Socialize, Hello, Kobe, Metta  and The Narrative Group (TNG); All Inclusive Marketing (AIM), Camp Jefferson, Citizen Relations, Cossette, Cossette Media, Impact Research, Jungle Media, K72, Level Eleven, Magnet, Mekanism, Middle Child, PathIQ, Septième, and more.

The Role

The Client Finance Manager will work closely with the Director of Client Finance and other members of the Finance team to ensure accurate processing and analyzing of the accounting information. As a member of the Finance team,  Client Finance Manager participates in and supports team workflow and initiatives to help ensure quality of information and continuous improvement of the function overall.

Responsibilities

Client Finance:

• Prepare client invoices and backup reports
• Respond to client inquiries with respect to billing, backup or payments
• Liaise with staff to obtain approvals and information for client accounting
• Conduct monthly WIP review meetings with the Brand Team and Production, along with monthly revenue meetings for respective client portfolio 
• Track project costs and revenue against budgets, identifying and investigating variances
• Maintain client finance files on jobs and google drive
• Support Brand Team with scoping templates
• Prepare reporting and analysis for brand management and support in preparing client financial reviews and presentations
• Manage monthly client project reconciliations
• Assist in the development of client financial forecasts and budgets
• Assist Brand Management and Director of Client Finance in periodic forecasts of time/labor & pricing of scopes of work

General Finance:

• Accounting system support and training
• Manage WIP Aging and Revenue Accrual
• Timesheet collection
• Support Director of Client Finance to ensure a clean and timely month end close and with year-end audit and review
• Support Director of Client Finance with special projects and workflow process improvements

Requirements

• College Degree, BA/BS in Business with an emphasis in Accounting
• At least 3 - 4 years prior experience in billings/ production billings / general accounting area
• Experience working in an advertising agency and/or client finance services is preferred
• Experience with ASC 606 required
• Experience with client contracts
• Must be PC proficient and able to thrive in a fast -pace setting 
• Experience with enterprise level accounting system
• Must have advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Strong team player
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines required under minimal supervision

Salary for this role is $70,000-80,000 USD annually depending on experience.

Plus Company US Inc. (including its subsidiaries) is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plus Company US Inc. is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace.