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Director, Finance
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Position Summary
Cadreon is looking for a dynamic, experienced Finance Director to join their team in San Francisco! Cadreon's Finance Director is responsible for the day-to-day financial operations and analysis for Cadreon clients and office, including recommending any changes necessary to achieve goals and improve profitability.
Essential Functions
• Responsible for the day-to-day financial operations and analysis for Cadreon clients and office and included any recommending changes necessary to achieve goals and improve profitability
• Create quarterly and annual revenue and cost forecasts, ensuring compliance with guidelines and deadlines
• Assist in management of overhead costs and make suggestions on adjustments that could yield financial and operational benefits
• Prepare client pro-forma P&Ls for monthly and annual profitability review by management team
• Provide strategic financial counsel to business leads
• Analyze costs of servicing clients and make appropriate proposals on compensation rates and schemes
• Review client contracts to ensure that compensation arrangement is favorable for agency and recommend ways to optimize
• Explain any variances in client financial performance vs. forecasts and targets
• Provide analysis of and report results to Cadreon
• Analyze and optimize WIP balances, revenue and production billings, and intercompany transfers
• Ensure compliance with IPG's financial policies and disseminate policy information to office
• Exercise judgment in recommending and developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Assist in all client finance related needs including client audits
• Partner with other business units and help to manage the overall client relationship
• Work with shared services to resolve all billing and accounting issues
• Manage and develop finance staff
Qualifications
Education:
• Bachelor's degree required
• Concentration in finance highly preferred
Work Experience:
• At least 7 years of related experience
• Media or Advertising experience highly preferred
Skills:
• Experience interacting regularly with executives and senior managers involving complex situations, difficult decisions, or influencing and persuading other managers and peers
• Partnered with client account directors to achieve financial and business goals by preparing, collecting and analyzing financial and business information
• Knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong financial systems and process skills
• Able to create useful analysis from scratch
• Ability to work well under pressure and in an environment of change
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
About Us
Cadreon is IPG Mediabrand’s Ad Tech unit, responsible for developing best-in-class programmatic technology solutions. In a widely disparate technology landscape, we leverage best-in-class technology to deliver the most comprehensive, highest-performing programmatic solutions on the market. We provide extensive expertise for some of the best and brightest brands across our IPG Mediabrands agency partner landscape. Headquartered in San Francisco, Cadreon operates in 68 markets worldwide.