Associate Director, Media Financial Operations

Job Description

The Operations Associate Director is an integral role within the Zenith team, responsible for monitoring and building internal operational processes throughout the account.

The Operations Associate Director will also be responsible for monitoring and enhancing a new reporting tool used heavily throughout the account.

Data integrity is of upmost importance for the success of this new tool and client relations so a keen eye for detail and forward thinking are the key attributes required for this role.

Specific Responsibilities

• Work alongside the planning, investment, operations, finance, and reconciliation teams to execute the end-to-end financial management process inclusive of budget authorization, client billing, supplier invoice reconciliation and payment, and compliance with internal / external audit requirements.
• Partner with Finance and Procurement teams to deliver financial reporting and tracking (e.g. monthly analysis of planned vs.

actual spend, delivery reporting, etc.)

• Manage the tools, systems, and process that enable sound financial operations including planning / investment team support / training
• Must have a firm grasp of the end-to-end planning / buying process and how the various agency and client functions work together within that process.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and groups, facilitating synergy between the planning and activation functions that manage day-to-day client business
• Build and develop relationships with client business directors and brand teams, ensuring that client and overall data proposition is relevant and aligns with strategy direction
• Drive a culture of always on’ data driven decision making that will institutionalize the use of consumer-driven analytics in media / marketing investment planning
• Grow product delivery and agency revenue organically by cross selling and up selling value add analytical products across client divisions, markets & categories
• Scope and direct advanced analytics projects to ensure that the deliverables are designed to answer valuable client and media team questions, and that timelines and scope are adhered to
• The successful candidate will have experience and expertise in how to intersect consulting skills, data, advanced analytics and marketing strategy to drive and improve clients’ business results.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have 4+ years of experience consulting with clients on making strategic investment decisions to improve business results
• Senior resource must have strong functional understanding of contemporary marketing analytics, advertising technology and research techniques, as well as an innovative vision on how the practice should evolve to keep pace with the ever changing marketing environment
• Strong client management / consultative experience both presenting and resolving issues.
• Extensive experience leading and managing marketing technology projects from ideation through installation
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills demonstrated ability to mine data for relevant and actionable insights
• Solid written and verbal communication skill with ability to communicate / translate complex concepts to non-technical audience
• Strong understanding and experience with digital media buying, KPI development and technology practices during campaign planning and execution
• Demonstrated experience with programmatic audience buying concepts and execution
• Must have demonstrable quantitative skills and the ability to roll up sleeves and dig into the numbers when necessary
• Must have powerful leadership qualities, as will be required to lead external and internal resources into new marketing effectiveness territories
• Candidate must have a strong attention to detail, and be able to quality check their teams’ work to ensure that data anomalies / mistakes are caught prior to delivery of the analysis to the client teams
• Candidate must have strong management capabilities, both operationally (as well as strategically) to ensure that guidance is given to all teams on how to enhance the product as the account matures)
• Candidate must be outgoing and able to integrate with a fast-paced Planning and Activation teams
• Must be able to cultivate excellent relationships with technology and research partners
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Hands on, problem solving abilities can do approach (someone who is a thinker and a doer)

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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