Senior Business Manager

Description

Position at Fingerpaint Marketing

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. Independent by design and built on a foundation of empathy, Fingerpaint celebrates what you bring as both a professional and an individual.

With talent across the United States and Europe launching more than 200 brands, we are committed to creating and executing meaningful experiences.

Here, creativity happens naturally-we attract top talent and give them a space to grow and collaborate.

Job Summary : Responsible for quality control and adherence to client and agency standards for all financial tasks including client financial platforms, project estimates, scopes of work (SOWs), revenue forecasts, staffing plans, etc.

The individual will work closely with account, project management and Operations lead on overall financial well-being of agency brands.

Responsibilities :

• Manage client financial systems (ie, Decideware, ARMS, etc), including but not limited to :
• Inputting agency scopes
• Manage scope revisions / reconciliations
• Ensure staff allocation adhere to client requirements
• Work with finance, account management and project management in the development and maintenance of external client documentation, including client SOW templates, monthly financial trackers, quarterly accruals, reconciliations, etc
• Liaise with Finance Administrators to ensure alignment in financial systems for client monthly finance meetings
• Review estimates, ballparks, SOW / staff plans to ensure proper use of SOW templates, staff mixes and pricing norms with an understanding of client and agency standards
• Participate in Business Development (RFP and / or pitch) activities to input into client-specific templates and platforms, as required
• Support project managers in ensuring discipline leads review and approve all SOW staffing plans
• Support project managers with management and quality control of agency financial systems and tools, including new job requests, budget entry / maintenance, revenue forecasts sheets, staffing tools, etc.
• Work with Operations lead in the input of data to create and manage the overall agency staff plan
• Maintain financial brand folders on agency SharePoint to save documentation of all budget estimates, SOWs, POs, changes in scope, write-off requests, etc
• Create and maintain vendor Purchase Orders (POs) in Coupa
• Develop and distribute reporting to help team manage to approved estimates and / or submitted forecast
• Burn reports
• Project-level actuals vs forecast

Requirements :

• College Degree
• 4-5 years Advertising Agency experience
• Experience in budgets / financial estimating
• Ability to work independently and manage communications to all organizational levels
• Detail-oriented and take-ownership attitude
• Highly proficient in Excel (complex formulas a must)
• Project Management experience a plus

Don't meet every single requirement? That's okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.

At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity.

Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.