Clemenger BBDO is on the lookout for a Senior Client Accountant to join our Finance team in Melbourne/Sydney.
As the Senior Client Accountant, you will have exposure to various stakeholders across the agency. You will have a keen eye for detail and the ability to communicate effectively to both financial and operational stakeholders.
Specific responsibilities but not limited to
- Work closely with account management and relevant stakeholders to improve client profitability, accurate forecasting, analysing revenue data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
- Manage large volume of invoicing, ensuring all invoices are issued in line with client contracts and SBOX audit requirements.
- WIP management: ensuring all jobs are reconciled and all costs incurred are invoiced to clients in a timely manner.
- Revenue: ensuring revenue recognition is accurate & in line with client contracts and accounting policies.
- Reporting: prepare monthly reports on financial performance by client (profitability, variance analysis, retainer reconciliations), identify key drivers that impact margin and providing actionable recommendations.
- Prepare ad-hoc client or project health report and advise on where commercial levers can be pulled to improve margin.
- Support account management team by providing reporting and data as requested.
- Provide client financial analysis in the review of monthly results (actual vs forecast, variance analysis, client profitability)
- Participate in financial audits and provide support as needed.
- Maintain data integrity and ensure financial information used for decision-making is accurate and up to date.
- Track and challenge write-offs and over-servicing, and work with AMs to minimize non-billable time.
- Gain and maintain knowledge of each applicable client contract.
- Identifying process improvements to your role and the greater finance team.
Skills required
- Great communications skills both verbal and written required
- Experience with D365/Dynamics preferred
In doing this you will need to embrace and demonstrate the following attitudes and approaches to your work:
- Ensure efficient and accurate accounting of client billing and revenue
- Have the ability to prioritise tasks and the determination to see tasks through to the end
- Work well under pressure to meet deadlines
- Adhere to tight internal controls ensuring all financial information is properly recorded and analysed
- Solution focused
- Strong attention to detail and exceptional organisation skills
- An exceptional eye for detail and a proactive attitude
- Exceptional team player
- Ability to see the bigger picture
- Ability to work autonomously
- Confidence and openness in dealing with financial and operational stakeholders
Please note: All applicants must have valid Australian working rights.
Clemenger Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome people of all backgrounds and can assist with your application if you have a language or cultural special consideration, disability or impairment, or use assistive technology – simply contact us via careers@clemenger.com.au.
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