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Company Description
CoLab is a fully integrated, cross-discipline team that provides best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. With our clients at the center, we create brand movement at the speed of people’s lives by connecting real-time data with world-class creative, content, and media in service of growth and ROI.
CoLab is a “power of one” solution, encompassing data, media, and production. By drawing from across the vast Publicis Groupe network, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovation and specialized skills to our clients, as well as enriching opportunities and inclusive benefits to our employees. We pride ourselves on combining the energetic atmosphere of a startup company with the stability and experience of a global leader.
Job Description
Reporting into the Director - Business Management, the Sr. Manager is responsible for supporting business and financial operations and analysis for a product specialty track within a large, complex pharmaceutical client account. This is a client-facing role that will require a combination of business operations, project management, account management, and client relationship management skill within the broader framework of financial operations. In this role, you will serve as a business partner and work closely with client account leads, agency finance and account leads, and other CoLab stakeholders.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a hybrid position requiring onsite collaboration an average of 3 days/week. The role is based out of our New York City office located at 375 Hudson Street; all candidates must be local to the NYC metro area and willing to commute into that office on a regular basis.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide strategic financial support to client services teams.
Support the successful workflow between multiple cross-functional teams including Creative, Finance, Accounts, Project Management, Resource Management, and Marketing.
Work directly with client to help explain and interpret the financial health of individual projects and overall track of work including reconciliations, budgeting, staffing, billings, and other financial metrics.
Interpret financial data, update monthly client accruals, review and approve time transfers, and report on client profitability.
Manage, monitor, track, update, reconcile, and report on internal and client budgets and rolling revenue forecasts.
Review estimates and Statements of Work, high-level cost assumptions, and analysis of spend data.
Approve and manage vendor and client POs as needed.
Support overall client account planning, scoping, and strategy.
Support financial analysis and reporting including reporting monthly revenue variances.
Foster internal and external client relations in collaboration with Account, Project Managers, and Finance team leads.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Business, or a related field.
3+ years of prior professional experience supporting financial and/or business operations, analysis, budgets, and P&L for large, complex client accounts, preferably within an advertising agency or consultancy. Experience within the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries STRONGLY preferred.
Prior experience working alongside creative and marketing teams and an understanding of the different components of the delivery process including business, finance, creative, marketing, staffing, etc.
Experience working in a client-facing capacity including delivering presentations, leading meetings, and collaborating to identify and resolve issues.
Experience owning P&L responsibility for tracks of work within client accounts.
Experience independently leading multiple concurrent projects in various stages of completion within one or more large accounts or a portfolio of smaller accounts.
Ability to own conversations and drive success within responsible client accounts.
Advanced data analysis and reporting skills in Microsoft Excel (including creating and manipulating pivot tables, V/H/XLookups, etc).
Experience building presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Familiarity with specialized financial and CRM tools (such as Salesforce, Oracle, SAP, etc.) strongly preferred.
An ability to concisely and clearly communicate and present complex ideas, concepts, data, and other information to key stakeholders.
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills with an ability to develop and navigate relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple teams and functions.
A high degree of business and political savvy with an ability to navigate complex organizational structures, understand and prioritize multiple concurrent needs, and develop relationships with stakeholders at CoLab and on client teams.
Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S.-based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
CoLab is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact hrcompliance_usms@publicis.com .
All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $91,000 - $135,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 05/17/2024.
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