Company Description

At Publicis Collective, it is both our model and culture to establish fully integrated cross-discipline teams that put our clients wholly at the center and enable us to provide best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. Publicis Collective uses living data to create brand movements at the speed of people’s lives. We move faster, create movements, and deploy real time data that connects world class creative to content and media in service of growth and ROI.

As part of Publicis Media, our leadership is defined by experience, commitment, and continuity across our vast network. Helming our agencies and teams are some of the most seasoned experts in the industry, committed to doing the best for our people and our clients every day, and bound together by our inclusive and humane culture. No matter whether we’re recruiting new talent or devising new media campaigns for our clients, we put the humanity and identity of real people at the forefront of everything we do. And our peerless history of continuous learning and innovation means we never stand pat.

Publicis Media is the #1 media network in North America, made of a family of world-class media agencies, solutions, and talent. Together, we comprise more than 23,000 people in more than 60 countries, united to serve the world’s best-known and most successful brands.

Job Description

Our Client Operations Department manages client-specific operational tasks across virtually every practice area within the agency, including Strategy, Investment, HR, Finance, Invoice Reconciliation, and Agency Administration & Compliance. We centralize and standardize fundamental work required across all pieces of business as well as bring tactical and detail-oriented work streams together to find smarter, faster ways of working. We create a space for those whose strengths include being highly organized problem-solvers. We help differentiate Collective from our competitors and provide a critical foundation to the agency.

What you’ll do:

Macro Tasks

• Project Management

• Process Improvements

• Best practice sharing

• Quality assurance

• Reporting & Compliance

Daily Tasks

• Manage financial tasks:

• Centralizing buy authorizations

• Compiling ordered vs. approved reports

• Preparing billing and budget documents

• Answering internal & client questions related to media billing and budgets

• Monitor client payment status, troubleshoot & ensure all client invoices are paid on time

• Ensure compliance for tasks such as:

• Managing client - specific billing procedures

• Product codes and other systems work

• Support Data Governance and PM compliances

• Create/enforce workflows & processes such as:

• Billing verification process project management

• Forecast/Accruals

• Assist with data pulls from various systems (MediaOcean, MediaTools etc.)

• Maintain system hierarchies, structure, and user security.

• Compile client-specific reporting (e.g. budget reports, diversity reporting, ad hoc reports)

• Offer administrative support, training and troubleshooting for MediaTools and other agency systems.

• Participate in and/or lead team meetings

What you’re like:

• Organized, detail-oriented, good with time management, obsessed with accuracy, a strong critical thinker, able to take initiative to get task done, and able to juggle multiple tasks.

• Good at building relationships – a creative problem solver, a customer service expert, a great team player.

• A strong communicator – able to write clearly, speak professionally, and translate data analysis into insights.

• Excited by the idea of diving deep into data, including new technologies where benchmarks are just beginning to emerge.

Qualifications

• 1+ year experience in planning, operations, finance, project management or data analysis, preferably in a media agency or advertising agency

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with a concentration in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Applied Mathematics or related

• The ability to rock the Microsoft Office suite, particularly PPT and XLS (where filtering, pivoting, and charts and graphs building are key)

• Quantitative and analytical skills, yet willingness to embrace a role that requires a mix of art and science.

• Experience developing and presenting your thoughts and ideas.

• Flexible and able to adapt to change in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.

• Brave voices who will suggest new ideas and challenge the status quo but can also help carry out the smart ideas of others.

• Someone who likes to thrive on a team yet can also meet tight deadlines on independent assignments.

• A team player who enjoys learning and is willing to lean into new opportunities…with a smile.

Additional Information

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

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REQ # 24-8033