Media Finance Manager

OUR COMPANY 

Initiative celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 6,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.

We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different. When brands unite people in culture, they build Fame, and when brands connect individuals to their unique journeys, they build customer Flow. Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability. 

Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 6,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.

We make a promise to our people that we double down on seeing, celebrating & elevating all the things that make you, uniquely you. And just as we do for our brands and clients, we connect our people to the journeys that matter in building a meaningful career.

There are four I’s in Initiative and these represent our core values and behaviors.

➢ INDIVID[YOU]ALITY – you bring your genuine and unique self to and into the work, every day.

➢ INSTINCT – you’re tuned in and armed with intelligence; you have a bias for action – shit happens when you’re around.

➢ IMAGINATION – your ability to imagine and bring to life the ideas, solutions, and the future of Initiative, makes us THE create media agency in the world.

➢ IMPACT! – you care deeply about the impact you have on our clients, their customers, our community, the media landscape and our world at large.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Reconciliation:

• Ensure timely and accurate booking of media spend in accordance with financial policies and timelines.
  • Ensuring teams are saving down final signed of Media plans on the system
  • Policing the reconciliation process and supporting the teams to reconcile back to media plans
  • Working with wider teams (media Ops, billing team etc) to resolve any blockers to reconciliation.
  • Reviewing unvouched reports and working with the client teams to resolve any queries on media bookings / reconciliations
  • Review the Media Payables Queries report and work with Omaha and the client teams to clear issues focusing on key supplier accounts
  • Review late bookings and actuals versus forecast bookings reports with media teams to ensure bookings are put on the system in a timely manner
  • Review intercompany reports and work with Media teams to resolve issues to ensure bookings matched

Collaboration with Media Teams:

• Act as the primary liaison between the Finance and Media teams, ensuring seamless communication and alignment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational and financial challenges faced by the Media teams, including escalation in Finance, significant systems and process issues to be resolved by Media Operations Excellence programme

Process Improvement & Reporting:

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy and efficiency in media financial management.
• Support the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure media and financial alignment success.

Compliance & Governance:

• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls, contractual obligations, and industry regulations related to media spend.
• Assist in audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations related to media financials.