Agency: Initiative
Job Function: Finance and Accounting
Location: New York, United States
Job Ref#: 10398
Description & Requirements
Position Summary
We are looking for a Finance Analyst to join our team. The Finance Analyst will play an integral role with both finance as well as client teams. The focus of this role includes costing out and maintaining client staff plans and fees, as well as understanding hours pacing and impact to client profitability
Key Responsibilities
- Role reports into Sr Analyst and supports all things staffing related
- Understand drivers of base salary variances and support preparation of monthly analysis
- Collaborate with Initiative client leads on fee and profitability analysis given shifts and changes to staff plans
- Key point of contact for Talent Acquisition and reconciles to TA reports weekly; evaluate all staffing requests against finance tracking
- Assist in preparation, monitoring, and updating of financial forecasts specific to salary analysis in Budgeting & Forecasting (B&F) system tool
- Assist with preparation of client allocation updates in B&F system tool
Desired Skills & Experience
- BA/BS with major or minor in Accounting or Finance, or related fields
- 0-1 years experience in a similar or related role
- Strong excel skills - including pivot tables, v-lookups, etc
- Knowledge of Hyperion, SAP, or other financial system a big plus
- Strong competence in quantitative analysis and presentations
Employment Transparency
It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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About Us
Initiative is different to other media agencies.
We are not trapped by a legacy structure primarily centered on paid advertising. Instead, we are liberated by a new world structure designed to deliver highly differentiated and highly effective communications strategies for our clients.
We are the world’s fastest growing media agency built upon the strongest strategic capability of any agency in the market. Core to this strategic proposition is the belief that the faster a brand can move through culture the more relevant it can become.
We call this Cultural Velocity ™.
Our process is designed to create ideas that move through culture through unique insight, market leading analytics and strategic media brilliance.
Our new world model is comprised of “craft centers” – Client Advice and Management, Strategy, Communications Design, Partnership and Culture, Insights & Analytics.
All U.S. Mediabrands employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved accommodation.