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Senior Financial Analyst
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Senior Financial Analyst
Job responsibilities
- Maintain revenue tracker for monthly revenue review process for % complete in partnership with account & project management team.
- Communicate revenue allocations to local offices monthly
- Prepare shell for quarterly client revenue forecast process with inputs from CXL/Account staff on a portfolio level & share guidance to all participating offices
- Work closely with account and project management teams to ensure proper scoping, including but not limited to confirming accuracy with rates, pricing, and business terms
- Ensure that WIP is cleared in a timely and orderly manner, client documentation/PO’s are secured, and oversees duration of the project lifecycle. Includes preparation of ETC documentation and proper revenue recognition
- Build for scale and work to automate processes and reporting
- Provide financial insights for recurring business reviews with key stakeholders
- Strong relationships with Shared Services to drive efficiency and effectiveness in all our core processes
- Help support client audits and ad-hoc requests as needed
- Assist in financial onboarding to dedicated account staff to help educate on client deal terms and with financial literacy.
- Assist in the training and ensure project management and account staff are adhering to financial processes including proper PO setup, hiring freelancers, reporting input requirements, internal and contracted standard policies & procedures
- Ensure timeliness and validate accuracy and quality of work output generated by analysts, notably that trackers are maintained and billing is in accordance to SOW schedule or no later than a month in arrears
Preferred Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (Finance or Accounting preferred)
- Experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g. SAP )
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills (lookups, pivots, dashboards, advanced formulas, etc.)
- Agency experience preferred
- Solid business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results with a focused, pragmatic, approach to the business • Independent and entrepreneurial showing the ability to work with minimal direction
Top Accountabilities
- Identify all critical business opportunities, risks and initiatives and provide best practice financial analysis and insights to support decision making.
- Identify opportunities to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of all finance activities.
- Possess deep understanding of SAP Job set up, financial reporting systems, revenue recognition methodologies, and billing processes
- Able to interface vertically across all levels of the account team as needed
- High attention to detail including proficiency with reporting tools to ensure
The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.
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