Finance Manager, Commercial Finance

WHO WE ARE

Crossmedia is the global media independent. We’re committed to doing media and business the right way, guided by the principles of TRUST, REASON and the pursuit of HAPPINESS. Crossmedia US was founded in NY in 2000 and is one of the largest minority-owned full-service media planning & buying agencies in the nation. We are 500+ Crossmedians worldwide with big ambitions to continue to grow with soul. 

We focus on what media agencies should do: create innovative connections between brands and people regardless of channel or budget. And, we do it in an honest way. We are and always have been a values-based organization. We earn our clients TRUST by ensuring media transparency in our business model and objectivity in decision-making. We apply REASON & logic to finding solutions to our clients' greatest business challenges. The pursuit of HAPPINESS matters to us. Big time. We invest in each colleagues’ professional & personal wellbeing and growth. It’s why we have countless initiatives, clubs & cultural events dedicated to our people and why we have been the top ranked media agency named to Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for the past six years in a row.  

In the US, we have offices in New York and Philadelphia and team members across 25+ states. Our client roster includes US Bank, PWC, Invesco, Newell Brands, NASCAR, Planet Fitness, Teremana, American Cancer Society, White Castle, Ricola, Supercuts, Edible Arrangements, Illva Saronno and more. 

 

 

 

 

WHO YOU ARE

You are a highly analytical and detail-oriented finance professional with a deep understanding of the advertising/media planning and buying industry. With a strong background in financial analysis and budgeting, you excel in managing complex financial models, forecasts, and reports that drive strategic decision-making. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing the need for accuracy with the agility to respond to the dynamic needs of the business. 

YOUR ROLE

As the Finance Manager, you report to the Managing Director of Commercial Finance as well as to the CFO for ad-hoc projects.  You will support the finance leads for all financial deliverables to clients, including contractual compliance, reconciliations as well as internal analyses such as staff utilization and profitability analysis. This role will work with the Client Service and People Teams to ensure financial elements of our client relationship are tracked, monitored, and communicated. 

The main responsibilities of the role are to support the Commercial Finance team and the CFO: 

• Works with the business to analyze and build forecasts, improve data capture and collection process to help analyze and create useful insights to share with the business leads 

• Track revenue vs. budget and research variance drivers and provide recommendations for improvement 

• Prepare utilization, overhead and client profitability analyses and provide business insights 

• Support client contract negotiations and to ensure financial compliance 

• Collaborate with teams to develop tailored commercial solutions and proposals for clients 

• Supports the business in developing and tracking short, medium and long-term resourcing requirements 

• Help identify and provide ongoing analyses on risk profiles of the portfolio of existing clients and prospective clients 

• Support the efforts to prepare and produce all client financial deliverables 

• Supplies ad-hoc financial information and analysis 

• Manage and oversee Analyst 

REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant finance /commercial qualifications 

• 5+ years of experience (minimum) with 3 years relevant business experience with a preference for experience in the advertising industry 

• Proven ability to handle complex financial and operational analyses 

• Highly proficient in Excel including pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas, charts, etc.