Manager, Business Management

Company Description

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers. With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world's largest healthcare communications network, Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world's third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.

Web: www.digitashealth.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/digitashealth | Twitter: www.twitter.com/digitas_health

Job Description

As an account team's operational and finance lead, the Business Manager serves as a collaborative partner to team leads, ensuring that a cross-capability approach is applied to all issues related to staffing mix and fiscal health. You will report to the Director of Business Management.

The Business Manager is an important partner to the Lead Producer, being the account team's financial controller. You will be accountable for financial/staffing forecasts, regular budget reporting, securing PE and accurate invoicing.

You will manage the optimization of the account team staffing structure, ensuring the right skills are applied to the work, to serve the our requirements, deliverable quality and financial well-being of the account.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

Financial Responsibilities:

• Client-facing lead on all financial management issues; responsible for client budget reporting
• Provides accurate and realistic forecasts; manage forecast to ensure targets are met and client finance is in the loop with the latest information (PE, billing)
• Monitors financial performance of accounts to maximize revenue realization and profit margin
• Ensures financial control of all client work (estimates, jobs, fees, billing, or expense monitoring) throughout the account group
• Responsible for regular budget status reporting for client and internal audiences; assess trends and keeps all applicable parties in the loop
• Reviews statement of work documentation; accountable for ensuring scope documentation is in place for all work
• Responsible for account investment planning and management
• Responsible for high-level account budget estimating and pitch pricing
• Accountable for final reconciliation of projects and completing job closure forms

Qualifications

• Partner with cross-capability leads to manage true resource needs (internal and external) across the account team
• Accountable for the accuracy of monthly staffing forecasts in Clarity
• Identify and help resolve people/account conflicts with practical solutions
• Identify and propose career growth plans for assigned staff
• Play lead role in pricing and forecasting staff needs for new business opportunities
• Assist Lead Producer in contract management (client, vendor, and inter-company issues)

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Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact hrcompliance_usms@publicis.com.

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