Director - Finance - Ogilvy - San Francisco

Job Description
OgilvyWest is seeking an experienced Finance Director, based in San Francisco, to provide strategic counsel and support to the Regional CEO and Managing Directors in the execution of overall accounting, budgeting and financial reporting procedures. The
position will report directly to the Regional CEO and to the North America
CFO. Ogilvy is one of the largest
marketing communications companies in the world. Through its specialty units,


Primary Responsibilities

• Preparation of annual, quarterly and monthly
budgets and forecasts

• Provide strategic counsel and guidance to leadership and account teams with respect to
operational strategy and client profitability

• Initiate, review and negotiate client fees,
billing rates and client agreements and contracts

• Manage all month-end close activities,
including but not limited to, account reconciliations, revenue recognition,
P&L variation analysis (actual vs. budget) and balance sheet reviews

• Recommend, implement and measure performance
against benchmarks for the organizations’ financial and operating performance

• Work with account teams to ensure all invoices
are accurate and sent to clients on-time

• Work with account teams to ensure collections
of receivables

• Maintain, review and improve internal control
environments related to transactional processes

• Ensure compliance with corporate policies

• Participate and manage the integration into a
centralized back office

• Training of office and staff on all financial
matters and processes
• Manage audits, including internal, external, and
Sarbanes-Oxley audits

Measures Of Performance

• Overall accuracy of accounting records and
financial reports

• Overall accuracy of budgeting and
forecasting

• Ability to provide strategic counsel and
guidance on operational and financial matters

• Adequacy of internal controls

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