Senior Client Accountant

Clemenger BBDO is on the lookout for a Senior Client Accountant to join our Finance team in Melbourne/Sydney.

As the Senior Client Accountant, you will have exposure to various stakeholders across the agency. You will have a keen eye for detail and the ability to communicate effectively to both financial and operational stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities but not limited to

• Work closely with account management and relevant stakeholders to improve client profitability, accurate forecasting, analysing revenue data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage large volume of invoicing, ensuring all invoices are issued in line with client contracts and SBOX audit requirements.
• WIP management: ensuring all jobs are reconciled and all costs incurred are invoiced to clients in a timely manner.
• Revenue: ensuring revenue recognition is accurate & in line with client contracts and accounting policies.
• Reporting: prepare monthly reports on financial performance by client (profitability, variance analysis, retainer reconciliations), identify key drivers that impact margin and providing actionable recommendations.
• Prepare ad-hoc client or project health report and advise on where commercial levers can be pulled to improve margin.
• Support account management team by providing reporting and data as requested.
• Provide client financial analysis in the review of monthly results (actual vs forecast, variance analysis, client profitability)
• Participate in financial audits and provide support as needed.
• Maintain data integrity and ensure financial information used for decision-making is accurate and up to date.
• Track and challenge write-offs and over-servicing, and work with AMs to minimize non-billable time.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of each applicable client contract.
• Identifying process improvements to your role and the greater finance team.

Skills required

• Accounting or Business degree qualification
• Great communications skills both verbal and written required
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with D365/Dynamics preferred

In doing this you will need to embrace and demonstrate the following attitudes and approaches to your work:

• Ensure efficient and accurate accounting of client billing and revenue
• Have the ability to prioritise tasks and the determination to see tasks through to the end
• Work well under pressure to meet deadlines
• Adhere to tight internal controls ensuring all financial information is properly recorded and analysed
• Solution focused
• Strong attention to detail and exceptional organisation skills
• An exceptional eye for detail and a proactive attitude
• Exceptional team player
• Ability to see the bigger picture
• Ability to work autonomously
• Confidence and openness in dealing with financial and operational stakeholders

Please note: All applicants must have valid Australian working rights.

Clemenger Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome people of all backgrounds and can assist with your application if you have a language or cultural special consideration, disability or impairment, or use assistive technology – simply contact us via careers@clemenger.com.au.