About The Role

We are seeking a commercially minded Finance Manager to support the Finance Director and lead the day-to-day finance function for our New York Sport & Entertainment agency. The role sits at the intersection of commercial decision-making, revenue recognition, and financial performance management.

The Finance Manager will own management reporting, revenue integrity, forecasting, and cashflow insight for the business, while working closely with a South Africa–based Shared Service Centre responsible for transactional processing. This is a hands-on role requiring strong judgement, attention to detail, and the confidence to partner with senior stakeholders across client services, operations, and leadership.

Experience within a Media, PR, Creative, or Agency environment is highly advantageous.

What You'll Do:

Financial Reporting & Performance Management

·      Own the monthly management reporting for the New York agency, including P&L, balance sheet, cashflow, KPIs, variance analysis, and performance commentary.

·      Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy, discipline, and adherence to Group timelines.

·      Monitor revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses, and client / account-level profitability.

·      Provide clear, forward-looking financial insight to support commercial and strategic decision-making.

·      Act as the day-to-day finance lead for the business, escalating key risks and issues to the Finance Director.

Revenue Schedule Preparation & Revenue Recognition

·      Prepare and maintain detailed monthly and project-based revenue schedules aligned to client contracts, scopes of work, and delivery milestones.

·      Ensure revenue is recognised accurately and consistently in line with IFRS (including IFRS 15) and Group revenue recognition policies.

·      Apply appropriate revenue models across retainers, project-based work, milestone delivery, and percentage-of-completion arrangements.

·      Review client contracts, statements of work, change orders, and amendments to ensure correct financial treatment.

·      Act as the primary point of judgement and escalation for revenue recognition matters within the business.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Commercial Support

·      Support the annual budget and rolling forecast processes for the agency.

·      Partner with department heads and client leads to challenge assumptions, track performance, and identify risks and opportunities.

·      Support new business, pricing, and client profitability analysis where required.

Cashflow, Working Capital & Billing Discipline

·      Prepare and maintain cashflow forecasts and working capital analysis.

·      Partner with client services teams to drive billing discipline, timely invoicing, and effective PO management.

·      Monitor accounts receivable, billing cycles, and cash collection, escalating risks proactively.

·      Support effective management of reimbursable costs, pass-through spend, and fee vs non-fee revenue.

Shared Service Centre & Intercompany Oversight

·      Act as the primary finance owner for outputs delivered by the South Africa Shared Service Centre across AP, AR, intercompany, and month-end processing.

·      Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of SSC outputs, minimising rework and ensuring adherence to Group standards.

·      Own intercompany recharges, reconciliations, and eliminations, working closely with Group and regional finance teams.

·      Serve as the key interface between the agency, the SSC, and the wider Group finance function.

What You'll Bring:

·      Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.

·      5+ years’ experience in finance roles, ideally within Media, Advertising, PR, Creative, or Agency environments.

·      Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience within a project-based or client-led business.

·      Solid working knowledge of IFRS, particularly revenue recognition under IFRS 15.

·      Experience working within a multi-entity, international group structure.

·      NetSuite experience strongly preferred.

·      Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build and maintain robust financial models.

·      Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).

Key Attributes & Competencies

·      Commercially minded finance professional with strong business partnering capability.

·      Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven agency environment.

·      High attention to detail combined with the ability to see the bigger picture.

·      Confident communicator, able to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders.

·      Proactive, structured, and solutions-oriented, with sound judgement and integrity.

What You'll Get

We value our team and are committed to their success. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes group medical (up to 100% Coverage), 50% Guardian Dental, vision coverage, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401(k) retirement plan with up to 3% annual employer match, generous paid time off including Summer Fridays and Holiday break, and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of choice.

Salary range is $100,000-$125,000 and is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP
https://mcsaatchi.com/

M+C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, NA is a full-service creative communications agency operating across lifestyle, sport, entertainment, fashion, technology and beverage. Our approach is an integrated system of creative and communications services, executing both always-on brand communications as well as creative campaigns from ideation through to design, production, execution and social, via our comms, marketing and influencer specialists who collaborate alongside our in-house studio. We create content across a variety of mediums including still, video, print, experiential, and many more. Our team is a collective of experienced and integrity-driven individuals who believe success is found through navigating, creating and leading meaningful change. Our agency philosophy - Brutal Simplicity of Thought - is at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that we create tangible impact for our clients. It is our belief that brilliant work can only be achieved with diversity of minds and thought, and an inclusive culture that allows everyone to bring their true selves to work. When people have the permission to be themselves, they will bring their very best selves. M+C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment North America employs some of the brightest minds in the business. We believe investing in our people and their development ensures they consistently progress

M+C Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture. As part of this M+C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please make us aware as part of your application.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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