Associate, Digital Finance

Description

Position at GroupM

Associate, Digital Finance

Overview:

Our Digital Finance teams are critical in financial hygiene and management of our clients' spend by managing digital buys and invoices for payment. We work in conjunction with our buying teams and are responsible for digital media invoice clearance, invoice dispute resolution, guidance with Prisma buy actualization and reconciliation, assisting with financial reporting, and working together with our Accounts Payable department to manage timely payments.

What we love about this role:

• The dynamic nature of digital media provides us with constant change in the way we buy and reconcile media. This creates opportunities for new ways of resolving billing issues and invoice approvals.
• Insight into financial implication of campaign actualization and optimization.
• Investigative approach to invoice dispute, research, and resolution.

Your Impact:

• Oversee digital media invoices for on time payment clearance.
• Create weekly unpaid discrepancy reports and review with each client team.
• Schedule and lead weekly billing sessions with client teams and review the status of open buys.
• Research invoice issues, assist with missing invoices, and request revised invoices.
• Manage financial status of Prisma and PrintBuy Toolkit buys.
• Review future insertions for correct setup.
• Review vendor statements and provide detailed approval status.
• Liaise communications between vendors, investment teams, client finance and GroupM (Accounts Payable) teams.
• Assist with ad hoc requests.

Your Qualifications:

• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: preferred concentration in accounting or finance
• Excellent math, communicative, and written skills
• Organizational and detail oriented abilities
• Effective time management skills with an ability to multitask and prioritize
• Ability to work successfully within a team as well as independently
• Establish and maintain effective relationships interdependently as well as with those outside the team

About GroupM:

GroupM is the world's leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, EssenceMediacom, Wavemaker, and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. GroupM's portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment, and Services, all united in vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates, and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business.

GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more great work we can create together.

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting is $45,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, please visit https://www.wpp.com/people/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.