Client Finance / Accounting Manager

Global Gateway Advisors is a New York-based strategic communications consultancy that seeks an experienced, energetic, organized, and detail-oriented. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and works closely with our team to manage forecasting, invoicing and accounting.

Preferred skills and experience include:

• Previous career experience in a public relations, marketing or other creative agency, professional services firm or other client-facing business
• Knowledge of the CORE BQE accounting platform (consultant time and expense tracking, project management and billing/invoicing, accounts receivable management)
• Experience with Quickbooks Online and a strong competency for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint and Google Slides

Time + Location

• Full time position with benefits
• Remote with periodic in-person meetings at our New York office

Requirements

Financial Planning + Analysis

• Manage and facilitate the monthly financial close process in coordination with our external bookkeeper
• Maintain financial and transactions entries, including credit cards and bank transaction recording, ensuring they are appropriately coded and tracked
• Manage CORE/BQE Accounting and Time Management Platform:
  • Create and reconcile invoices in CORE
  • Run and review reports in CORE to assist in data reporting and analysis
• Manage Expensify platform and Bill.com to ensure all expenses are coded correctly, approved and bills are paid on time
• Maintain QuickBooks Online (QBO) and prepare and post journal entries, including payroll
• Coordinate and review quarterly expense and revenue forecasts as well as annual budgets
• Maintains financial records for firm clients and partners
• Maintain catalog of required client reporting and ensure timely completion
• Review monthly fee and expense detail
• Analyze monthly financial statements for accuracy and explain significant variances to budget or forecast

Management + Collaboration

• Work closely with team leadership on annual firm operating budgets
• Analyze financial trends to aid executive leadership team in hiring, financial planning for key investment areas in collaboration with finance team
• Support team counselors on preparing, verifying and sending client invoices and reviewing and updating client budget trackers
• Work with account teams to prepare staffing, maintain headcount file and revenue plan
• Review time and expense write-offs and unbilled time/fees (WIP)

Skills and Attributes

• 5-8 years of professional services client finance experience
• Professional services industry/creative agency experience preferred
• Well-organized with strong time management skills and attention to detail, follows through on multiple projects and juggles conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to clearly communicate and professionally manage questions/inquiries from across account teams, clients, accountants and bookkeepers and partners
• Strong financial analysis and management skills; good business acumen
• Ability to articulate financial concepts in layman's terms
• Self-starter who takes initiative
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable in Google environment (Google Sheets, Slides)
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Client service oriented and fosters positive working relationships
• Committed to continuous learning and building your technical and leadership skills through training

Base Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000 annually

Benefits

About Global Gateway Advisors

Global Gateway Advisors is a strategic communications consultancy focused on helping companies, nonprofits, organizations and governments to establish, grow, enhance and protect their reputation through dialogue and influencer engagement. We build credibility, acceptance, leadership and global preference for our clients by delivering excellent communications strategy while we grow our firm of knowledgeable, passionate and connected advisors.

Our Culture

Our people drive our culture. Our people share a common purpose of creating a better world through connection and dialogue. We value people and relationships, open-mindedness, diversity and collaboration. We have a collaborative, flexible, fun and rewarding work environment where our people and our clients are our top priority.

We reward hard work with competitive compensation and great benefits. Our generous time off policy is intentional-we all need time to rest and recharge. Our annual international travel stipend offers opportunities to explore different cultures and new experiences.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging

We're committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion at our firm and with our clients. It's core to who we are. Our Equity, Belonging + Community (EBC) team leads internal initiatives every month. We advance employee awareness and engagement, affirm our commitment to being an open and inclusive firm, create positive change in our communities, and facilitate transparent and open communication on DEI-related topics and issues. We all belong here, and it matters to us that we keep this focus front and center.

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We're proud to be a certified LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE). As a majority LGBTQIA+ owned business, we support expanding economic opportunities and advancements for LGBTQIA+ people everywhere.

Global Gateway Advisors is an equal opportunity employer and committed to equality. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and strive to ensure a fair and consistent interview process.