Media Finance Manager (Freelance)

Since its founding in 2009, The Many has combined technology, creativity and empathy to make stuff consumers actively seek, engage and share. It has resulted in loads of integrated campaigns and award-winning work for social and digital, long-form and creator content, and activations. The secret sauce: we harness the power of participation. Because if you look around you’ll notice that brands are no longer built in isolation, they’re built in participation with the many. A Media Finance Manager with The Many serves as the primary point of contact for the tracking of media financial transactions and associated reporting across all clients. This is an integral role to both our internal Finance and Media teams and requires a strong foundation in Media Finance & Accounting, with a focus on delivering financial accuracy and operational excellence. By partnering closely with Finance and Media leadership, the Media Finance Manager plays a critical role in identifying process improvements and ensuring compliance with our agency financial procedures. What this role is responsible for: Providing support of the media finance workflow as it relates to vendor spend tracking including tracking cancellation windows and funding deadlines against all live vendor commitments. Supporting the funds-cleared confirmation before every launch, ensuring that client funds are in house before any media activity is launched. Review and route insertion orders (IOs) and vendor agreements through the Finance intake process, ensuring that all agreements are properly reviewed and approved. Maintaining the Media Exposure Register, which tracks all open vendor commitments and amounts potentially at risk. Tracking vendor cancellation windows, and preparing written vendor hold notices if client funds are not confirmed in house ahead of launch. Reconciling and reporting on actual media spend vs. client approved and committed media authorization forms (MAF’s). Monthly reconciliations of documented media spend vs. internal financial reporting to confirm that all systems are reconciled and aligned. Advising and/or implementing new systems that will effectuate the most efficient method of data tracking including automation where applicable. Meets regularly with the Group Director, Finance and Group Director, Media for review and collaboration to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. Attending periodic client-related and departmental meetings Responsible for presenting budget reports, reconciliation reporting, and the media exposure register to internal teams on a regular basis. What we need from you: 5+ years’ work experience within an creative/media agency with hands on budget management experience Knowledge of all media types: OOH, digital, television, radio, etc. Exceptional attention to detail while able to work in a fast-paced client-service environment Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Available to work Pacific Standard Time hours Other things we’d like to see: Bachelor’s degree in a related field Experience with NetSuite a plus Our salary range for this freelance opportunity is $36.00 to $48.00 per hour. There are several factors taken into consideration in determining base salary, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, skills, education and experience.