Job Title: Global Commercial Finance Expert
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Commercial Finance Manager to join our team as a Global Commercial Finance Expert. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading advertising agency and contribute to the financial growth and success of our clients.
The Company Overview:
VCCP is a global creative agency that exists to transform the fortunes of our clients by challenging and disrupting the categories they operate in. With offices in multiple locations, we offer a dynamic and fast-paced work environment where innovation and creativity thrive.
The Job Description:
As a Global Commercial Finance Expert, you will be responsible for providing clear, world-class financial insights that empower our client's business leads to make informed decisions on scopes, fees, and resources. You will partner closely with Business and Operations leads to advise on commercial opportunities, drive financial transparency, and enhance performance.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide thought leadership and guidance on pricing to agency and client teams.
* Identify and suggest alternative pricing mechanisms to improve revenue growth opportunities.
* Represent the commercial team in meetings as required.
* Provide ad-hoc support to the Head of Commercial on special targeted projects across key functions.
* Work with client and operations leads on resource forecasting and ensuring this is recorded in the Finance Trackers.
* Work with operations leads to build a margin improvement plan for the client account and monitor progress against it.
* Regular catch-ups with the account service teams to understand the latest scopes, resourcing, capacity planning, and job progress on the client.
* Assist negotiations on portfolios of clients and be the key commercial contact for the client procurement departments alongside operations directors.
* E nsure client finance trackers are maintained.
* Update and maintain income forecasts with retainer fees based on workload.
* Work with and advise members of the billing and Management Accounts team as and when the situation arises.
* Interface with international finance leads to ensure immediate access to global financial reporting.
Requirements:
* You must be passionate about your work and able to demonstrate excellent levels of ownership to effectively manage all finance trackers across your client portfolio.
* Ideal candidates are ACCA/CIMA qualified, but not essential to the role.
* Experience in advertising or similar industries is highly desirable.
* You should be able to thrive in a lively, dynamic, and pressurized environment with excellent workload management skills, prioritization, and meeting tight deadlines.
* You must be able to work using your own initiative but also be committed to supporting the wider team whenever possible.
* Google Docs ability with experience using Pivot Tables, vlookups, etc.
* Intermediate Excel ability with experience using pivot tables, vlookups.
Salary Estimate:
This role comes with an estimated salary range of £60,000 - £80,000 per annum depending on experience.
About VCCP:
We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity.
Application Process:
If you meet the requirements for this role and are interested in joining our team, please submit your application through our website. Please note that due to the high volume of applications, we may not respond to every candidate individually. However, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of submitting your application, please assume we are unable to proceed with your application for this specific role.