Associate Financial Analyst

Momentum Worldwide; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Worldwide is seeking an Associate Finance Analyst to manage financials for client portfolios, including reporting, reconciliations, and pricing reviews. The role supports the finance team and ensures accurate communication of financial elements to internal and client stakeholders.

The position requires a Finance or Accounting degree, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with SAP. In-office presence is expected to support collaboration and client service excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• Analytical rigor and attention to detail essential.
• Strong communication across departments is critical.
• Experience with SAP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the financial health of assigned client accounts.
• Run month-end close reports, focusing on revenue recognition.
• Review staff plans and program estimates for accuracy and policy compliance.
• Track outstanding and approved program estimates.
• Run budget and forecast reports to monitor project burn.
• Support client budget reporting, audits, and data collection.
• Review expense write-offs and advise on expenditures.
• Manage cash flow while reviewing vendor payments.
• Collect commentary on uncollected and past-due invoices; coordinate intercompany transactions.
• Review and approve travel requests.
• Maintain files, contracts, and related finance documents.
• Run ad hoc financial queries.
• Support Momentum’s values in daily work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Detail oriented

Communication across teams

SAP experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP

Job description

Agency

Momentum

Job Function

Finance

Job Subfunction

Finance Operations

Job Description

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Associate Finance Analyst is responsible for the overall financial management for our client portfolio, their commercial agreement, reporting and general day-to-day activities. The Analyst supports the finance team and business leads for all financial deliverables to clients, including reporting, reconciliations and staff plan pricing / reviews. The Analyst works closely to ensure financial elements of the client relationship are communicated, tracked, monitored and managed. The role of the Associate Finance Analyst requires strong attention to detail, is approachable and solution-oriented when presented with problems / issues by staff and team, breaks down problems and issues into critical parts which can be resolved.

Here’s What You’ll Do (responsibilities)

• Support the Client Finance team to monitor the financial health of assigned client accounts
• Run reports for month-end close, primarily related to revenue recognition
• Review staff plans and program estimates to ensure accuracy and compliance with Momentum and client policies
• Track outstanding and approved program estimates
• Run budget and forecast reports to monitor project burn for both fee and pass through costs
• Support client budget reporting requirements, audit requests, and data collection
• Review expense write-offs and advise Client Finance Manager/Director of expenditures
• Manage cash flow while reviewing vendor payment requests
• Collect commentary on uncollected and past due invoicesFacilitate communication with domestic and international offices for intercompany transactions and aid in processing documentation
• Review employee reimbursable expenses that require finance approval (i.e. non-billable expenses, expenses missing receipts)
• Review and approve travel requests from Momentum employees
• Maintain files, contracts and other relevant documentation for the Finance team
• Run ad hoc financial queries
• Supporting Momentum’s values
• All other duties as assigned

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Possess analytical rigor and be detail oriented
• Focused on strong/clear communication across all company departments
• Experience with SAP, not necessary but a plus

About Us – Momentum Worldwide

Momentum is an agency of doers. We make the industry’s most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans. We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways. Whether it’s a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it’s all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience - ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.

We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.

What Can You Expect From Momentum

At Momentum, we expect our employees to embody our values! Our Core Values of Be One, Do Great Work, Have Fun, Give Back and Grow empower an environment where we challenge ourselves professionally and encourage each other personally.

The salary range for this position is from $50,000 to $60,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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For US Job Seekers

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The salary range for this position is from $50,000 to $60,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.