Finance Director

BBDO Worldwide; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

BBDO Worldwide is seeking a senior Finance leader to manage internal finance and accounting functions, supporting budget and planning, revenue recognition oversight, and cost-control initiatives across agency departments and clients.

The role emphasizes leadership of the Finance team, collaboration with senior management, and enhancing financial processes to scale with business growth. In-office presence is required several days per week in Chicago, with Omnicom policies guiding attendance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Agency financial performance, including balance sheet management, P&L oversight, cash flow forecasting, and working capital optimization.
• Lead month-end close activities, including overseeing client revenue recognition and financial analysis to ensure accurate agency reporting.
• Review journal entries and account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with accounting policies and data integrity.
• Partner with account, operational, and executive leadership teams to drive financial performance and informed decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Finance team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing department.
• Support existing and new business initiatives through pricing strategy, financial modeling, and contract profitability analysis.
• Monitor agency profitability and resource utilization, recommending actions to improve margins and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting capabilities to support scalability, accuracy, and business objectives.
• Review and update client agreements to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with Agency requirements

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Position Summary

Manage all internal finance and accounting aspects, which include key support for the budget and planning process, oversight of revenue recognition, execution of cost control initiatives, and implementation of internal controls for Agency departments and clients.

Agency

BBDO

Job Function

Finance

Job Subfunction

Finance Management

Job Description

Manage all internal finance and accounting aspects, which include key support for the budget and planning process, oversight of revenue recognition, execution of cost control initiatives, and implementation of internal controls for Agency departments and clients.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Agency financial performance, including balance sheet management, P&L oversight, cash flow forecasting, and working capital optimization.
• Lead month-end close activities, including overseeing client revenue recognition and financial analysis to ensure accurate agency reporting.
• Review journal entries and account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with accounting policies and data integrity.
• Partner with account, operational, and executive leadership teams to drive financial performance and informed decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Finance team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing department.
• Support existing and new business initiatives through pricing strategy, financial modeling, and contract profitability analysis.
• Monitor agency profitability and resource utilization, recommending actions to improve margins and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting capabilities to support scalability, accuracy, and business objectives.
• Review and update client agreements to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with Agency requirements

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant experience required

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that an employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions, reserving the right to revise the job description at any time.

It is the policy of BBDO and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

$110,000.000 - $135,000.00

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.

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It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

$110,000.000 - $135,000.00