Global Budget & Operations Lead

OMD; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 50.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OMD in New York is seeking an experienced Manager, Business Operations to oversee budgeting, reporting and process standardization for major client campaigns. The role focuses on fiduciary accountability, governance, and end-to-end media workflows across onshore and offshore teams.

You will partner with Investment, Planning, Finance and Operations to ensure timely invoicing and accurate campaign data, while managing tools like MediaOcean and Planit.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years Media/Finance experience at a large media agency.
• College degree in Finance or Marketing required or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of Digital, Broadcast and Print media preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and ability to work with scaled Excel spreadsheets is mandatory.

Aufgaben

• Consult and confirm implementation governance and best practices, ensure training compliance across platforms.
• Confirm operational best practices with Project Management, embedding finance expertise into workflow definitions and project timelines (e.g. client and deliverable expectations, turnaround times, client escalations, client-facing deliverable consistency).
• Lead integration and connectivity between cross-functional teams (e.g. Planning, Integrated Investment, Marketing Science, Finance, Project Management).
• Collaborate with investment + activation and operations teams both onshore and offshore, act as liaison for offshore work deployment.
• Confirm consistency in client facing deliverables (e.g. Strategic Recommendations, Tactical Plans, Budget Deliverables) in partnership with Team Leadership and BPM.
• Collaborate with Budget Project Management, Planning Analysts, and Account Leadership to ensure that all invoicing for fees and media is delivered timely.
• Support, audit, & enforce new process rollouts across all team members including troubleshooting of common issues & serving as escalation point against any blockers.
• Own and maintain planning and tracking tools to ensure accurate delivery of campaign data for the client (including Proof of Performance, monthly campaign budget tracking, and bi-weekly financial ‘status’, etc.).
• Manage MediaOcean, MediaTools/Planit and in house budget tracking infrastructure.
• Manage media campaign actualization and billing timelines to ensure teams are staying on track, while raising any red flags of possible delays.
• Leads and orchestrates uncleared campaigns with Investment, Offshore, BPM and Media Rec teams to ensure timely clearing compliance and payment to our partners.
• Foster good working relationships and understanding with various teams as well as the client to facilitate flawless execution
• Leverage industry experience (where applicable) to advise on best practices and address questions and/or issues as they arise
• Participate in monthly finance meetings with regional/local account teams to review the status of client finance issues.
• Assist in the creation and communication of financial guidelines and roadmaps (templates, ways to work, best in class methods, etc.)
• Assist in managing relationships with vendors, especially when discrepancies arise, finding creative solutions to complex situations
• Maintain and adhere to reporting deadlines/timelines.

Kenntnisse

Media Finance experience

Excel proficiency

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial analysis

Ausbildung

College degree in Finance or Marketing

Tools

MediaOcean

MediaTools/Planit

DDS

Prisma

Planit

Jobbeschreibung

OMD in New York is seeking an experienced Manager, Business Operations to oversee budgeting, reporting and process standardization for major client campaigns. The role focuses on fiduciary accountability, governance, and end-to-end media workflows across onshore and offshore teams.

You will partner with Investment, Planning, Finance and Operations to ensure timely invoicing and accurate campaign data, while managing tools like MediaOcean and Planit.