Global Client Finance Leader, FP&A & Growth

We. Communications; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

HSA with company match

PTO & holidays

Wellness credits

Home office support

Technology stipend

401(k) matching

Learning programs

Job summary

We. Communications seeks a Finance Manager, FP&A/Client Finance to own the financial health of a major global client relationship. You will partner with client leads, market leaders, finance, and resource teams to align staffing, pricing, and growth decisions across regions.

You'll create a single view of performance and financial constructs across markets to help teams grow client value and agency profitability. Reporting to the Finance Director, North America, this role has a global scope.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of progressive client finance / FP&A experience in marketing/communications firm with focus on financial analysis, planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience overseeing/owning financials of a large global client across multiple countries.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; ability to translate financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Must have minimum 2-3 years of people management experience.
• Customer service orientation is a must.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Fast paced team environment requiring independence.
• Proven mentor and team developer.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the day-to-day finance lead for the client account across all regions partnering closely with account leadership on financial and commercial matters.
• Coordinate forecast and close activity with finance leads in NA, EMEA and APAC and provide a consistent global view of financial performance for the client account.
• Provide clear financial insight to account leaders, identifying risks, opportunities, and actions related to revenue, margin, staffing, scope, and billing.
• Participate in regular leadership, forecasting, staffing, scoping, and business performance discussions and escal material issues with appropriate context and recommended actions.
• Own forecasting, planning, and monthly financial reporting across all regions for the client account.
• Lead month-end close activities for the client account, including revenue, costs, accruals, intercompany activity, and project financials.
• Analyze actual performance versus forecast and budget, explain key variances, and drive follow‑up actions.
• Monitor project and client profitability, staffing mix, utilization, fee and OOP performance, contribution margin, profit margin, and other key financial indicators
• Drive staff and capacity planning. Translate scopes and growth plans into staffing models by market, discipline, and seniority.
• Coordinate across markets and affiliates. Create a dependable global picture of fees, across all teams (and regions) working the business and across affiliate arrangements.
• Simplify how the business runs. Standardize the planning, reporting, and approval steps that global accounts need; reduce duplicate trackers and manual reconciliations.
• Participate in a cross-functional team to manage the agency’s compliance with client requirements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Staffing planning

People management

Communication

Presentation

Account leadership

Multitasking

Tools

Relational databases

Cube logic

Job description

We. Communications seeks a Finance Manager, FP&A/Client Finance to own the financial health of a major global client relationship. You will partner with client leads, market leaders, finance, and resource teams to align staffing, pricing, and growth decisions across regions.

You'll create a single view of performance and financial constructs across markets to help teams grow client value and agency profitability. Reporting to the Finance Director, North America, this role has a global scope.