Senior Account Director, Financial Strategy & Growth

NEON; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

NEON in New York seeks an Account Director, VP, Business Management to oversee the financial health and operations of a large-scale account. You partner with Account Management, Project Management, Finance and Creative to drive budgets, SOWs, forecasts and profitability.

The role requires 8–10 years agency experience (pharma preferred), a Bachelor's degree (MBA a plus), expert Excel and WorkFront skills, and strong leadership and client-facing abilities.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of professional experience
• Agency experience required; pharma experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or master’s degree is advantageous, but not required
• Solid experience scoping, pricing, and scheduling projects from both a bottoms-up and top-down approach
• Expert in Microsoft Excel and WorkFront
• Professional presentation, training and client-facing skills
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Expressive written and verbal skills and communicative leadership abilities required

Responsibilities

• Partners with Account and Project Management, Creative and support service department leads on development of SOWs
• Client-facing Account lead on all business issues; budgeting and reporting
• Provide accurate and realistic revenue forecasts
• Monitor financial health and report to Senior Leadership and Client Finance
• Identify and address overburn or under-burn and causes
• Develop solutions for overburn/under-burn to maximize SOW profitability
• Escalate issues needing Senior/Executive input with mitigation plans
• Assist with financial components for new business opportunities

Skills

Client-facing

Negotiation

Communication

Leadership

Project scoping

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

WorkFront

Job description

NEON in New York seeks an Account Director, VP, Business Management to oversee the financial health and operations of a large-scale account. You partner with Account Management, Project Management, Finance and Creative to drive budgets, SOWs, forecasts and profitability.

The role requires 8–10 years agency experience (pharma preferred), a Bachelor's degree (MBA a plus), expert Excel and WorkFront skills, and strong leadership and client-facing abilities.