Senior Finance Operations Analyst

Company: TeamPeople
Location: East Hanover
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Primary Function
Seeking dynamic, self-motivated leader to ensure that the daily finance functions of the creative video studio and virtual event production team are running smoothly and exceeding expectations. This person will be responsible for advising the Head of Production on methods to create efficiency and effectiveness, by developing custom reporting, analysis and forecasting. They will coordinate with the finance team, company HQ, and producers, clients, freelancers, and service providers.

Duties & Responsibilities
Responsible for monthly internal chargebacks and forecasting.
Create presentations, reports, scenarios and comparisons that analyze client and company data
Prepare data for Quarterly Business Reviews.
Extract and analyze data and pricing, patterns and related trends, synthesizing data into information consumable by senior decision-makers
Collect and report KPIs, identify trends and work with senior management to prepare recommendations
Conduct key, forward thinking business modeling and scenario analysis to identify core issues and value-unlocking opportunities
Review project estimates, reconcile invoicing and manage chargebacks including partnering with Finance to ensure chargebacks and expenses are properly allocated
Oversee timekeeping for staff and freelancers, ensuring accurate reporting and consistent utilization of fulltime staff
Evaluate pricing to ensure a zero balanced budget is maintained
Work with Engineering to approve and order equipment needs
Monitor Capital Asset Requests (CARs) and impact to budget
Participate in business development meetings and presentations
Assist managers with daily operations, conducting business with site staff and HQ office
Perform other duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications
A positive and proactive attitude
Obsessively organized with a meticulous attention to detail
Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal, instructional, and diplomacy skills
Able to present information in clear, digestible visual formats to be used across business teams
Ability to analyze, problem solve and discriminate between important and unimportant details, recognize inconsistencies between facts, and draw correct inferences from information
Comfortable with quantitative analysis and creating documentation
Strong analytical, debugging and problem solving skills
Ability to maintain high level of professionalism in a corporate environment
Develop and maintain relationships with agency representatives, company executives and a wide variety of creative talent and clients
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. Must be able to create and format spreadsheets, apply functions & formulas, merge & sort data, and create pivot tables.
Familiarity with Workfront, MS Project, ScheduAll, Farmer's Wife, or other creative enterprise project systems preferred
Familiarity with data and analytics tools such as Grow, Tableau, Domo, MS Power BI, Salesforce, or similar reporting preferred

Education & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Business Administration, Marketing or related field required. Master's Degree a plus.
10+ years' professional experience with a global corporation, major brand, and creative or advertising agency
7+ years' operations experience in creative services, meetings and events, marketing, or related field required
Previous experience managing a dynamic and highly productive studio, managing large teams and overseeing large-scale productions
Samples of reporting/analysis available for discussion

Diversity Inclusion & Customer Service Statement
TeamPeople is an organization dedicated to providing superior customer service. Outstanding customer service encompasses everything from performing the technical, creative and operational aspects of our jobs to the best of our ability, to going the extra mile to assist our customers and colleagues in any way.
We respect, value and celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics and perspectives that make each person who they are. We also believe that bringing diverse individuals together allows us to collectively and more effectively address the issues that face our customers. It is our aim, therefore, that our partners, strategies and investments reflect these core values. TeamPeople is dedicated to providing superior customer service and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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