Sr Manager - Billing and Reconciliation for Media Operations

The role

This person will oversee and review reconciliation of digital and traditional marketing campaigns to ensure accurate billing. They will manage team members, partner with onshore cross-functional teams, and maintain campaign financials.

What you will do

• Oversee and review reconciliation of Digital & Traditional marketing campaigns on various mediums
• Partner with onshore cross-functional teams to define and document billing processes
• Ensure timely closure of reconciliations and conduct quality assurance checks
• Manage billing discrepancies and collaborate with team members to resolve them
• Work with teams to actualize rolling budgets month over month
• Liaison with internal billing departments to code, upload, and reconcile media budgets
• Communicate status of campaign financials and maintain relationships with partners and onshore teams
• Act as the first point of escalation for teams across accounts/clients
• Manage team members' attendance, leaves, holidays, and IT issues
• Support, coach and nurture junior members of the team

Required qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance (or equivalent experience)
• 8-12 years of experience in media finance, invoicing, and reconciliation/experience in billing, accounts receivable
• Hands on experience in managing reconciliation on platforms like Prisma or any media related software
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Solid understanding of the advertising and performance marketing landscape
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• High level of accuracy and problem-solving skills
• Analytical and process-driven approach to work
• Comfortable working late shift (09:00 PM to 06:00 AM IST)

Nice to have

• Knowledge in Mediaocean applications for Billing management (Prisma, MBOX, Broadcast steward, Spot Invoice Toolkit, Print Buy toolkit)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits package

About the company

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group. It manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally through its agency networks and specialty business units.