Client Finance Analyst

dentsu • Cincinnati, OH

7d • $54,000 - $83,088 • Hybrid

About The Position

About You We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar role. This could be agency, brand or rights holder side. You are excited by the prospect of working on award winning sponsorship accounts, passionate about being part of a high performing team and being integral to an achieving agency. You are also confident, motivated, have excellent attention to detail and looking forward to working in the industry.

Requirements

• 3–5 years’ experience in a similar role. This could be agency, brand or rights holder side.
• Confident, motivated
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly detail-oriented with strong follow-through
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Process-driven with a focus on accuracy and consistency
• Clear communicator who can translate financial requirements into practical guidance
• Comfortable managing multiple jobs and deadlines simultaneously
• Demonstrates curiosity, initiative, and a commitment to continuous learning
• Internally focused, collaborative, and service-oriented

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• Experience supporting revenue recognition and month-end close processes
• Familiarity with time & expense systems and project management tools in an agency environment
• 3–5 years of finance experience in project accounting, or operational finance within a marketing, advertising, creative, or professional services agency
• Exposure to job costing, project reconciliation, and agency billing
• Understanding of agency revenue models, including retainers, project-based work, and passthrough costs
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with stakeholders outside of a finance team

Responsibilities

• Own financial setup and ongoing management of jobs and projects across a portfolio of client accounts
• Ensure accurate job creation, scope alignment, cost tracking, and budget maintenance throughout the project lifecycle
• Partner with Client Engagement Managers to identify, communicate, and resolve budget variances or scope changes
• Partner with delivery teams to perform regular job-level reconciliations between project plans, time entry, costs, and financial systems
• Ensure WIP, unbilled revenue, and deferred revenue are accurately tracked and reconciled
• Support month-end close activities related to client billing and revenue accuracy
• Maintain strong financial controls and documentation to support audits and internal reviews
• Support account teams with revenue forecasting by validating job data, YTD revenue and projections for the remainder of the year
• Monitor actuals vs. forecasted revenue and flag risks or discrepancies to finance leadership and engagement teams
• Assist in revenue actualization by ensuring jobs are updated, revenue is recognized appropriately, and financial data reflects project reality across the correct departments
• Monitor and analyze client and scope profitability by leveraging time tracking and revenue data
• Partner with Client Engagement Managers and Delivery Teams to ensure accurate and timely timesheet entry
• Translate time-based data into clear insights on effective utilization, burn rates, and margin performance
• Identify profitability risks driven by scope creep, underutilization, or misaligned staffing and escalate proactively
• Manage and execute specialized client billing requirements
• Coordinate billing for both agency fees and client passthrough costs
• Ensure passthrough costs are properly coded, reconciled, and billed in accordance with client contracts
• Partner with billing, AP, and delivery teams to resolve billing discrepancies efficiently
• Act as the primary finance point of contact for internal delivery and client engagement teams on client-level financial matters
• Provide clear, timely guidance to non-finance stakeholders on job tracking, financial processes, and best practices
• Support training and enablement of delivery teams on accurate time tracking and job financial hygiene
• Identify opportunities to improve job management, reconciliation, and billing processes
• Support scalable finance operations as the agency grows

Benefits

• Flexible holiday package starting at 20 days
• Corporate discounts
• Commuter benefits
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level