Head of Finance, North America

Jack Morton Worldwide • Boston, MA

16h

About The Position

Jack Morton is hiring a Head of Finance for North America, its largest region by scale and profitability. The private equity-backed global experiential marketing organization was newly formed through a merger. The role owns the region’s financial performance, including revenue, EBITDA, and cash commitments, and ensures pricing, staffing, and investment decisions are grounded in clear economics.

This is a hands-on operator role in a project-based business organized around client portfolios and specialist capabilities. The Head of Finance will work closely with the business on scoping, pricing, staffing, and billing while rebuilding the regional finance operating model. This includes establishing consistent forecasting and reporting, supporting implementation of a new ERP, working with outsourced transaction accounting, and developing processes spanning the project lifecycle. The role will run the business and build the finance function in parallel.

The position is the primary finance partner to the North America President and leadership team and leads the regional client finance teams. It also leads and develops the North America finance team, building clear accountability and a commercial, client-oriented culture while applying AI and automation to reduce manual work.

Requirements

• Senior finance leadership experience owning a regional or divisional P&L of meaningful scale.
• Background in project-based professional services, agency, or experiential business, with a deep understanding of pricing, utilization, and project profitability.
• Strong FP&A and forecasting discipline.
• Track record of partnering with commercial leaders and influencing decisions in real time.
• Experience managing cash and working capital.
• Private equity-backed experience and ability to work with the pace and accountability that environment demands.
• Experience leading a finance team through integration, systems change, or operating model redesign.
• Hands-on operating approach, bias for action, and high accountability for outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CMA, or MBA.
• Post-merger integration experience.
• Exposure to the US and Canada.
• Experience working with an outsourced accounting provider.
• Familiarity with D365 (F&O), DataRails, and Power BI.
• Practical use of AI and automation in finance.

Responsibilities

• Own North America revenue, EBITDA, and margin against plan; lead the annual budget and quarterly reforecasts; and run weekly and monthly forecasting that identifies risk early and drives corrective action.
• Serve as the primary finance partner to the North America President and leadership team, supporting decisions on pricing, resource allocation, client and portfolio profitability, and investment.
• Lead client finance teams and ensure disciplined scoping, estimating, pricing, billing, and project profitability; partner with the business and legal teams on MSAs, rate cards, rebates, and contract terms.
• Align staffing and cost structure with revenue expectations; drive utilization and productivity; and hold portfolio and capability groups to contribution targets.
• Own the regional 13-week cash forecast and working capital performance; improve billing timeliness, collections, DSO, and vendor terms.
• Deliver monthly performance, risk, and action reporting; partner with corporate accounting and the outsourced accounting provider to ensure regional results are accurate, timely, and useful.
• Establish standardized forecasting, reporting, and KPI tracking; drive adoption of the new ERP (D365); implement finance processes across the project lifecycle; support procurement discipline; and roll out pricing and cost allocation frameworks.
• Track and deliver regional integration synergies and cost savings.
• Lead and develop the North America finance team, establishing clear roles and accountability, a commercial and client-oriented culture, and applied AI and automation to reduce manual effort.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed