Stagwell

Client Finance Analyst

Stagwell

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $60,000 - $95,000 per year

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About the role

  • Ensure accurate project accounting, financial analysis, revenue integrity, SOX-compliant documentation, budgeting support, and forecast entry.
  • Maintain accurate project financials in Maconomy throughout the project lifecycle
  • Set up jobs, enter budgets, and ensure financial terms align with contracts and approved scopes
  • Track burn rates, actuals, budget vs. actual, margins, and key financial KPIs
  • Conduct job reconciliations across revenue, expenses, WIP, and PO status
  • Ensure LER documentation meets SOX requirements , including proper approval and audit-ready backup
  • Review and validate all financial inputs for billing to ensure accuracy before the AR team finalizes invoices
  • Confirm hours, vendor costs, T&E, OOP, production budgets, and contract terms
  • Flag discrepancies or missing documentation for correction
  • Ensure all supporting documentation required for SOX (LER, approvals, backup) is complete before an invoice is released
  • Support Finance and Biz Ops in maintaining a clean month-end billing process margin trends variance analysis profitability insights scenario/sensitivity modeling
  • Summarize insights for Biz Ops and Finance to support planning and decision-making
  • Identify financial risks or inefficiencies across projects and accounts
  • Enter and update budgets and forecasts into financial systems
  • Support re-forecast cycles with project-level insights and data updates
  • Maintain financial models and dashboards in Google Sheets (burn reports, forecasts, margin summaries, revenue trackers)
  • Provide inputs for weekly and monthly cash flow forecasts
  • Track timing of expected billings, vendor payments, and reimbursements
  • Review vendor invoices for accuracy, proper coding, and alignment with budgets/POs
  • Support employee expense review for compliance and accuracy
  • Track production budgets, vendor commitments, and T&E billbacks
  • Maintain high-quality financial data within Maconomy
  • Support new client and vendor setup workflows
  • Build and refine automated reporting and trackers in Google Sheets
  • Strengthen SOX compliance through documentation, LER accuracy, approvals, and audit trails
  • Recommend improvements to workflows and reporting to increase accuracy and efficiency

Requirements

  • 2–4 years of experience in client finance, project accounting, FP&A, or financial operations (agency/creative/production preferred)
  • Strong financial analysis and budgeting/forecasting capabilities
  • Advanced Google Sheets skills (modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas)
  • Experience with Maconomy (or similar ERP/project accounting systems)
  • Understanding of revenue recognition and billing workflows — without owning invoice creation
  • Exposure to SOX processes preferred
  • Highly detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally across Finance, Biz Ops, Sales, and Delivery
Benefits
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
financial analysisbudgetingforecastingproject accountingrevenue recognitionSOX compliancejob reconciliationfinancial modelingdata analysisvariance analysis
Soft skills
detail-orientedorganizational skillscommunication skillscross-functional collaborationproblem-solving