Commercial Accountant - 9-12 month FTC
London, UK (On-site)
Posted 2 months ago
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Job Description
The Havas Creative Finance team is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Commercial Accountant to oversee all matters linked to revenue recognition and forecasting for one Creative agency. They will be the key contact in the agency for providing support and financial guidance to the Client teams. As a key part of the role is driving agency profitability, the Commercial Accountant will be working with the Finance Analyst to produce monthly profitability reports and working with the agency to ensure strong profitability on accounts.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the production of the revenue figures for monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting.
- Ensure revenue recognition standards are applied correctly.
- Completion on month end revenue tasks.
- Review monthly recovery reports and organise monthly meetings with Business Directors.
- Review fee proposals.
- Be a real driver in raising commercial awareness across the business.
- Ongoing training of client teams on commercial matters.
- Oversee the management of all client WIP accounts, ensuring timely billing & reconciliation, minimising any WIP write off.
- Ensure rate cards, rates and roles are up to date in the system.
- Ensure the Kimble System is maintained and used appropriately.
- Assist with implementation of new financial system.
- Ad-hoc tasks.
Experience in Commercial or Client Accountant
Previous agency experience desirable
Excellent communication skills
Self-motivator
Advanced Excel skills
Havas
Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the worldâs largest global communications groups, with nearly 23,000 people in over 100 countries. With the ambition to help brands unlock Growth, Powered by Desire, Havas brings together creativity, media, technology and production capabilities to build strong, desirable brands that people genuinely want to engage with. Its integrated model is supported by Converged.AI, the Groupâs operating system that unifies data, technology and AI to deliver optimized, scalable marketing solutions across the full customer journey. AI-driven, fueled by human ingenuity, and grounded in the belief that desire drives both brand performance and business outcomes, Havas teams collaborate within Havas Villages worldwide to cultivate reputation, relevance and longâterm preference for clients. Havas is equally committed to its people, fostering inclusive, responsible and inspiring workplaces where talent can thrive, because desire also starts from within.
