Account Supervisor, Media Finance Operations Specialist

More about the role:

This role sits at the center of our media and finance operations, ensuring campaigns run smoothly from a budgeting, billing, and process standpoint. You’ll partner closely with account teams, external vendors, and internal finance stakeholders to manage client budgets, track revenue, and maintain accurate invoicing and reporting throughout the lifecycle of a campaign.

You’ll play a key part in keeping scopes of work organized, monitoring media spend, reconciling budgets on a monthly and quarterly basis, and ensuring all activity is properly documented across systems and trackers. From reviewing WIP reports and timesheet accuracy to supporting growth pipeline updates, this position is essential in driving operational excellence and accountability across teams.

We're open to candidates located anywhere in Eastern or Central Time Zones. This includes cities where we currently have offices (NYC, DC, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Austin) as well as other ET/CT locations.

What you'll do:

• Work with external vendors & internal finance team for client billing, back-up & vendor set-up payment processing


• Develop & manage client budget and internal revenue trackers


• Organize scopes of work and initiate internal work orders


• Create monthly activity reports and budget trackers for key accounts


• Responsible for preparation of monthly client invoices, client back-up and budget trackers


• Review all WIP’s (status reports) to make any timesheet corrections, job transfers and R-Time (non-billable time) conversions


• Update and maintain budget spreadsheets for all media clients


• Track media spend and ensure alignment with monthly invoices


• Manage monthly, quarterly, and yearly client budget reconciliations


• Maintain and update project list, and draft meeting notes for the weekly calls


• Assist the digital team in ensuring all new business activity is documented and updated regularly in the growth pipeline tracker


• Communicate and work with various account teams to align on scopes of work, billable hours, and manage accountability for those hours through the duration and conclusion of the campaign.

Experience that contributes to success:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills along with strong attention to detail


• Excellent skills in Excel, Word, and working knowledge of Adobe


• Experience using financial and operational systems – Maconomy, Mediaocean, and CreatorIQ are a plus


• Ability to push the envelope and think outside of the box in how to better operationalize processes


• Great multitasking and organizational skills with an ability to meet hard deadlines


• Experience working in and contributing to an inclusive and collaborative environment

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Burson is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.