The Senior Associate supports the reconciliation of media buys as well as vendor accrual billing. You will report to the Manager. This position is important in the daily tactical management of the investment program and requires you to works well in a team-based and customer service environment. Advanced Media knowledge is crucial to be successful in this role and must show the initiative to participate in advanced projects.
The Senior Associate position is training-intensive. Learning new skills (both technical and organic) and procedures is important. You will be an active participant, increasing participation over time in the position. You will be encouraged to contribute ideas and insights that will benefit our clients and team. This role can be remote nationally or hybrid in the tri-state area, but you will need to work EST hours.
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Reconciliation:
- Responsible for the interaction with vendors regarding billing/reconciliation, including but not limited to reaching out to vendors for missing invoices for all media.
- Resolve billing discrepancies between client and vendor
- Support the Dataverse reconciliation
- Responsible for vendor accrual billing
Client & Internal Relationships
- Support Manager in preparing and delivering work to our clients and colleagues within dentsu
- Assist Manager in communicating with internal teams including but not limited to AP, Billing, Financial Operations, and client account teams
- Attend status meetings
- Participate and contribute in face-to-face internal client teams and vendor meetings
- Engage with all work-related contacts through personal and written communications
Reporting
- Assist with weekly/monthly reporting
- Assist with accrual reconciliation including but not limited to data entry, billing, and project submission to Master Data team
Market Research & Leadership:
- Seek solutions to issues related to media buying tools such as DDS, Prisma, preemptions and makegoods with client’s media schedules
- Recommend improvements to internal workflow to improve efficiency
- Keep current with market research (industry periodicals, email newsletters, websites, etc.) Demonstrate ability to apply insights over time
- Recognize potential problems and escalate or propose solutions
- Take clear ownership of assigned tasks
Experience/Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2+years of prior media planning or media investment experience
- Highly organized and process oriented High level of attention to detail and ability to retain a large amount of information
- Strong people management skills – ability to manage team members for maximum productivity Strong workflow management skills – ability to manage timelines and set clear expectations Strong Excel skills – expertise with pivot tables and analysis of large amounts of complex data
- Strong problem-solving skills – ability to guide and develop solutions for the team
- Strong communication skills – clear, sufficiently detailed, concise and timely
- Strong team work ethic
- Strong understanding of agency processes
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Location:
Bangalore
Brand:
Bcoe
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent