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Finance Director, BCW, New York Based

Hybrid Work Structure

BCW:

BCW is one of the worlds largest communications agencies, with more than 4,000 people in nearly 40 countries, and is part of WPPs global network of operating companies.

North America is BCWs largest region and New York is home to our global headquarters. Across 12 wholly owned North American markets, we specialize in Earned-Plus communications programs for industry-leading clients. Our practice and specialty areas include: Brand Marketing, Reputation and Advocacy, Issues and Crisis, Purpose/ESG, Financial Communications, Public Affairs, Healthcare, DE&I, Polycultural and Influencer Advocacy.

The Role:

BCW is seeking to hire a Finance Director reporting to both North America CFO and New York Market Lead. The Finance Director (FD) of BCW, New York will play the leading finance role supporting the continued growth of New York by overseeing and managing a best-in-class finance, accounting and controls functions.

The FD plays a critical role in developing and implementing financial resources to maximize the commercial operations of the Company. As a member of the leadership team, the FD will help develop and manage the strategic financial and operational objectives. They will be responsible for overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities, helping drive commercial best practice to maximize revenues and drive cost efficiencies. They will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with SOX and international accounting standards (IAS). They will be the lead finance Person for NY supporting the rapidly transforming and evolving needs of the business and team.

The Work:

• Managing the financial and commercial element of meetings with leadership to ensure alignment behind financial objectives.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations for the entire financial reporting and forecasting process. Key success factors will be to increase efficiencies in the process and standardize reporting.
• Oversee budgeting and implementation of budgets to monitor progress and present financial metrics both internally and externally.
• Oversee the development of operating and capex budgets and financial plans, including the responsibility to maintain forecast and track actual results and ensure management decisions can be based on forecasts and analyses.
• Manage working capital and forecasting.
• Responsible for the implementation of accounting policies and procedures, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), WPP Internal Audit Reports.
• Develop and manage time reporting and client profitability.
• Collaborate with other members of the BCW, New York leadership team and BCW worldwide headquarters finance group.
• Work with others (FDs, MDs, CFO, Exec team, and Practice leaders) on large RFP responses when appropriate.
• Develop a strong relationship with HR, including collaboration and reviews of resource needs (e.g., hires, temp help), approvals, annual salary planning, and related items.

Experience that Contributes to Your Success:

The FD will be a growth-oriented leader with at least 8-10 years of broad finance experience. The candidate must have acquired the skills and experience to be able to lead the financial function within a fast paced, rapid growth environment and be capable of making actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

• A minimum of a bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance; CPA / MBA preferred.
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills.

• Experience in a consumer and/or professional service businesses that operate within a complex holding company environment.
• Strong and proven accounting / financial leadership.

• Smart and strategic with a client-first mentality and is service orientated.
• Ability to work under pressure in an environment with constantly changing priorities.
• An effective communicator with strong oral and written skills and a willingness to share information.
• Desire to work in a diverse and inclusive organization as an active participant in culture initiatives, training opportunities and employee resource groups

Core Competencies:

The successful candidate will be a dynamic and transformational individual with the ability to lead, manage and mentor people. Specifically, the ideal candidate:

• Builds strong partnerships. Relates well to a wide variety of styles and types, both internally and externally; champions diversity; treats differences fairly and equitably; and transcends silos to achieve greater enterprise results.
• Displays courage of ones convictions and is action oriented. S/he fearlessly takes on all issues, challenges, and people; proactively works through conflict while maintaining high levels of engagement and collaboration; generates pragmatic, sensible and simple solutions to complex problems; balances data, logic and intuition in decision making; challenges the status quo.
• Has excellent maturity and judgment. S/he has the ability to operate effectively in a large, complex, and global environment. Maintains composure under pressure and has the ability to balance competing priorities.
• Maintains executive presence. S/he has the ability to establish instant credibility and relate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders, as well as articulate a vision, establish a clear sense of direction and create accountability.
• Sustains intensity and optimism. S/he is skilled at influencing others and getting individuals, teams, and an entire organization to perform at a higher level; communicates a compelling vision and is committed to execution; voracious learner who is insightful and grows from personal mistakes.
• Embraces and drives change. Learns and adapts well to new plans, programs and priorities; inspires others to embrace change. The successful candidate will have superior intellect, with the ability to think creatively and make clear and well-reasoned decisions and will be driven by the desire to help the company as a whole be a success.

Benefits at BCW:

• Paid time off for vacation, sick and personal days, as well as Summer Fridays and a Flexible Holiday Policy with 9 paid holidays annually. We also offer paid time off for voting, jury duty, bereavement and school leave. In addition, our offices are closed for Winter Break between Christmas Eve and New Years Day.
• 12 weeks paid Parental Leave
• Wellness benefits including healthcare, vision, dental and pet insurance
• 401K Savings and Investment Plans
• Commuter benefits using pre-tax dollars per month to pay for eligible commuting & parking expenses
• Career growth opportunities through continued education, training & development courses, and BCWs Career Pathing program.
• Employee Resource Groups that provide our employees the platform to network, build key leadership skills, gain greater visibility and access to senior leadership, have an impact at BCW and the outside community and accelerate their careers.
• More information on benefits can be found Here.

More about BCW:

We wholly believe that our diversity is our strength and feeds the creativity critical to success, so Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (I.D.E.A.) are embedded into everything we do for our people, agency, clients and the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from talent across all dimensions of race/ethnicity and the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, differently abled and veteran communities.

For more information, visit (link removed).

BCW is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MF/Disability/Vet, and we are proud of our diverse workforce.

Our organization participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.

In New York City, the base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $125,000.00 to 295,000.00 Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications.

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