0425 - 201TRU | Director Of Finance

Job Title: Director of Finance

Overview

The Director of Finance will lead the company’s financial practice, overseeing accounting, client finance, and FP&A functions. This strategic role will partner closely with the executive team to drive business growth through actionable financial insights, profitability assessments, and organizational transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Business Leadership

• Lead all aspects of the company’s finance function, including accounting, client finance, and financial planning & analysis.

• Advise the executive team by connecting financial data to business insights and strategic recommendations.

• Oversee and ensure achievement of owner earn-out goals.

• Partner with HR to review and approve full-time hires and freelance contractor engagements.

• Provide financial support for new business initiatives and RFPs, including rate card development and profitability assessments.

• Lead evaluations for business transformation, investment opportunities, and expansion strategies.

• Act as the escalation point for high-level financial decision-making.

2. Client Finance & FP&A

• Manage and ensure compliance with MSAs and SOWs; lead contract negotiations with client procurement teams. Strong negotiation skills are highly valued.

• Oversee intercompany agreements and negotiations with sister agencies.

• Lead revenue forecasting and revenue management processes.

• Supervise all month-end revenue reporting requirements.

• Conduct client profitability analyses and track costs against revenues to ensure optimal margins.

3. Accounting

• Oversee treasury operations, including cash flow forecasting.

• Review all month-end financials: trial balances, reconciliations, variance analyses, and balance sheets.

• Supervise preparation of monthly support reports and quarterly analytics packs.

• Oversee SOX compliance audits and update financial controls as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of finance and accounting experience within agency environments.

• Experience reporting into a public holding company (SOX compliance experience preferred).

• Familiarity with Maconomy and OneStream is a plus.

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.

• Demonstrated experience negotiating pricing, contracts, and terms with clients in creative agencies ranging from 50 to 150 employees.

• A positive, collaborative, decisive leader aligned with a culture of creativity, growth, and joy.