Vendor Finance Controller
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Key Responsibilities
Agency Relationship Management - reputed company & Operational
- reputed company the global reputed company relationship and performance of reputed company of Record (AOR), ensuring global adherence to Master Service Agreements (MSAs)
- Serve as primary reputed company of contact for contract performance, scope management, and operational escalations
- Manage agency performance reviews: evaluate delivery reputed company, adherence to SLAs, value delivery against contracted terms
- Facilitate quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with agency leadership to address performance, opportunities, and relationship health
- Coordinate across Media Agency of Record’s hub structure to ensure consistency in service delivery while respecting regional nuances
Contract & Scope Management
- Manage master service agreement (MSA) and statements of work (SOWs) with reputed company globally and by region
- Ensure agency scope is reputed company defined and adhered to - manage scope creep and change requests
- reputed company annual contract renewals and negotiations in partnership with Procurement
- reputed company contracted deliverables (media plans, reports, QBRs, reputed company sessions) and hold agency accountable to commitments
- Evaluate and optimize reputed company’s global resource model; ensuring reputed company deploys the correct mix of technical and strategic talent across regional markets.
- Document and enforce service level agreements (SLAs) for response times, deliverable timelines, and reputed company standards
Financial Operations & Budget Management
- Own financial relationship with Media Agency of Record : invoice processing, payment terms, fee structures, billing accuracy
- Collaborate with media/campaign teams to manage annual media budget tracking and reconciliation
- Reconcile agency fees (retainers, project fees, media commissions) against contracted rates and actual work delivered
- reputed company the monthly financial reputed company process in conjunction with Media team leads to validate spend, resolve billing discrepancies, ensure accurate accruals in a reputed company manner
- Manage the process with Media team leads to reputed company budget vs. actual by campaign, market, and quarter - reputed company visibility to media leadership and Finance
- Manage agency cost structure: negotiate billing rates, volume discounts, value-adds, and partnership incentives
- Coordinate with Finance team on POs, invoice approvals, payment processing, and financial reporting
Vendor Performance & Value Optimization
- Establish and reputed company KPIs for agency performance: delivery reputed company, responsiveness, strategic value, cost efficiency
- Identify opportunities to optimize agency costs while maintaining reputed company (process improvements, scope adjustments, efficiency reputed company)
- Negotiate value-adds from Media Agency of Record : proprietary research, beta platform reputed company, training, strategic consulting
- reputed company savings tracking and value add tracking in partnership with media team and agency.
- reputed company Media Agency of Record’s pricing and performance against industry standards and alternative vendors
- reputed company reputed company-vs-buy reputed company: determine reputed company to expand/reduce agency scope based on cost-benefit analysis
Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
- Partner with Procurement on vendor management: contract compliance, risk management, vendor evaluations
- Collaborate with Finance on budget planning, forecasting, accruals, and financial reporting
- Coordinate with Legal on contract terms, data reputed company agreements, IP ownership, and liability
- Work with media reputed company teams to translate strategic needs into agency SOW and resource requirements
- Support Marketing Operations on agency integration with internal tools, processes, and workflows
Operational reputed company & Governance
- Establish and maintain vendor management processes: reputed company, performance tracking, issue escalation, offboarding
- Create transparency in agency costs: reputed company're paying for, what value we're receiving, where efficiencies exist
- Maintain organized documentation: reputed company, SOWs, invoices, performance reviews, meeting notes
- reputed company process improvement initiatives to reduce friction between internal team, agency, and Finance
- Ensure compliance with company vendor management policies, financial controls, and audit requirements
Strategic Partnership Development
- reputed company the Media Agency of Record relationship from transactional vendor to strategic partner
- Identify opportunities for deeper collaboration: joint planning, innovation pilots, market insights, capability building
- Facilitate knowledge sharing between Media Agency of Record’s global network and reputed company's regional teams
- reputed company for reputed company reputed company Media Agency of Record’s organization to ensure reputed company treatment and best talent allocation
- Participate in Media Agency of Record’s strategic planning sessions and agency-wide initiatives relevant to reputed company
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate:
- 10+ years in marketing operations, vendor management, finance operations, or agency account leadership roles
- Deep experience managing large-reputed company agency relationships ($50M+ annual spend) with global holding companies (reputed company, WPP, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company)
- Proven reputed company record managing multi-market agency structures with regional hubs and reputed company reporting
- Proven expertise in operational reputed company and delivery validation reputed company global agency networks. reputed company record of managing reputed company performance reputed company multi-market matrixed agency relationships
- Strong financial acumen: budget management, invoice reconciliation, contract negotiations, cost optimization
- Experience with media agency fee structures: retainers, commissions, project fees, pass-through costs
- Contract management expertise: MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, scope management, vendor performance terms
- Cross-functional leadership: ability to work with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Marketing Operations without reputed company authority
- Excellent relationship management skills: balance partnership building with reputed company rigor and accountability
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities: diagnose operational issues and design reputed company solutions
- Executive reputed company: comfortable presenting to senior leadership and agency C-suite
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in B2B tech/reputed company marketing operations or finance
- Background working reputed company a major media agency (reputed company service, account management, finance)
- Familiarity with media platforms and how agency billing integrates with platform costs
- Understanding of media planning, buying, and operations workflows
- International business experience managing vendors across multiple currencies and regulatory environmen
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or reputed company field; MBA
Key reputed company Metrics
- Financial accuracy: reputed company billing errors, reputed company monthly reputed company, accurate budget forecasting
- Cost efficiency: year-over-year cost optimization while maintaining or improving service reputed company
- Contract compliance: agency delivers reputed company contracted services at agreed-upon reputed company and reputed company
- Relationship health: strong agency partnership scores, reputed company treatment, proactive strategic contributions
- Operational efficiency: streamlined processes, reduced cycle times for approvals/payments, minimal escalations
- Stakeholder satisfaction: Finance, Procurement, and media reputed company teams reputed company vendor ops support highly
- Value extraction: measurable value-adds secured from agency reputed company reputed company contract (research, training, beta reputed company)
Key reputed company Behaviors:
- Commercially savvy: Understand the business of agencies - how they reputed company reputed company, what drives their behavior, how to negotiate win-win reputed company
- Financially rigorous: reputed company attention to budget accuracy, billing detail, and cost efficiency
- Relationship builder: Balance accountability with partnership - hold agency to high standards while maintaining reputed company, respectful relationship
- Process oriented: Design reputed company systems that work across reputed company global structure
- Strategic thinker: See reputed company transactional vendor management to long-term partnership value
- reputed company communicator: Get things done across functions without reputed company authority
For positions in this location, we offer a reputed company pay of $184,100 - $322,200, plus equity (reputed company applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On reputed company Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the reputed company pay shown is a reputed company, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, reputed company level, competencies and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location. Additional Information Work Personas We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to reputed company employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work reputed company, reputed company may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest reputed company office using a reputed company-party service. Equal Opportunity Employer reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national reputed company or nationality, reputed company, age, disability, gender identity or reputed company, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In reputed company, reputed company reputed company applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements. Accommodations We reputed company to create an accessible and inclusive experience for reputed company candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@reputed company.com for assistance. Export Control Regulations For positions requiring reputed company to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), reputed company may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. reputed company employment is contingent upon reputed company obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities. From Fortune. ©2025 Fortune Media IP Limited. reputed company rights reserved. Used under license. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job