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We promote wellness in a smart, meaningful, emotional kind of way.

Walk the halls of SSW and you'll find a rather spirited and passionate group of people. It's a stimulating assembly of professionals—writers, managers, strategists, art directors, planners, analysts and developers.

All drawn to together by a burning desire to make a difference. Working to unearth universal truths that connect us with consumers and healthcare professionals. Creating ideas that move people, change lives and help build brands.

For decades, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has provided consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting and medical education to pharmaceutical and wellness brands.

Today, we're dedicated to continuing that legacy by raising the bar and crafting award-winning work online, on-air, in print and in-office. Going beyond addressing simply the absence of illness, we inspire the presence of wholeness, balance and well-being.

SSW is headquartered in New York City and part of the largest healthcare communications group in the world, Publicis Health global network.

Website: http:// www.saatchiwellness.com

Position Summary

The Business Manager role is a collaborative business partner to team leads, ensuring that a cross-capability approach is applied to all issues related to staffing mix and fiscal health. S/he is a key partner to the account lead, PM lead and brand financial analyst, acting as the account team’s financial controller. S/he works closely with Finance to provide clear visibility to any risks or opportunities that may affect revenue, and is accountable for financial/staffing forecasts, regular budget reporting. S/he is also responsible for the optimization of agency staffing, ensuring the functions and capabilities are aligned with the SOWs and forecasts to ensure delivery and revenue targets are met.

Key Responsibilities

Agency & Internal

  • Partners with Resource Management to identify resource needs (internal and external)

  • Accountable for the accuracy of monthly staffing forecasts

  • Collaborates with Pitch Team on pricing and forecasting staff needs for new business opportunities

  • Assists Lead Producer in contract management (vendor, and inter-company issues)

  • Promotes and contributes to SSW’s culture and environment

  • Demonstrates strong, professional work ethics

Client

  • Liaise with client procurement partners (as necessary and with account team alignment)

Knowledge

  • Knowledge of advertising agency financial processes and workflows

Financial

  • Client-facing lead on financial management issues in partnership with Account Management; facilitating client budget reporting
  • Provides accurate and realistic forecasts; actively manages forecast to ensure targets are met and client finance is in the loop with the latest information (PE, billing, etc.)
  • Routinely monitors client budgets and project burn with PM, assessing mix of function levels against budget and level of effort
  • Open jobs and estimates
  • Visibility and monitoring of all client finances (estimates, jobs, fees, billing, expenses)
  • Responsible for regular budget status reporting for client and internal audiences; assesses trends and keeps all applicable parties in the loop
  • Coordinates statement of work documentation (client and pitch work)
  • Responsible for high-level account budget estimating
  • Accountable for final reconciliation of projects and completing job closure forms

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of Advertising agency processes and workflows a plus.
  • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, links, advanced formatting and calculations)

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
  • Prior account services, production or project management experience a plus, but not required