Financial Analyst Accounting Manager

Sam Prentice

Address: **** * ******** ******, *******, IL 60614 Cell: 708-***-****

E-mail: **********@*****.*** LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/samjprentice

Education

Illinois State University: Bachelor of Science – May 2015

Major: Integrated Marketing Communications

Professional Experience

Publicis Media Exchange – Financial Analyst – October 2020 – Present

Lead communications with vendor contacts to manage monthly agency financial data files.

Performed analysis of monthly vendor data to generate agency invoices by utilizing various Microsoft Excel functions to assign unique identifiers to simplify the data upload process.

Collaborated with agency media teams to verify campaign financial information provided by vendors was accurately reported.

Monitored campaign budgets based on their corresponding insertion orders and worked with agency teams to resolve overages.

Reconciled monthly ad-serving vendor invoices with agency invoices.

Undertook ad hoc projects including working to resolve various campaign discrepancies that prevented

Publicis Media Groupe – Supervisor, Client Financial Operations – June 2017 –October 2020

Responsible for working across multiple billing systems to accurately process client billing each month.

Frequently coordinated with multiple in-house and remote client teams to resolve client billing issues in a quick and effective manner.

Coordinated with finance team to ensure revenue generated from billings matched their forecasts.

Continually worked with partners in global offices to ensure vendors are paid on time.

Cision Billing Analyst – December 2015 – June 2017

Executed daily billing processes to generate and deliver invoices to clients.

Coordinated with members of the sales team to ensure client information remained up to date.

Corresponded with clients to answer questions and concerns about their billing information and invoice generation.

Assisted the National Accounts accounting manager with day to day activities involving contract maintenance and financial upkeep of client accounts.

Skills & Certifications

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

Experience with working in SAP and MediaOcean

Frequent collaborator with key stakeholders in the billing process including vendor contacts, campaign managers, and C suite executives

Self-starter excelling in multi-tasking

Efficient with managing time and prioritizing tasks depending on deadlines

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