Director, Finance Operations at Omnicom in New York, NY

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Agency: Omnicom Media Job Function: Media Job Subfunction: Trading and Investment Job Description: Director, Finance Operations Position Summary The Director, Finance Operations is a senior leader within the Orion Finance Operations team, responsible for leading assigned agency, client, vendor, and/or centralized activity portfolios across the Finance Operations function. This role reports directly to the Vice President, Finance Operations and is accountable for service delivery, operational governance, financial controls, stakeholder partnership, team performance, and continuous improvement across complex media-finance workflows. The Director will oversee processes supporting client media schedules, billings, vendor payments, receivables, reconciliations, aging, month-end close, reporting, and data integrity across applicable media types. The role partners closely with Investment, Finance, Accounting, Client Finance, Master Data Management, GCC, Shared Services, agencies, clients, and media vendors to ensure clear ownership, consistent execution, timely escalation, and resolution of operational and financial risks. The ideal candidate is a strategic, detail-oriented Finance Operations leader with deep media-industry experience. They are comfortable leading teams and cross-functional stakeholders; interpreting data across multiple systems; translating complex financial and operational issues into clear action plans; and strengthening processes, controls, capacity, and accountability in a fast-paced environment. Key Responsibilities Lead Finance Operations service delivery across assigned agency, client, vendor, and/or centralized activity portfolios, which may include National Linear, Digital, Programmatic, Print, Out of Home, billing, vendor payments, reconciliations, aging, reporting, and data-integrity workflows. Serve as a senior liaison to Investment, Finance, Accounting, Client Finance, Master Data Management, GCC, Shared Services, agencies, clients, media vendors, and other business stakeholders. Provide strategic direction for portfolio priorities, workload allocation, service expectations, issue resolution, risk management, and operational performance. Establish and maintain clear workflow ownership, escalation paths, handoffs, controls, and service expectations across assigned portfolios and operational activities. Oversee month-end close activities, including the preparation, review, approval, and timely submission of upload files and related financial-system outputs. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and compliance of financial data maintained in media systems and related operational tools. Oversee reconciliations across media payables, prepaid media, accounts receivable, trade owed balances, billing activity, unapplied cash, and other financial operational accounts, including Programmatic receivables, payment trackers, SSP, publisher-direct, and Orion credit reconciliations, as applicable. Lead the preparation, review, and escalation of aged balances, including capital and Programmatic aging; ensure regular aging reviews, action plans, and follow-up with business teams and Finance leadership. Partner with Accounting to ensure media-system balances reconcile to the balance sheet and that discrepancies are investigated, resolved, documented, and escalated appropriately. Partner with Client Finance to oversee intercompany workflows, transactions, and related reconciliation requirements. Oversee National Linear operational activities, including IMR tracking, affidavits, billing, invoice revisions, MBOX/live bill activity, and related reconciliation requirements, as applicable to the assigned portfolio. Lead or support client task forces and complex cross-functional initiatives involving billing, payment, reconciliation, cash application, data integrity, or process-related issues. Represent Finance Operations in the assessment, design, and implementation of new or evolving media products, client solutions,