As Leo Burnett himself once said: “At the end of the day, we’re just people talking to people.”

And that sums up how we think. We never forget that on the other side of every screen, watching every ad or reading every tweet are people. Not just pairs of eyes with credit cards. But human beings, who want to be entertained, engaged and listened to.

Which is why we want to make work that connects on a human level. That everyone will love. Proudly populist creative work that makes people smile, laugh, cry and everything in between. Whether that’s through advertising or managing brand partnerships with our Sports + Entertainment team.

But it’s also why we believe in being decent human beings. Either to work with or to work for. Because putting people first is at the heart of everything we do.

We believe in the power of a strong, supportive and inclusive culture that puts people and creativity at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on a genuinely friendly and informal style where everyone’s invited, and the collective is more important than the individual.

We know we’re still falling short when it comes to diversity – but we’re working on it. Really working on it.

We’ve created the Anti-Racism Collective, to actively advance racial equality within our agency and the industry, and track progress against our commitments, in order to redress the balance and better represent the society and culture we serve. We’re working with “Free the Work” to support makers and creators from a wider range of backgrounds and we’re working with all our clients to ensure we’re building brands that actively and positively portray all types of people.

It’s our distinctive approach, combined with our passion for populist creativity and relentless pursuit of excellence that makes Leo Burnett such a uniquely special and enjoyable place to work.

Reporting to the Senior Commercial Analyst, the role is to work within a team of four to ensure the accurate reporting and forecasting of revenue across the Leo Burnett London portfolio of clients.

The role, based at Chancery Lane, will work closely with the wider finance team, numerous business leads and the LB management team.

Responsibilities

• Point-person for commercial operations across several LB accounts. Will be responsible for running revenue & resource forecasts, fee proposals and any ad hoc client requests such as fee proposals and time reconciliations.
• Point-person for liaising with Prodigious finance team to help accurate reporting of Production revenue – a key growth area for the Groupe.
• Participation in monthly revenue close – variance analysis, journals and Groupe reporting.
• Participation in rolling revenue forecasts – variance analysis, submission into HFM.
• Ad hoc commercial responsibilities such as audits and improving internal processes.

Key behaviours

• Understanding of revenue accounting (recognition rules, accruals and deferrals).
• Strong analytical skills and communication skills.
• Comfortable distilling financial data and explaining to non-financial people
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to prioritise and complete tasks to deadlines.
• Anticipating issues and taking proactive action to avoid problems.

Experience and qualifications

• Strong Excel – pivot tables, charts, complex formulae required
• Knowledge of PowerBI desirable
• Marketing / media experience desirable
• SAP and HFM experience desirable

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our DNA at Leo Burnett. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group irrelevant of their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion fuels our creativity and innovation, it enables us to be closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process.  If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.