DWA With offices in Sydney, San Francisco, Boston, London, Munich, Beijing, Bangalore and Singapore, DWA is the world’s largest and most respected media planning and buying agency specialising exclusively in the technology sector. DWA is media-agnostic and ROI-focused, developing campaigns for B2B and B2C clients that incorporate digital, out-of-home, TV, radio, print and ambient. Third-party tracking and search are both used to measure campaign effectiveness in solving the client’s problems whether success is judged according to brand uplift, lead generation, drive to store or other criteria.

So, what’s so great about focusing on technology clients?

Whether it’s synching up multiple devices to get things done seamlessly, playing Angry Birds or saving your data in the online cloud so you can access it when, where and on what device you want, technology is part of every minute of our lives, at work, at rest, at play.

DWA work with a host of global brands in the business and consumer technology space, connecting our partners to their key audiences. The end-user: it’s all about getting technology to work for them, their colleagues, their homes and their companies, on their terms.

We are looking for a POE Executive who is eager to work on a key technology client account. This position is ideal for an individual with up to 1 year of operational finance experience within an agency environment. This person will report to the Client Account Manager and will work closely with the media teams and finance teams.

This person should have an incredibly positive attitude and be able to work well with a variety of internal agency and client contacts alike. Having a solid understanding of the media agency business, and a strong working knowledge of finance and accounting, will be critical.

As a POE Executive, you will manage client deliverables, timelines, and invoicing. You will also serve as a primary point of contact for the client’s finance team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with media teams to review Salesforce POs, to ensure accuracy and correct phasing as needed;
• Work with media teams to consolidate POE or post of execution reports as templatized by the client which involves proof of media performance and invoicing,
• Maintain a rigorous billing process, including quarterly PO reconciliations;  
• Work with client’s finance team to support the audit of media buys in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the MSA;
• Ensure key client deliverables in SOWs are met;
• Work with media teams to provide monthly accrual and budget pacing reports;
• Enforce standardized processes across different client accounts, to ensure compliance;
• Maintain strong working relationships with team members and client;
• Manage credit collection and client query resolution;
• Manage client invoicing, issuing invoices in a timely and accurate manner and working closely with the media team to complete invoice requests;
• Prepare weekly timesheet reports;
• Ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned.

Experience with NetSuite and Salesforce a plus.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce degree, preferably in accounting, finance, or economics;
• High degree of fluency in both written and verbal English required;
• Up to 1 year of finance/accounting and project management experience, ideally within a media/full-service agency or client-side marketing department setting;
• Demonstrable technical accounting ability, especially a strong conceptual understanding;
• Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills;
• Detail oriented with a strong work ethic and positive attitude;
• Strong organizational and project management skills;
• Works effectively within a team;
• Willingness to occasionally work early or late to accommodate different international time zones (Singapore);
• Strong knowledge of Excel and the ability to manipulate data via Pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, etc.; and

Additional Information:

Merkle fosters a diverse environment that encourages original thinking about our business and empowers us to communicate with a global world of customers. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity of thought as they help us challenge and refine our solutions. Merkle, as a best-in-class marketing agency, welcomes big ideas, and believes they can come from anywhere.