Sr. Manager, Business & Financial Operations

Job Description
Reporting into the Director - Business Management, the Sr. Manager is responsible for supporting business and financial operations and analysis for a product specialty track within a large, complex pharmaceutical client account. This is a client-facing role that will require a combination of business operations, project management, account management, and client relationship management skill within the broader framework of financial operations. In this role, you will serve as a business partner and work closely with client account leads, agency finance and account leads, and other CoLab stakeholders.
PLEASE NOTE:
This is a hybrid position requiring onsite collaboration an average of 3 days/week. The role is based out of our Philadelphia office located at 111 S. Independence Mall East;
all candidates must be local to the Philly metro area and willing to commute into that office on a regular basis.
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide strategic financial support to client services teams.
Support the successful workflow between multiple cross-functional teams including Creative, Finance, Accounts, Project Management, Resource Management, and Marketing.
Work directly with client to help explain and interpret the financial health of individual projects and overall track of work including reconciliations, budgeting, staffing, billings, and other financial metrics.
Interpret financial data, update monthly client accruals, review and approve time transfers, and report on client profitability.
Manage, monitor, track, update, reconcile, and report on internal and client budgets and rolling revenue forecasts.
Review estimates and Statements of Work, high-level cost assumptions, and analysis of spend data.
Approve and manage vendor and client POs as needed.
Support overall client account planning, scoping, and strategy.
Support financial analysis and reporting including reporting monthly revenue variances.
Foster internal and external client relations in collaboration with Account, Project Managers, and Finance team leads.