Agency & Media Finance Manager​/Coral Gables, FL

GlueIQ The Creative Consultancy Agency & Media Finance Manager Coral Gables, FL
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The Agency & Media Finance Manager will own financial processes that enable media planning, buying, and agency operations to run profitably and transparently. This role combines client-facing media finance support with internal agency finance discipline: forecasting, margin management, reconciliations, billing, vendor & partner payments, and insightful reporting. Ideal for an analytically strong, detail-oriented person experienced with agency finance, media buys, and cross-functional collaboration.

Tired of pushing emails in a big corporation instead of putting great work into the world?

At GlueIQ, we believe the old agency/consultancy models are broken. They undervalue talent, overwork good people, and starve investment in the very things—research, technology, collaboration—that drive exceptional results.

We’re flipping that script. Our model rewards hard work with real opportunity, performance-based pay, and an environment built for growth. We invest in cultural insights, automation, data science, and tools that make our people superhuman.

If you’re ready to do the best work of your career—and be rewarded for it—let’s chat.

Title:

Agency & Media Finance Manager

Department:
Agency Ops/Finance

Direct Report:
Finance Director

Level: Sr. Associate / Manager

ABOUT GLUEIQ

GlueIQ is the brainchild of our collective obsession with Creativity, Culture, and Tech. We understand that complex problems are best solved collaboratively, and it was time for a creative consultancy model that could foster those critical connections between people, process, and tools that drive meaningful growth for our clients

POSITION SUMMARY

The Agency & Media Finance Manager will own financial processes that enable media planning, buying, and agency operations to run profitably and transparently. This role combines client-facing media finance support with internal agency finance discipline: forecasting, margin management, reconciliations, billing, vendor & partner payments, and insightful reporting. Ideal for an analytically strong, detail-oriented person experienced with agency finance, media buys, and cross-functional collaboration.

You’ll own financial processes that enable media planning, buying, and agency operations to run profitably and transparently. This role combines client-facing media finance support with internal agency finance discipline: forecasting, margin management, reconciliations, billing, vendor & partner payments, and insightful reporting. Ideal for an analytically strong, detail-oriented person experienced with agency finance, media buys, and cross-functional collaboration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Media Finance Operations

• Review and reconcile media invoices, insertion orders (IOs), and publisher/vendor statements against buy orders and campaign delivery.
• Verify third-party media charges, ensure contractual compliance, and resolve discrepancies with media vendors and buyers.
• Manage agency markups, rebates, and commission calculations; ensure correct application in client billing.

Client Billing & Revenue Recognition

• Prepare and validate client invoices for media, fees, and production; work with account teams to ensure timely, accurate billing.
• Support revenue recognition in line with agency policies and accounting standards (ASC 606 or local equivalent).
• Maintain audit-ready billing files and documentation.
• Build and maintain media spend forecasts, margin analyses, and profitability models (campaign-level and client-level).
• Produce regular finance & business reports for account leads and senior management (pipeline, burn rates, margin by client/vertical, cash flow).
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support client pitches, program changes, and media strategy decisions.
• Manage media vendor payments and reconcile agency accounts payable related to media buys.
• Track agency receivables related to media pass-through and manage collections escalations as needed.
• Process & Controls
• Improve and document finance processes and controls for media procurement,…