Billing Supervisor

Billing Supervisor Overview

Title: Billing Supervisor
Reports To: Director Finance & HR

About Wasserman

We are an independent, fully integrated advertising agency on the West Coast. We creatively orchestrate connections between people and brands to positively impact behaviours: to believe, feel, register, click, follow, shop, understand. We do this by working together across interdisciplinary teams to come up with fresh ideas for our clients.

About the Role

This is an integral role in the Finance department of the agency. The Billing Supervisor assists in team management and is the main contact for details on media specific client billing, invoice clearance and accounts payable. They are the master of all media vendors and invoicing and work closely with the Connections team. In addition to media specific tasks, the Billing Supervisor shares responsibility for bank reconciliations, journal entries, and general finance and administrative support. The Billing Supervisor works closely with the junior members of the finance team and is the back-up for vacation coverage.

Requirements / Skills

• Ideally working knowledge of MediaOcean or prior experience using a large complex accounting system
• Understanding of the advertising industry, specifically media-related, including the invoicing and payment of TV, Radio, Interactive, Outdoor, and Newspaper medias.
• Junior accounting knowledge / experience
• Previous experience in the finance department of an advertising agency would be ideal
• Prior experience with Accounts Payable, billing, and general ledger accounting including bank reconciliations
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office products especially MS Excel
• Able to champion administrative tasks including organizing couriers, ordering supplies, and assisting when needed throughout the agency.

We’re looking for someone who is / has:

• Critical thinker
• Logical
• Independent problem solver
• High attention to detail
• Team oriented but works well independently
• Comfortable dealing with large volumes of data
• Able to work within tight timelines and on schedule
• Master of multi-tasking
• Proactive / Calm under pressure