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About Us

Stagwell empowers talented, passionate, and creative leaders with vision to deliver breakthrough ideas on behalf of the world’s most ambitious clients.

We believe that the differences among us fuel innovation and drive us to achieve extraordinary results. We take great pride in a work force with rich diversity of age, race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, ability and background. As a network, we seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline, invest in programs that help develop diverse talent for the future benefit of our industry, and strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work.

Creating a collaborative environment at our state-of-the-art campuses, where we can bring people together at the office to inspire and innovate, is central to our culture-moving creative edge. We believe that by being together, we can transform marketing. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the Monthly Financial Statements
• Lead the month-end close process, including balance sheet reconciliations, reporting requirements, and variance analysis
• Review bi-weekly payroll, journal entries and prepare monthly reconciliations
• Manage the network’s month-end reporting process in compliance with Stagwell global deadlines and guidelines
• Assist in the issuance of timely management reports for CORE Stagwell Functional users
• Assist in treasury functions including day to day banking and cash forecasting
• Utilize ERP to track and maintain key initiatives / projects for all CORE Stagwell functions
• Review and approve monthly reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts and certain P&L accounts
• Manage the reconciliation of Intercompany activity with other Stagwell subsidiaries
• Prepare and maintain Corporate allocations for all departments to ensure appropriate chargebacks and billings to Stagwell Brands Manage/Review monthly close entries according to U.S. GAAP (i.e., Accruals, Cash and CC Reconciliations, Amortization/Depreciation)
• Oversee the operations of the accounting department, and work with the central AP, AR, and Billing Teams
• Ensure that accounts receivables and payables are posted with proper coding and paid in a timely manner
• Ensure that subledgers are reconciled monthly
• Assist in treasury functions including day to day banking and cash forecasting
• Assist with the production of the annual budget and quarterly reforecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Assist with the preparation of the monthly/quarterly Stagwell reporting package and assist Corporate as needed
• Manage the Internal/External Audits: prepare schedules as assigned and conduct audit research and answer questions
• Own SOX compliance by establishing/maintaining strong accounting controls and practices over financial reporting with the help of Corporate SOX Team
• Monitor and enforce accounting policies and procedures
• Assist with Ad hoc requests as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or related field
• CPA preferred
• Public Accounting experience and industry experience are a plus
• Maconomy (or competitor) experience preferred
• Demonstrated competence in operational improvement and system optimization
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely
• Excellent Excel skills