Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst
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22-08-2025
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1 Vacancy
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22-08-2025
Job Description
Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility empathy is progress and curiosity is momentum.
At Edelman we understand diversity equity inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues our company our clients and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all reflects and represents the world in which we live and fosters trust collaboration and belonging.
As a key member of the Finance function at Edelman this role is responsible for driving financial excellence across client accounts through proactive partnership with internal stakeholders. The position offers a unique opportunity to blend strategic insight with hands-on financial stewardship overseeing everything from revenue recognition and client billing to risk mitigation and team development. The successful candidate will play a central role in supporting the businesss financial health while upholding Edelmans standards of compliance collaboration and leadership.
Experience Required
- MBO degree in Economy & Administration and 1 years of experience in an Accounting or Commercial Finance role.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong organization and time management skills and experience in following through multiple projects and juggling conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Must have strong financial analysis and management skills and and knowledge of financial models.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate financial concepts and data to a variety of audiences.
- Professional services industry experience preferred but not required.
Behaviour
- Comfortable engaging with all levels of the agency and client organization building strong partnerships.
- Works at pace and can challenge stakeholders across the organization.
- Excited by new ideas bringing thoughtful suggestions to the table daring to speak up.
- Eager to learn and grow and to help champion others do the same.
- Motivated by bringing calm to chaos.
- Helping to navigate complex and fluid engagements in a measured and positive manner.
- Curious about what we do for our clients and how that changes over time.
Managing Client Financials
- Review and approve client budgets and scopes
- Assist account teams with monthly project budget to actual tracking and other required client reporting.
- Facilitate client billing and work with client leads to minimize risk exposure surrounding AR and clients credit requirements.
- Coordinate Data Collection for Clients audits.
- Review time and expense write-offs and unbilled WIP.
- Develop and nurture strong collaborative relationships with client teams to deeply understand their business needs
Financial Management and Planning
- Review monthly client fee phasing and expense detail with Client Leads or relevant Senior Finance.
- Analyse client finance reports and identify and communicate areas of concern and suggested improvements to account staff and management (e.g. client profitability realisation utilization over/under service missing time revenue risk and staffing plans).
- Assisting with the preparation maintaining and managing of staffing and revenue plans with the Client Leads.
- Responsible for accuracy of client financials including client billing pricing receivables WIP and monthly projections.
Revenue Recognition
- Review monthly fees for accuracy and compliance with Edelman Revenue Recognition policy.
Billing/Cash Flow Management
- Facilitate monthly billing liaison between account staff and billing department and review billing reports.
- Review time and expense write-offs and unbilled WIP
- Ensure processing of service orders timely
- Work with local leadership to minimize risk exposure surrounding accounts receivables and credit requirements of clients
- Responsible for timely and valuable AR collection status commentary and liaison with Accounts Receivable
General Management
- Ensure department compliance with company financial policies (e.g. revenue recognition job requisitions time entry travel and expense credit billing capex accounts payable new business)
- Ad hoc requests and projects
People Development
- Contribute to performance appraisal process for peers and managers
- Engage in team building activities
- Provide ongoing constructive feedback and consistently hold staff accountable for performance compliance and ethical business conduct
Leadership
- Demonstrate behaviors consistent with Edelmans values Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
- Lead by example demonstrate proven strong work ethic
- Commit to continuous learning and building your technical and leadership skills through training
- Share best practices good ideas and mistakes freely to establish trust transparency and teamwork
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We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt perfectly align with every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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