Media Finance Manager, Avalere Health

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Marketing, Media Studies, or Communications
• 3-5 years of experience in media finance or managing medium-to-large scale media campaigns (both digital and non-digital)
• Experience with Media Ocean, NetSuite and/or Adobe Workfront
• Exceptional knowledge of media buying process
• Experience communicating with key stakeholders including internal teams and agency partners
• Ability to multitask and be a team player in fast paced environment
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, negotiating, and conflict resolution skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong personal organization

• The Media Finance Manager is part of the Media Department and will partner with our media planning teams across a portfolio of multiple brands, to approve and reconcile media out of pocket spend
• The Media Finance Manager will approve all display media invoices and reconcile each month, track approved media SOWs and MAFs (Media Authorization Form) for each campaign
• The Media Finance Manager will be asked to attend monthly meetings between media brand teams and agency finance to ensure media finance tracking is correct with all parties
• The role will also include managing vendor contracting and onboarding new vendor partners
• Oversee all aspects of the media vendor billing process, including billing schedules, invoice approvals, monthly reconciliation, invoice/billing discrepancies
• Ensure media billing process is implemented across all legacy agencies/LOBs
• Work with agency finance department and Media Supervisor to implement billing process with a focus on improving cross charge billing process
• Work collaboratively with client teams to implement pre-billing process
• Point of contact for all media OOP across Avalere Health
• Work closely with Accounts Payable/Receivable to ensure alignment on media finance
• Participate in weekly/monthly client teams meetings to ensure media finance tracking is correct with all parties
• Review and submit vendor contracts for approval
• Manage the logistics around NDAs and insertion orders for vendors

• The tools, skills, and support you need to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges
• Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career
• Personalized learning and training
• Hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization
• Flexible working practices
• Company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy

Avalere Health, founded in 2001 and formerly known as Fishawack, has built a strong reputation as a leading provider of cross-border strategy consultation, communications, and marketing expertise for companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.