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Senior Manager, FP&A

tms
| Chicago, IL, USA | Hybrid
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TEAM: Agency Finance

REPORTING TO: Senior Director Finance

 

ABOUT US

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.

Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.

Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.

WHAT MATTERS THE MOST

Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.

tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.

 

WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE

Senior Manager of FP&A will sit within our NA Agency Finance team.

Here at TMS we are committed to building and sustaining an enviable finance function. We believe that everyone here has a part to play in building our business into a successful agency, and having a committed and talented finance team is vitally important in that.  

As the Senior Manager of FP&A you will take the lead in Agency financial consolidation, business partnering for overhead expenses and agency staffing, work closely with Finance and Agency management to drive financial acumen, financial accountability and planning and analysis to steer the agency towards sustainable growth. 

This position reports to the Senior Director of Finance (North America), currently has 1 direct report, and is based in the Chicago office. You will have responsibility for managing key internal relationships with agency stakeholders across all levels, as well finance and Accounting teams in Chicago and London. 

Finally, we guarantee that you will leave changed. Because we help our people achieve their goals.  

 So come here to experience. To experiment. To make mistakes. To challenge your own limits.

 

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION

  • You will partner with agency and Finance/Accounting teams throughout the business, including senior leadership in the US and UK, to help ensure the agency financial performance is pro-actively managed to deliver on our financial goals and achieve sustainable, profitable growth.
  • You will have a deep understanding of the work that goes through the agency in order to assess business results.  
  • This is a very business-facing role in an agency which is all about relationships, so you’ll naturally have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to balance a service mentality with an ability to challenge and push back. 
  • We would love for you to be an experienced user of Excel and comfortable generating analysis files from scratch, in a way that presents data clearly and accurately – suitable to be put in senior leadership - and on which sound decisions can be made. 
  • The Senior Manager of FP&A is a very autonomous role, so you will need to be comfortable managing time, prioritizing tasks and responding to short-notice business needs. 
  • You will manage the development of North America Agency region financial plans in collaboration with Agency stakeholders, broader Finance team, and supervisors including monthly reporting, annual budgets and strategic plan, quarterly forecasts, KPI’s, and other ad-hoc reporting requirements.
  • You will own preparation and analysis of actual regional Agency results and provide meaningful explanations for variances vs. prior year, budget, and forecasts. 
  • You will lead monitoring and analysing expenses including identifying opportunities to improve agency-related costs, managing oversight of staffing levels, and leading or contributing to analysis and tracking of technology and office CAPEX investments. 
  • You will help develop financial performance review packages for senior management meetings and own the development and presentation of monthly departmental reporting packages to department leads. 
  • You will collaborate with Financial teams across the regions to align on best practices and ensure we are making best use of available technology where possible to deliver accurate, concise and timely data that aids financial awareness and decision-making.  
  • You will develop, manage, and communicate Finance calendar, including deadlines and key reporting dates, to the broader North America finance team. 
  • You will be the main Hyperion system administrator for the North America Finance team. 
  • We would love for you to be confident explaining and demonstrating financials and financial concepts to non-finance personnel.
  • We would love for you to help lead the agency financial training activities and educate all areas of the business to facilitate accountable, high-quality decision-making and ensure everyone is aware of how TMS financial processes work and why compliance is critical. 

 

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required 
  • 8+ years’ experience in Finance and Accounting 
  • Proficiency in US GAAP accounting required. CPA desired but not mandatory. 
  • Pro-active behaviour, tenacious and willing to drive behaviour change 
  • Marketing Agency experience preferred
  • System experience – Hyperion and/or NetSuite experience a plus
  • Experienced in reacting to changing financial conditions and managing through both growth and contraction 
  • Technology literate and eagerness to upskill in appropriate new products 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills 
  • Strong Excel skills and systems literacy 
  • Ability to work well under pressure, working accurately with attention to detail and meeting deadlines 
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Technology we use

  • Engineering
    • JavaLanguages
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • PythonLanguages
    • RLanguages
    • ScalaLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • D3JSLibraries
    • jQueryLibraries
    • jQuery UILibraries
    • ReactLibraries
    • ReduxLibraries
    • Backbone.jsFrameworks
    • Ember.jsFrameworks
    • HadoopFrameworks
    • Node.jsFrameworks
    • SpringFrameworks
    • CassandraDatabases
    • DB2Databases
    • HiveDatabases
    • Microsoft SQL ServerDatabases
    • MongoDBDatabases
    • MySQLDatabases
    • PostgreSQLDatabases
    • RedisDatabases
    • TeradataDatabases

An Insider's view of tms

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

tms offers employees incredible flexibility. We all work hard to drive results, but our personal lives and passions are just as important as what we do online and at the office. Employees are encouraged to have schedules that work for them, to tune in remotely when needed, and to find time to do what they love in and out of the office.

Taylor

Manager, Global Digital Marketing

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

We’re leveraging data to solve marketing challenges for clients to understand who their customers are, and to activate future games & promotions. By using data, we’re enabling our clients to make data driven decisions and create custom experiences that will resonate with their target audience.

Wendy

VP, Analytics

What makes someone successful on your team?

Being solutions oriented is the secret to success at tms. We’re lucky to work with some of the biggest brands on new digital initiatives – which means we are often navigating in the unknown and encountering new scenarios. Successful team members can access current road blocks and determine how they can help solve the problem.

Leigh Anne

Senior Director, Tech Enablement Lead

How do your team's ideas influence the company's direction?

Analytics is at the core of what we strive to achieve at tms – measurable impact to our client’s business. The decision science team is responsible for enabling the descriptive and prescriptive marketing analytics that drive strategic recommendations and shape the programs that we execute across the agency.

Tom

Director, Decision Science

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

I let creatives do what they came here to do by empowering them to think and have a point of view. They trust me because I commit to their development and follow through. I challenge their thinking and executions, so they can think strategically. I respect them as humans and provide them with an environment where they have fun and can grow.

Diana

SVP, Group Creative Director

What are tms Perks + Benefits

tms Benefits Overview

As a people-first organization, it’s important that our employees have the support they need to be successful. That begins with our comprehensive benefits program, immediately effective the first day of hire. Our medical plans are all PPO’s, offering a wide variety of higher and lower deductible plans. Employees can choose between two dental plans, and we offer vision too. On top of the benefits you’d expect, we have more unique offerings: pet insurance, organ donor leave, extended parental leave, adoption leave, legal insurance, and auto/home insurance. We also cover life insurance and AD&D at not just one times the employee’s annual salary but twice.

Employees have access to a LifeWorks wellness program. Those who participate receive points for healthy activities that can be redeemed for gift cards. That same membership includes other perks too, like discounts with popular retailers, airlines, hotel chains, etc. Also in support of employees’ wellbeing, we provide access to an onsite gym at our Chicago office and to ClassPass discounted rates. In addition to ClassPass’ library of always-on digital content, employees can book fitness classes or wellness and self-care appointments at nearby spas. And because we believe physical and mental health are equally important, we make sure our people have access to an EAP program, which facilitates the support each individual needs.

Beyond our benefits, our Hybrid Work Policy enables flexibility. Each employee can choose to work from the office or from home when they need to and work with their teams to set their own working hours. To encourage work-life-balance, we also instate office-wide Sunshine Hours from May to the end of September.

Other perks include a bonus for employees who refer new hires; an annual bonus and salary increase dependent on company and employee performance; a traditional 401(k) plan with an employer match; annual profit sharing; tuition reimbursement; and student loan repayment support.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Social Works, Greater Food Depository
Partners with nonprofits
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Social Works, Greater Food Depository, Howard Brown Health
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
TMS provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Summer hours, Core hours, Compressed week, Flexible start and end times.
Remote work program
We currently offer a hybrid working model.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
The company went through unconscious bias training through an outside consultancy.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
In addition to our regional and global inclusion teams, we also have ERGs that support our people.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Unconscious bias training, difficult conversations training, and designing an inclusive culture training. We are also revamping our TA practice and expanding our external partner list.
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employees can contribute up to $2750 annually to their FSA.
Disability insurance
For both AD&D and life insuance, the company covers up to twice your annual salary without any cost to the employee. Employees are also able to buy up this insurance amount if they decide to.
Dental insurance
Our dental plan covers $2000 of expenses. Prevenative care is covered at 100% and employees have 2 different dental plans to pick from depending on their dental needs.
Vision insurance
Vision benefits plan covers 100% for annual.
Health insurance
There are 3 different PPO medical plans that employees can pick from. If an employee elects an HSA then the company adds in $500 for the employee only plan and $1,000 for families.
Life insurance
Life insurance is equal to 2 times an employee's annual salary.
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Wellness days
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
The company matches 100% of the first 3% you contribute, and then 50% of the next 2%. The employee has to contribute 5% to get the full match benefit of 4%.
Performance bonus
Employees are eligible for an annual bonus, which is based off both company and personal performance.
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
TMS provides a FSA dependent care account. Employees can contribute to this to pay for their childcare for the year for up to $5,000 a year pre-tax.
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Employees get up to 14 weeks of paid leave for adoption.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
COVID permitting, The Marketing Store sponsors a summer family outing each year.
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Employees receive 2 personal days and between 15 and 20 days per year of paid time off based on years of service. In addition to PTO, we also close down our office from Christmas to New Years.
Paid volunteer time
We offer 8 hours of paid volunteer time per year.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Employees receive unlimited hours per year of paid sick leave.
Flexible time off
Floating holidays
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
COVID-permitting, The Marketing Store hosts company outings quarterly.
Free snacks and drinks
digital coke machines, kombucha, cold brew and beer on draft. chips, oatmeal, fruit, vegetables, power bars, candy, popcorn, and string cheese
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer a discounted parking rate at a garage near our office.
Recreational clubs
volleyball club
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
We offer discounts for several different gyms at $25 a month. There is a onsite gym in the office along with a full locker room. All employees can join this gym for free-even temporary employees!
Home-office stipend for remote employees
We offer $50 a month to help cover home office expenses.
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
The Marketing Store offers employees professional development opportunities like the ability to attend job related conferences and seminars.
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
The Tech team and People team hold monthly lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
We offer $10,000 annually for tuition reimbursement.
Continuing education available during work hours
The Marketing Store encourages ongoing education and professional growth.
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Our benefits are constantly evolving to reflect the employees at tms.

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