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Job details:
Job Title: Assistant Manager – Finance
Location: Mumbai Industry: Media (Television & Digital)
Position Overview
We are seeking a Chartered Accountant to drive the Business Finance function for the Branded Content vertical. This role will be responsible for managing financial operations with a strong focus on revenue assurance, cost provisioning, and MIS reporting. The incumbent will partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial tracking, timely closures, and actionable insights that support business performance and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
1. Revenue Assurance – Branded Content
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of revenue from branded content deals across campaigns.
• Reconcile revenue across contracts, media plans, billing systems, and finance records.
• Track unbilled revenue, milestone-based billing, and deferred revenue.
• Identify revenue leakages, delays, and discrepancies, and drive resolution with Sales and Operations teams.
• Support monthly revenue closure and reporting in line with accounting standards.
2. Cost Provisioning & Campaign Cost Tracking
• Prepare and maintain cost provisions for branded content campaigns (production, talent, agency, media, and platform costs).
•Track actual costs versus provisions and perform detailed variance analysis.
• Partner with content, production, procurement, and operations teams for accurate cost estimation.
• Ensure timely true-ups and reversals of provisions during financial closure cycles.
3. Event Profitability & MIS
• Drive post-event actualization and profitability analysis at a campaign level.
• Prepare detailed MIS reports by event, client, brand, and platform.
• Monitor contribution margins and overall event profitability.
• Maintain cost trackers and dashboards to track budget utilization and financial performance.
• Support management reviews with accurate, insight-driven analysis.
4. Financial & Performance MIS
• Prepare weekly and monthly MIS reports covering revenue, costs, margins, and key business KPIs.
• Support creation of management decks for branded content performance reviews.
• Drive improvements in MIS automation, data accuracy, and reporting timelines.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support commercial and operational decision-making.
5. Controls, Compliance & Audit Support
• Maintain robust documentation for all revenue and cost-related entries.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, approval workflows, and accounting policies.
• Support internal and statutory audits related to revenue recognition and cost reporting.
6. Stakeholder Coordination & Business Partnering
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Branded Content, Production, Operations, and Finance teams.
• Act as the finance SPOC for campaign-level revenue and cost-related queries.
• Support senior finance stakeholders in business reviews, planning, and performance tracking.
Qualifications & Experience
• Chartered Accountant (CA) – mandatory.
• Fresher CA with articleship experience in audit is required.
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition and accrual accounting.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Advanced MS Excel skills; knowledge of Power BI or Tableau is an added advantage.
Skills & Competencies
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail with a strong ownership mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Interest in media, content, and digital business models.
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