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VP, Client Finance Director

Omnicom Media
New York, New York, United States of America Posted Sep 29, 2026
HybridUSD 160,000 - 180,000 / year

About this role

VP, Client Finance Director

We are seeking a VP, Client Finance Director to serve as a strategic partner to Finance Leadership and provide financial and operational leadership across the Client Finance function. The successful candidate will be a results-driven, collaborative leader who brings strong technical expertise, financial acumen, and sound judgement to drive performance, strengthen financial management, and support informed business decisions.

The role reports directly to the SVP, Finance Director and will be responsible for the following:

Primary Job Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and counsel to the finance team, building a high-performing function while supporting the professional development of team members.
  • Drive the dissemination, review, understanding, and effective use of financial information across the business to support informed decision-making and business performance.
  • Partner with the CFO and senior leadership to support existing and new business initiatives through pricing strategy, financial modeling, and contract profitability analysis.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with client finance counterparts and procurement teams, serving as a trusted financial partner and point of contact.
  • Review client agreements and final client deliverables to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contractual agreements and Agency requirements.
  • Ensure billing is completed accurately and on time to support working capital management, including WIP and A/R.
  • Strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting capabilities to improve scalability, accuracy, transparency, and overall business performance.
  • Support agency policies and procedures and collaborate across Finance and other business functions to share knowledge and promote best practices.
  • Lead and/or support special projects and strategic initiatives as requested by the CFO.

Required Skills

  • Leadership and Management: Strong problem-solving, decision-making, time management, strategic thinking, interpersonal communication, written and consultative communication, organization, collaboration, partnership, mentorship, and team development skills. Demonstrated ability to take initiative, operate independently, and drive results.
  • Client Service: Strong client relationship management skills, with the ability to build trust, communicate effectively, understand client needs, exercise sound judgment, and deliver solutions in a collaborative and responsive manner.
  • Professionalism: Confidence, sound judgment, executive presence, and the ability to effectively interact with employees and clients at all levels of an organization.
  • Accounting and Finance: Strong understanding of GAAP, financial practices, procedures, and policies, with the ability to apply financial concepts to business and client-related decisions.
  • Technical skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and demonstrated ability to leverage AI and emerging technologies to improve financial processes, analysis, reporting, and overall team effectiveness.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience with progressively increasing levels of responsibility and scope.

  • Experience leading a finance function within a complex, evolving business environment.

  • Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business leaders and managing and developing finance professionals.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; advanced degree and/or professional certification is a plus.

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with senior management, clients, procurement teams, and other business stakeholders to ensure financial integrity, operational effectiveness, and adherence to company standards.

  • Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

  • Biolumina’s Values

  • Open Mind

  • Always ask why—of your teammates, your clients, and yourself. And don’t stop there—keep asking questions

  • Be respectful of others’ ideas, opinions, and diverse backgrounds

  • Be flexible and adaptive to new ways of doing things

  • Brave Heart

  • Speak your mind…and your heart

  • Courageously step forward to try something new and help others to do the same

  • Be brave enough to defend your opinions—and brave enough to change them

  • Ready Hands

  • Be proactive and push things forward

  • Reach out to offer help and raise your hand to ask for help

  • Go out of your way to show gratitude

  • Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

  • Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

  • Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

For US Job Seekers:

  • It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

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