Bilingual Senior Manager, Client Finance Operations – Québec Clients

Burson
Toronto, Montreal
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Commercial judgment","Strategic thinking","Organization","Written and verbal communication"]

Lead day-to-day client finance operations for Québec-based clients, with primary ownership of the L’Oréal program. Own governance and operating cadence for campaign approvals, PO management, billing reconciliation, invoicing, and influencer contracting/payment workflows. Partner with finance, account leadership, and client stakeholders to maintain an accurate financial view, drive escalation readiness (including the 21-day threshold), and provide day-to-day oversight to the Campaign Payment and Reconciliation Specialist.

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Burson
Burson
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Bilingual Senior Manager, Client Finance Operations – Québec Clients

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Job Summary

Lead day-to-day client finance operations for Québec-based clients, with primary ownership of the L’Oréal program. Own governance and operating cadence for campaign approvals, PO management, billing reconciliation, invoicing, and influencer contracting/payment workflows. Partner with finance, account leadership, and client stakeholders to maintain an accurate financial view, drive escalation readiness (including the 21-day threshold), and provide day-to-day oversight to the Campaign Payment and Reconciliation Specialist.
Location: Toronto, Montreal
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and maintain centralized tracking for campaigns, POs, billing, and payments for L’Oréal and other Québec-based clients, ensuring information is current and actionable.
  • •Drive finance-focused working sessions and operating cadence with client and internal stakeholders; document risks, owners, decisions, and next steps.
  • •Oversee finance operations and billing governance, including PO/billing matching, identification of exposure (unbilled/pre-billed, unmatched POs), and coordination of historical reconciliation.
  • •Manage escalation by monitoring aging/missing PO and billing blockers, preparing escalation summaries, and driving follow-through until resolution.
  • •Oversee influencer contracting, invoice collection/review, and payment reconciliation workstream; provide direction to the Campaign Payment and Reconciliation Specialist and protect payment timeliness as a KPI.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of experience in client finance, project finance, agency operations, advertising/PR, influencer marketing, or related work supporting complex client accounts or portfolios across multiple brands, divisions, campaigns, stakeholders, budgets, POs, billing, and payments.
  • •Post-secondary education in business, finance, accounting, marketing, communications, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • •Bilingual proficiency in English and French with clear, professional communication with internal teams, client stakeholders, and external partners.
  • •Strong financial acumen across budgets, POs, invoicing, WIP, billing exposure, reconciliations, and payment timing in a client-service environment.
  • •Experience managing, coaching, or providing day-to-day oversight to a direct report or small finance operations team, including prioritization, review of deliverables, reconciliation follow-up, and process adoption.
Education:
Skills:Stakeholder managementCommercial judgmentStrategic thinkingOrganizationWritten and verbal communication
Languages:EnglishFrench

Company Brief

Burson
Burson Global is a communications and public relations agency providing strategic PR, corporate communications, crisis management, media relations, and stakeholder engagement services to clients across industries to build reputation and manage public perception.
Industry: Professional Services
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