Assistant Finance Director

WHO YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME WITH?

We’re proudly diverse…in our backgrounds, our accents, and our fiercely held personal passions. We’re unapologetically ambitious, but we’re also a tight-knit crew. We are, in every sense of the word, independent. We’re not beholden to anyone else’s agenda, and we’re not a pawn on the chessboard of some communications conglomerate.

WHAT YOU’LL DO.

You’ll lead. You’ll inspire. You’ll grow. You’ll do all those things for both the Virtue team globally and the client. This role will be responsible for assisting senior members of the team in an analytical capacity and play an integral part in planning Virtue’s long-term financial strategy, as well as helping to manage the Company’s relationships and interactions with the investment community.

WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?

Your team members and clients will value you and view you as a strategic partner critical to the success of the agency. They will look to you for guidance and counsel. Your team will respect you and a partnership will be built. They’ll appreciate that you help them grow and develop.

HERE’S HOW YOU’LL FIT.

The Assistant Finance Director Role is responsible for assisting the CFO in the coordination and execution of assigned projects. In this role, the Assistant Finance Director is responsible for sound, proper and timely execution of all assigned work.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive all aspects of the budgeting and actual reporting process
• Collaborate with various finance, accounting and other business teams to prepare long-range planning, annual budgeting, reforecasting, and quarterly financial forecasting through financial modeling
• In charge of the monthly close and actual reporting including analysis of revenue/billings and expense/accruals, prepare/review journal entries, intercompany mismatch clearing, complete/review monthly actual report
• Maintain and continuously update a rolling 13-week cash flow model to accurately project short-term liquidity, working capital fluctuations
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments & other BU to align the forecast with upcoming payroll, intercompany payments
• Oversee the end-to-end billing and collections processes, lead weekly AR reviews, tracking aging reports, issuing customer invoices, and resolving billing discrepancies promptly
• Manage the full-cycle AP process, ensuring all vendor invoices, purchase orders, and expense reports are accurately processed and approved
• Prepare financials reports, analyses and reconciliations required to support management decision-marking
• Prepare data-driven reporting and management overviews, including Revenue Tracker, Utilization Tracker, Freelance Tracker, T&E Tracker, Subscription Tracker, Revenue Decks, monthly financial reviews, and time-tracking compliance reports, delivering actionable insights to support management decision-making
• Create presentation materials for internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor and analyze industry trends and peer/competitor fundamentals, including financial performance
• Support other special projects as directed or determined on own initiatives
• Manage the provision of information to support internal and external audits
• Ensure compliance with Company policies and Procedures
• Support and maintain current ERP applications, including NetSuite, by setting up new vendors and processing freelancer onboarding and payment requests.
• Prepare and submit weekly vendor payment lists to Accounts Payable to ensure timely and accurate processing
• Foster a positive relationship with key team members at all levels of the organization
• Handle assigned work requests in an efficient, timely manner
• Maintain communications with appropriate agency and client personnel to ensure that the assigned work is handled in a positive, timely and efficient manner

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related fields preferred
• 5+ Year of accounting and finance experience
• CPA preferred but not required
• Experience with AI tools, automation, or AI-driven financial analysis is highly preferred
• Highly motivated individual with demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, able to balance multiple tasks and perform under pressure
• Strong analytical ability
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups agency-wide
• Proactive team player, focus on continuously improving processes
• Dependable and flexible to work overtime as needed to meet tight deadlines
• Comprehension of Finance and Accounting principles including GAAP, Revenue Recognition, Accrual Accounting, Budget and Profitability analysis
• Familiarity using financial reporting, accounting and billing systems
• Proficiency with MS Office, Google Enterprise, NetSuite

OTHER SKILLS + ABILITIES

• Experience with NetSuite is a plus
• The ability to demonstrate, evangelize and live the core values of the agency
• To incorporate the passion, excitement and experience in relevant ways that inform the quality and output of agencies deliverables