Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: This role as a Client Audit Executive is a temporary contract position within the finance function at Talon, focusing on maintaining strong relationships with suppliers and clients while ensuring accurate reconciliation of campaign data. The successful candidate will support the Head of Media Compliance during client audits and contribute to process improvements. A strong analytical background and attention to detail are essential for handling large volumes of data effectively. This position offers an opportunity to engage with the media industry and drive operational efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Head of Media Compliance in reconciling agency and media owners’ campaigns and billings for external client audits.
- Liaise across the business to ensure data accuracy and support documentation of key processes impacting client and media owner billings.
- Leverage real-time learnings to recommend process and system improvements to enhance audit readiness.
Key Skills:
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to question variances and anomalies.
- High attention to detail and strong query resolution skills.
- Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
- Understanding of financial control improvements and process efficiencies.
- Operational experience with reconciling high volumes of data.
- Proven experience in driving process improvement.
- Experience in advertising or high-volume transactional businesses preferred.
- Familiarity with financial systems, preferably NetSuite.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
*Please note that this is a Temporary Contract with potential extension*
This is a key role within the finance function as you will be part of the team that ensures we retain excellent relationships with our suppliers and clients, thereby helping the Group to continue its tremendous growth. The successful candidate must be a team player with the ability to handle large volumes of data. You will be reconciling campaign data between our bespoke campaign planning system and the finance system. In addition to this you will support the Head of Media Compliance on Client audits which will involve working with numerous people across the business.
ABOUT US
_At Talon, our mission is to unlock the full potential of out of home, making it more effective, creative, measurable and sustainable than ever. We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry. In just over a decade, our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 450+ people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry. We hire the finest talent to help us unlock the full potential of the Out of Home (OOH) environment for our clients; and pride ourselves on the individuals who represent our business.
A DAY IN THE LIFE_
Support the Head of Media Compliance to ensure accurate end-to-end reconciliation of agency and media owners’ campaigns and billings to ensure smooth external client audits. This will involve liaising across the business along with using your skills to ensure accuracy of data. Support with projects including documentation of all key processes that impact on client and media owner billings. Leverage real time learnings to make recommendations to the Head of Media Compliance for process and system improvements, driving change to make our end-to-end process audit worthy.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR_
Media background is preferred but not required Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to question variances and anomalies. Excellent query resolution skills High attention to detail High level of communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders. An understanding of how to drive improvements in financial control and financial process, adept at challenging the status quo where necessary and recommending new approaches / efficiencies. Operational experience with significant exposure to reconciling high volumes of data. Proven experience of driving process improvement. Advertising experience preferred, or experience in a high-volume transactional business. Experience of financial systems; NetSuite experience preferable but not essential.
OUR TEAM_
Talon has an exciting opportunity for a Client Audit Executive to join our Media Compliance team within Finance. The successful candidate must be a team player and a strong ability to understand systems. This role presents an excellent opportunity to move into the media industry.
WHY US_
“Talon ensures everyone feels welcome, has all of the tools readily available to be able to succeed. Talon takes seriously their responsibility as an employer, not only to employees but also to their customers and anyone they work with, including the planet. There is a constant striving from all levels to improve and ensure the way we work is better than yesterday.”
OUR VALUES AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER_
WE ARE BOLD_ As industry provocateurs and pioneers, we respectfully challenge the status quo, take pride in our people, big ideas and partnerships. We embrace change We challenge respectfully We lead the way
WE ARE HUMAN_ We are a diverse collective of changemakers who value respect, fairness, and integrity and expect the same in return. We value collaboration and togetherness We are empathetic We embrace individuality
WE ARE SMART_ Our trailblazing spirit and learning centric culture ensures our knowledge provides maximum value to each other and our clients. We grow and learn We are trusted We are mission possible
Talon is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ and develop a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and brands that we represent.