Senior Associate, Media Operations

The Senior Associate supports the reconciliation of media buys as well as vendor accrual billing. You will report to the Senior Manager. This position is important in the daily tactical management of the investment program and requires you to work well in a team-based and customer service environment. Advanced Media knowledge is crucial to be successful in this role and must show the initiative to participate in advanced projects.

The Senior Associate position is training-intensive. Learning new skills (both technical and organic) and procedures is important. You will be an active participant, increasing participation over time in the position. You will be encouraged to contribute ideas and insights that will benefit our clients and team. This role can be remote nationally or hybrid in the tri-state area, but you will need to work EST hours.

• Reconciliation:
• Responsible for the interaction with vendors regarding billing/reconciliation, including but not limited to reaching out to vendors for missing invoices for all medias
• Resolve billing discrepancies between client and vendor
• Support the Dataverse reconciliation
• Responsible for vendor accrual billing
• Client & Internal Relationships:
• Support Manager in preparing and delivering work to our clients and colleagues within dentsu
• Assist Manager in communicating with internal teams including but not limited to AP, Billing, Financial Operations, and client account teams
• Attend status meetings
• Participate and contribute in face-to-face internal client teams and vendor meetings
• Engage with all work-related contacts through personal and written communications
• Reporting
• Assist with weekly/monthly reporting
• Assist with accrual reconciliation including but not limited to data entry, billing, and project submission to Master Data team
• Market Research & Leadership:
• Seek solutions to issues related to media buying tools such as DDS, Prisma, preemptions and makegoods with client's media schedules
• Recommend improvements to internal workflow to improve efficiency
• Keep current with market research (industry periodicals, email newsletters, websites, etc.)
• Demonstrate ability to apply insights over time
• Recognize potential problems and escalate or propose solutions
• Take clear ownership of assigned tasks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years of industry experience including experience in analytics and math
• Familiarity with Mediaocean
• You are interested in media & principal buying, and you LOVE numbers

The anticipated salary range for this position is $51,000-$83,375. Salary is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

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About dentsu
Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

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