Lee Enterprises · 2 days ago
Senior Finance Director, Advertising Systems & Revenue Insights
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Responsibilities
Oversight of Advertising Systems: Provide high level oversight of the Order Management System (OMS), ensuring alignment with financial goals and industry standards.
Product & Rate Structures: Play a leadership role in establishing and maintaining rate structures for advertising products, ensuring alignment with financial objectives. Provide insights and reporting to advertising leadership on exceptions to the approved rate structures, enabling informed decision-making and strategic adjustments.
Revenue Recognition: Oversee GAAP-compliant revenue recognition for all advertising products, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and audits.
General Ledger (GL) Management: Direct the general ledger coding for all advertising-related products, ensuring consistency and compliance with financial standards.
Financial Reporting: Provide leadership role in the creation of financial reports from the OMS, ensuring timely, accurate, and actionable data is available for both the Finance and Advertising teams.
Chart of Accounts: Oversee the development and implementation of a new Advertising Chart of Accounts, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory requirements while facilitating improved financial reporting and analysis.
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance: Implement and maintain strong SOX controls, ensuring financial processes comply with regulatory requirements and mitigate risk.
CRM System Management: Represent the Finance department in the setup and management of the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, ensuring it delivers financial insights to drive future revenue generation.
KPI Development & Analysis: Help develop and maintain advertising KPIs, with a focus on input metrics, to provide senior leadership with a clear understanding of past and projected performance.
Collaboration with Department Leads: Work closely with the finance and advertising department leads to ensure the OMS system is meeting the business and operational needs of both teams.
Project Management: Manage cross-functional projects related to system upgrades and new initiatives, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and objectives.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in finance or advertising, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
Proficient in Order Management Systems (OMS), financial reporting tools, and general ledger management.
Understanding of GAAP revenue recognition and SOX compliance.
Proven experience in managing large, complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Strong analytical skills and expertise in developing KPI dashboards and performance metrics.
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
Experience with CRM systems, financial software, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools.
Preferred
Industry experience preferred, but not required.
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long-term disability
Company provided life insurance
Supplemental life insurance
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Transit/parking accounts
401K retirement plan with company match
7 recognized company paid holidays each year
Generous flexible time off policy
Paid parental leave for new parents
Company
Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises is a provider of local news, information and advertising.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.49M2024-02-15Post Ipo Equity· $5.49M
1984-03-09IPO· undefined
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