Senior Business Manager

The Senior Business Manager reports to the Associate Director of Business Management, driving the financial health of client partnerships. This role involves close collaboration with Client Services and Project Management to manage budgets, lead financial tracking and forecasting, and ensure seamless billing and job management. It requires a highly organized, strategic thinker with financial acumen, collaboration, and proactive problem-solving skills to support strong client relationships and agency growth.

Must Have

• Manage client budgets, lead weekly budget tracking and forecasting, and ensure accurate billing, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Oversee Finance Analyst team, guiding job creation, expense approvals, time transfers, and ensuring documentation.
• Maintain and update financial trackers, including burn reports, invoicing, forecasting, and non-billable reporting.
• Lead client budget calls and internal staffing discussions.
• Support scope negotiation with procurement and provide strategic analyses.
• Serve as a proactive problem solver and trusted financial partner.
• Present financial insights and project updates to internal stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related discipline.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• 5+ years of experience in agency finance or business management.
• Strategic problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly self-directed with the ability to manage multiple accounts and priorities.
• Fast learner, adaptable to new financial systems, reporting tools, and agency processes.
• Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, with experience managing monthly close cycles, reconciliations, and financial reviews.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability benefits
• 401K
• Parental and family care leave
• Family forming assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible time off

Company description

Publicis Health is the health and wellness vertical of Publicis Groupe, the most-established communications holding company in the world. We are a growing network of 11 brands with 40+ agencies worldwide and a population of 3,000+. At Publicis Health, we are uniquely positioned to make an impact through the work that we do in in healthcare marketing and communications, and health isn’t just what we do – it’s who we are.

We believe healthcare marketing is an essential part of healthcare. When you work with us, you join a tight-knit community of award-winning creative directors and clinical trial designers, accomplished data-scientists and media specialists, behavioral science innovators and analytics practitioners; all united around one purpose—to create a world where people are equipped and motivated to take control of their health and well-being.

We share a passion for the life-changing work healthcare industries create, and we believe that together we can move people toward the products and services that will change their lives for the better. Our beliefs and purpose inspire how we take care of our people—prioritizing your health and well-being across every stage of your personal and professional life.

Overview

The Senior Business Manager reports to the Associate Director of Business Management and plays a key role in driving the financial health of our client partnerships. You’ll partner closely with Client Services and Project Management to manage budgets, lead financial tracking and forecasting, and ensure seamless billing and job management.

This role is ideal for a highly organized, strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment. You’ll bring financial acumen, collaboration, and proactive problem-solving to provide clarity and accountability, supporting strong client relationships and agency growth.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Client Services and Project Management to manage client budgets, lead weekly budget tracking and forecasting discussions, and ensure accurate billing, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Oversee the Finance Analyst team, guiding job creation and maintenance, expense approvals, time transfers, troubleshooting timesheets, and ensuring standardized documentation and reporting practices.
• Maintain and update financial trackers, including weekly burn reports, invoicing, forecasting, and non-billable reporting, while ensuring all month-end close activities are accurate, complete, and timely.
• Lead client budget calls and internal staffing discussions, helping to determine team staffing needs in partnership with Project Management and account leadership.
• Support scope negotiation with procurement and provide strategic analyses or ad hoc reporting to Finance Management, offering insights that help drive business decisions.
• Serve as a proactive problem solver and trusted financial partner, answering questions from clients, vendors, and internal teams, and providing clarity, accountability, and actionable guidance.
• Present financial insights, key project updates, and initiatives to internal stakeholders and the broader Publicis Health Finance community, ensuring transparency and alignment across offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, with a background in finance, accounting, business, or a related discipline
• Advanced Excel proficiency, including budgeting, forecasting, revenue recognition, and client profitability analysis
• 5+ years of experience in agency finance or business management
• Strategic problem solver who can quickly assess financial risks and opportunities and guide account teams toward sound decisions
• Strong communicator and relationship builder, able to partner closely with account leadership, PMs, and senior agency stakeholders
• Highly self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple accounts and priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Fast learner who adapts easily to new financial systems, reporting tools, and agency processes
• Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, with experience managing monthly close cycles, reconciliations, and financial reviews

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $73,910 - $106,260 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 2/17/2026.