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Client Account Manager
Permanent/Full time
Location: Newport Pagnell (2 days in the office)
Objectives of Role:
* Delivering client projects to a high standard, and contributing to the revenue and profit for the company
* Ensuring client retention and satisfaction.
* Managing the financial aspects of client jobs. Working with Commercial Accountants in the Finance Department to ensure jobs are set up correctly and budgets, cost and time allocations are monitored and correct. Ensure budgets are up to date, check redemption reports, and ensure invoices are raised within agreed timescales.
* Within existing accounts, work with the Client Success Lead (CSL) to upsell current projects, cross‑sell our services and identify new opportunities, to maximise revenue and profit per client.
Responsibilities:
* Play the lead role in the delivery of client projects, including client liaison, management of internal resource departments and management of external suppliers.
* Ensure all technical documentation is written to ensure all client requirements are considered, documented and are clear to the delivery team.
* Lead briefing meetings with the Business System Analyst and (where required) developers.
* Serve as the escalation point of contact for all participant queries via phone and email.
* Manage the delivery of the programme communication plans.
* Develop, maintain, and keep up to date all programme websites via a content management tool.
* Define programme and client data requirements, formats and frequency, and determine how the data can be imported / integrated into the programme's system.
* Create, update and maintain promotions within a database.
* Brief the internal creative department with design briefs.
* Manage all technical project briefs with the Business Systems Analysts to ensure client requirements are considered, documented and clear to the delivery team, and carry out User Acceptance Testing once development is completed.
* Set up and lead client meetings (where appropriate), creating agendas, PowerPoint presentations (where required), communicating, creating and following up on contact reports within agreed timescales.
* Manage all financial aspects of client projects, including using the in‑house financial system, working with commercial accountants to set up jobs and budgets, monitor cost and time allocations, keep budgets up‑to‑date, issue invoices within agreed timescales, close jobs and set up purchase order trackers.
* Project‑manage client jobs, including taking responsibility for timelines, reporting, management of client and participant communication including contact reports, status reports and maintaining electronic and paper files. Work with your CSL to actively identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and upsell existing projects, and lead the account development plan for each client.
* Contribute towards a team GP target by ensuring timesheets and budgets are kept up to date and all work is quoted and approved by the client before commencement, and by creating efficiencies and best practice ways of working.
Person Specification:
* Significant client service experience in an agency environment or significant client‑side experience in a similar role.
* Significant project management experience, including responsibility for meeting deadlines, reporting on progress, leading project teams.
* Previous financial responsibility, with evidence of managing costs or monitoring budgets.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build positive relationships at all levels and with all types of people.
* Excellent communication skills - verbal, written, presentational - with clarity of expression.
* Commercial outlook.
* Experience of working with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
* Credibility in front of clients.
* Excellent time management and task management skills.
* Experience in the Performance Improvement arena.
* Experience in working with technology and systems i.e., websites.
* Experience in working with data.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Marketing
Industries
Technology, Information and Media
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