Commercial Finance Manager

SALARY: $100-115k

Placement within the range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to, years of experience, relevant qualifications, skills, local market and budgetary considerations.

LOCATION: New York (Hybrid)

Influencer is a global creator marketing agency on a mission to shape the future of marketing by humanizing brands. By placing creators at the center, the agency delivers creator-first solutions across creative, media, and commerce that connect brands with audiences through insight-driven creator campaigns built to stop the scroll and drive measurable impact.

Founded in 2015 by You Tuber-turned-entrepreneur Caspar Lee and entrepreneur Ben Jeffries, Influencer is the world’s largest independent creator marketing agency - powered by a unique ecosystem of proprietary technology, platform partnerships, and longstanding talent relationships.

As an Official Global Marketing Partner of Tik Tok, You Tube, Pinterest, Snap, Meta, and Twitch, Influencer delivers bespoke, enterprise-level solutions powered by Waves, its AI-driven operating system. From concept to conversion, the agency blends human instinct with platform intelligence to drive measurable outcomes across the full funnel - from brand perception to performance and sales.

With 200+ team members speaking 30 languages across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Influencer has delivered 6,000+ campaigns for leading brands including Spotify, Shark Ninja, Google, Nike, Disney, and Coca-Cola.

Commercial Finance Manager

This role reports to the Commercial Finance Director

We're building a brand-new Commercial Finance function to bring financial rigour and commercial intelligence to our fast-growing agency. As Commercial Finance Manager, you'll partner with our New York Brand Partnerships, Client Services, and Operations teams to drive smarter pricing, more accurate revenue forecasting, and stronger margin performance - while helping commercial teams move faster and make better decisions.

• Build something from scratch - You'll establish the Commercial Finance function for North America, creating the processes, tools, and operating rhythms that will scale with our growth
• Be a true business partner - Work directly with the regional President and commercial leadership, influencing major decisions on pricing strategy, campaign profitability, and revenue planning
• Shape the future of finance operations - Drive the integration of Waves and Hub Spot to create seamless workflows from opportunity through to revenue recognition, setting the standard globally

• Established trusted partnerships with the New York Brand Partnerships and Client Services leadership teams, becoming their go‑to finance partner for commercial decisions
• Built and implemented the core commercial finance toolkit - pricing templates, revenue forecasting models, and campaign profitability dashboards that teams use daily
• Delivered your first monthly regional P&L presentation to executive leadership with clear insights and actionable recommendations
• Designed and started rolling out the Waves‑Hub Spot integration workflows, ensuring opportunities flow seamlessly through to invoicing
• Partnered with Finance on improving revenue recognition processes and forecast accuracy for the North America region

• Establish commercial finance as a core capability within the global finance team, defining operating rhythms and building processes for pricing, revenue forecasting, profitability analysis and campaign reconciliation
• Support the regional President and Client Services with annual and long‑range revenue forecasts across all revenue streams, translating pipeline and booked campaigns into accurate revenue projections
• Provide real‑time commercial support to Brand Partnerships and Client Services on pricing strategy, margin expectations, creator economics, rate card governance and cost‑to‑serve modelling
• Review and challenge scopes of work to ensure alignment with financial targets and commercial terms,…