Senior Account Manager

GFL Environmental Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global communications company is looking for a Senior Account Manager to lead account management and oversee junior team members. The successful candidate will be responsible for building strong client relationships, driving project success, and ensuring financial performance. This role requires strategic thinking, a passion for creativity, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Candidates should have extensive experience in account management and a commitment to making a positive impact.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Opportunities for training and growth

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Strong skills in account management and relationship building.
• Ability to lead junior team members and manage projects effectively.
• Experience in financial management and understanding KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Drive project timelines and oversee junior team members.
• Push for creativity in all projects to exceed client expectations.

Skills

Account Management

Strategic Planning

Financial Management

Creativity

Job description

**Agency :**Havas London**Job Description :****YOUR ROLE:****Senior Account Manager, s**omeone we trust to deliver and manage junior team members and campaigns.**REPORTING INTO**Nick Gold**KEY OBJECTIVES**⟶ Account Management⟶ Strategic Smarts⟶ Financial Management⟶ Creativity**KEY CHARACTERISTICS**⟶**We lead better**We strive for greatness in everything we do and aren’t scaredof overcoming a ‘no’ to get to better business, better people,better planet.⟶**We don't waste**We strive to make the world a better place by minimising wasteand leaving nobody behind in our efforts to make a positive impact.⟶**We look for impact**We are driven to make a real dent in culture through the insightswe uncover, the ideas we produce, and the talent we put behindevery single one of our projects.⟶**We care more**We put time and energy into the work we do and love and attentioninto the people we’re doing it with.⟶**We solve the problems together**We bring the best out in us all. ‘Us’ is our most powerful asset.When we get together, we are unstoppable.**ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT**⟶ Effectively develops strong relationships within the team and cross functional department.⟶ Actively builds connections with key stakeholders and understands their motivations⟶ Knowing how best to involve stakeholders in the project.⟶ Can effectively manage junior-mid clients and push back where necessary, pushing the agency agenda.⟶ Leads on 360 annual reviews for the teamthey line manage.⟶ Driving force on a project, leading on next steps, actions, overarching timings, etc.⟶ Seen by the client as the day-to-day lead on project.⟶ Sees the issues early and can identify when a process needs to be re-set.⟶ Pushing creativity for accounts and ensuring every brief/project meets and pushes past the clients needs**STRATEGIC SMARTS**⟶ Knows the client’s business better than they do and care about it.⟶ Short to medium term plan to achieve an outcome.⟶ More active role working with account strategists on projects.**FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT**⟶ Run your account commercials like it's your own business⟶ Understands and identifies levers of profitability.⟶ Understand the KPIs clients and agencies use to measure commercial success.⟶ Able to demonstrate how to scope a project.⟶ Find new opportunities to bring revenue.**CREATIVITY**⟶ More of an active role in presenting work|to clients.⟶ More active role discussing the work with clients and inspiring them to buy the best work.⟶ Protect an idea from start to finish, escalating where necessary.⟶ Facilitate and champion the best working conditions to make great work happen.⟶ Create a safe space on the account for creative to provide innovation, inspiringideas that push the brief and constantly demonstrate to clients why they need our brains**Contract Type :**Permanent**Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.**Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor-made, meaningful, innovative and entertainment-oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation. **Life at Havas**We take great pride in our Havas family. They bring many unique personalities, perspectives and passions to their work. Collaboration is at the core of how we operate, and Havas Villages are the homes we work in. We encourage our people to take advantage of our many opportunities to learn and grow. Through local agency training sessions, our unique global and development programs, we offer our people endless opportunities to explore. **Havas Creative Network**At Havas, we believe creativity isn’t just a description of our business, it is part of our agencies’ DNA. We bring together some of the industry’s most creative and accomplished agencies. By combining creative expertise with the strategic and innovative power of our Villages, we can build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients. **Havas Media Network**We create the best media experience, capitalizing on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience – in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth targets, aligning stakeholders and KPIs, and measuring the impact of media experiences. **Havas Health**Driven by human purpose and focused on the betterment of humanity through health, Havas Health & You leverages a global collection of experts and individuals to help people everywhere live healthier lives. With a spirit rooted in innovation, creativity, and education, we are dedicated to delivering consistent excellence and groundbreaking work.