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Investment (Implementation) Executive

Melbourne Job No. 14337430 Full-time - Hybrid

Description Du Poste

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of an Investment Executive is to ensure client budgets are invested effectively, campaigns run smoothly, and media activity delivers strong, measurable value. The role focuses on smart trading, strong supplier relationships, and reliable campaign management that turns strategic plans into real results.

What makes this role especially exciting at Accenture Song is the chance to join a reimagined, tech-powered media team built for transparency, innovation, and client-centered trading. With proprietary AI-driven tools and advanced trading systems designed to bring data, automation, and efficiency into every buy, the team operates without traditional principal media buying and instead aligns directly with client outcomes. This future-focused approach sits within Accenture Song’s wider mission to blend creativity, technology, and customer insight to drive relevance-led growth.

Key Responsibilities

Media Trading & Buying

  • Execute media buys across relevant channels (TV, digital, audio, out-of-home, etc.).

  • Negotiate rates, packages, and value, ensuring maximum client ROI.

  • Book, manage, and reconcile media placements; maintain campaign delivery.

  • Monitor flight, pacing, and delivery, apply optimisation to meet KPIs.

  • Contribute to trading strategy development aligned to client goals.

Supplier & Partner Management

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with media owners and platforms.

  • Attend media partner updates, industry forums, and new business sessions.

  • Evaluate and assess media proposals; provide clear, data-driven recommendations.

  • Ensure adherence to commitments, guarantees, and trading terms with partners.

Campaign Implementation & Optimisation

  • Translate media plans into detailed buying/tactical executions.

  • Lead campaign launch, ensure all spots/placements go live correctly.

  • Continuously monitor performance; proactively optimise (reallocate, reweight).

  • Work with ad ops/programmatic teams to ensure delivery accuracy and quality.

Reporting, Analytics & Insights

  • Develop post-buy reports including performance, variance, and insights.

  • Analyse media market trends, pricing dynamics, and performance benchmarks.

  • Collaborate and provide actionable recommendations to planning, strategy, and client teams.

Financial & Administrative Management

  • Track campaign spends, reconcile invoices, and manage investment finance.

  • Report on budget status, forecast usage, and ensure spend discipline.

  • Ensure compliance with agency financial controls, processes, and governance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with planners, strategists, creatives, and client teams to align media strategy.

  • Advise on cross-channel media strategies, leveraging Song’s integrated model.

  • Help develop investment models, forecasting tools, and trading frameworks.

Team Leadership & Development

  • Mentor and support junior trading analysts.

  • Contribute to developing best practices, operating procedures, and trading playbooks.

  • Share knowledge about Song’s proprietary tools and AI-driven trading systems.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

  • 1-3+ years of media trading or buying experience (media agency or in-house).

  • Strong negotiation skills and understanding of media markets.

  • Proficiency in media-buying platforms and tools (e.g. trading systems).

  • Advanced Microsoft suite skills and data literacy; ability to analyse performance metrics.

  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building abilities.

  • Strategic thinking with a strong client-outcome mindset.

  • High attention to detail, strong organisation, and the ability to manage multiple campaigns concurrently.

  • Adaptable and proactive; comfortable in a fast-evolving technology-led media environment.

Why Accenture Song

At Accenture Song, systems are not just built - they are reinvented. You will be part of a team transforming how data, media and technology come together to drive growth and creativity at scale.

Because the future of marketing won’t be powered by platforms alone.
It will be architected for reinvention.

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