Publicis Groupe, known for its award-winning creativity, the best technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world's third largest communications group. With 80,000+ colleagues in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.
This model, with a country-led approach, is called the "Power of One" and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organization.
Overview
The Sr. Analyst FP&A will be part of the Business Intelligence (BI) team, which supports agencies under the PDX Pillar and report directly to the Director of FP&A.
Responsibilities
Forecasting and Budgeting
You will support Agency finance leads in creating regular financial forecasts following Publicis Groupe schedule
Client Profitability Reporting for actuals and reforecasts, analyzing client margins, and providing agency finance leads insight on any client margin risks/opportunities
Partner with agency leadership and analyze the general ledger to understand revenue and cost drivers
You will assist with presentations (charts and graphs) of financial information to agency leadership
Month End Close
Partner with agency leadership to ensure smooth completion of month-end deliverables i.e. revenue flash, short term forecast, month-end deck
Complex variance analysis of actuals vs forecast/budget for all P&L line items and headcount
Ad Hoc Analysis
Extract and analyze data from Groupe financial software (HFM, Anaplan, Power BI) to assist leadership team, providing meaningful insight to drive decisions
Identify any opportunities to improve financial reporting requirements
Explain and translate financial reports to business finance leads
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance. Master's degree
NYC office 3x/wk hybrid schedule
Minimum 3+ years of work experience considered
Experience with how to analyze a financial P&L
Technical skills, especially the ability to create/read financial models and use Microsoft Excel (lookups, pivot tables, conditional logic, etc.)
Experience with Hyperion, Anaplan, or PowerBI
Work with confidential information discreetly
Create relationships with senior leadership by communicating clearly
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: $58,500-$92,000. 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 qualifications of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and we reserve the right to modify this pay range at any time. We anticipate the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/08/2025.