Company Description

Publicis Groupe is one of the world's largest communications holding companies, present in over 100 countries and employing about 80,000 professionals. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

The Associate Director FP&A will report to the Regional Director of FP&A and Client Reporting. The individual will own the direct support of the agencies under the DEG Pillar with a focus on Razorfish. They will work hand in hand with Razorfish financial leadership to provide accurate reporting. Oversee a total team of four individuals who support the DEG agencies. They will provide those team members with mentorship and support in creating efficiencies to increase their productivity. Focus will be on support of Forecasts, reporting of Actuals, Client Profitability, and other adhoc items.

Job Description

Publicis Digitas Experience (PDX).

The Associate Director will be in constant contact with the PDX CFO, the Publicis US FP&A team and Finance Directors within the agencies of the PDX.

The Associate Director will report to the Regional Director of FP&A.

Budget/Forecast:

• Developing P&L statements tailored to each agency structural needs
• Collaborating with other financial teams to analyze, consolidate, and communicate costs
• Ensure forecast and budget inputs into all financial tools (HFM, Anaplan, etc.) are accurate
• Create presentation, which clearly speaks to the financials, strategy, and goals
• Oversee and publish reforecast KPI package to Senior Leadership
• Work collectively with Agency Leads to ensure forecasts are aligned with set KPIs
• Oversee Client Profitability reporting in HFM for Quarterly Actuals & Forecasts
• Supervise capacity planning model to forecast costs and identify potential opportunities

Month End Close:

• Report and present agency’s financial results and variance analysis
• Develop rolling revenue and headcount forecast
• Partner with accounting team to ensure accurate and consistent recording of revenue and expenses
• P&L is properly tracking to forecast/budget expectations
• Oversee and publish KPIs to Senior Leadership
• Analyze Trade Working Capital against Cash Flow targets
• Trend analysis on investment cost spending vs budget/forecast
• Headcount analysis

Other:

• Manage a team of six in to ensure the highest level of compliance to organization policies and performance
• Provide those team members with continuous mentorship and support
• Identify best practices to improve to current work flow and create efficiencies and consistencies across network
• Foster effective information flow and communication to ensure financial results and reports are consistent
• Assist with special projects and ad-hoc analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance.  Master’s degree
• Minimum 8+ years of experience and can take accountability/ownership to drive results
• ·Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and proficient in Salesforce, Hyperion/Essbase, Anaplan, Oracle Business Intelligence, and SAP
• Media experience
• Open to hybrid 3x/ week schedule.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $91,000-$154,000. 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 the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

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 encouraging 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 allow 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 hrcompliance_usms@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 06/05/2024

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