Publicis Groupe

Company Description

Publicis Groupe South Asia is an integral part of the Paris headquartered Publicis Groupe, which is a large billion dollar global group having interests in communication, data, digital, consulting, PR, digital business transformation, with over 80000 employees and a revenue of 11 billion Euro. With more than 200 capabilities globally including creative, media, digital, tech, data, commerce, content, health, B2B, experiential, OOH, Design, production and more,

Job Description

Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis 

Designation: (Deputy Manager / Manager)

Qualification: CA / CMA / MBA Finance

Experience: 0 to 3 years post qualification.

(Preferably in Consulting, IT, Communications, Media and other professional services)

Profile:

The individual must be highly analytical, with an ability to solve complex problems. The individual must have skills to think out of box in terms automation of information flow and remove all routine work by simplifying processes and removing all duplication. A reasonable level of commercial acumen will be preferred. Proficient articulation and presentation skills. Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.

Key Responsibilities (covering a multitude of roles):

The FP&A team member will report into the FP&A lead and will be responsible for India Financials: 

Budgeting / Forecasting:

• Reviewing & providing right financial analysis, which will enable the FP&A Director and Country CFO to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions for the Group. 
• Manage all aspects of the financial reporting, including Budgets, Rolling Forecasts and Actuals, while ensuring timeliness and accuracy of financial results. 

Management Reporting:

• Providing flash reporting to management based on best estimates.
• Responsible to track the New Business pipeline for the organization.
• Preparation of Month end dashboards covering key P&L, Balance sheet and Operational KPIs at Country/Brand/Practice levels.
• Support the FP&A senior lead in providing financial analysis in determining feasibility and business impact of new initiatives on revenue and profitability. 
• Reviewing financials on a daily basis during the month-end period and reporting issues & red flags to finance management,
• Comparing Actual to plan/ forecast/ prior period to ensure correct month-end close &; investigating unusual postings and escalating the same to various teams.
• Preparing monthly management reporting, updating reporting decks & getting it reviewed with Finance Management.

Internal Audit & Balance Review:

• Conducting the Risk assessment on Balance sheet of various agency and highlighting the flags to Finance Management.
• Providing B/S aging analysis to Finance Management on Monthly basis.

Hyperion / Essbase knowledge is must.