Finance Manager (12 months)

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Wholeself program

Flexible working arrangements

Global AI Platform access

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Career Conversations program

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion initiatives

Birthday Leave

Work Your World program

Parental leave policy

Digital wellbeing support through Sonder

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Finance Manager, where you'll play a crucial role in financial reporting, compliance, and client finance. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team, ensuring the financial health of client accounts while driving business optimization. You'll manage internal audits, oversee budgeting, and collaborate with various departments to enhance profitability. With a culture that values inclusion and growth, this role is perfect for someone eager to make an impact in a supportive environment. Embrace the challenge and be part of a team that celebrates diversity and innovation.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Finance Manager in a media agency is essential.
• Strong Excel and time management skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with financial policies and manage audits.
• Oversee financial reporting and client account profitability.

Skills

Finance Management

Financial Reporting

Budget Management

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Time Management

Client Account Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Professional Finance Certification (e.g., CPA)

Tools

BMD

SAP

Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)

Excel

Job description

Company description

Australian Business Awards - Employer of Choice 2023, 2022 & 2021
HR Awards - Excellence Awardee, Employer of Choice 2022
AFR BOSS Best Places to Work - 2022
HRD Employer of Choice - 2021

Welcome to Publicis Groupe ANZ.

Here you will get an inside look at life within our network, including the brilliant people working across our agency brands.

Publicis Groupe is a world leader in marketing communication and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of data, creativity, media, and technology. Our connected platform of companies and capabilities is more than an operational framework. It’s a cultural model we've built to unite our people in a collaborative way of thinking and working. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 80,000 talents across 100 countries globally.

In Australia, our powerhouse of marketing capabilities stretches across creative agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis Worldwide, media agencies Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Razorfish, Digitas, Epsilon, Arc, Prodigious, PMX, PR Herd MSL.

We also have Publicis Sapient driving digital business transformation for our clients.

Overview

ROLE PURPOSE

The Finance Manager is responsible for various specific deliverables of day to day, month end, financial reporting and budget tasks that will need to be performed including: Accounting Compliance, Financial Reporting, Client Finance, and Business Optimisation.

This role is a parental cover for 12 months with a start date from mid-March 2025.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounting Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Publicis Groupe operational and financial policies and processes.
• Execute strategies to enforce internal financial controls and manage implementation.
• Manage Internal, FMC and External Audits to ensure compliance and implementing feedback into Company's accounting practices.

Financial Reporting

• Maintain Accountability for practices conducted by Re:Sources and Agency Finance Team.
• Manage Month End Review and submission to Groupe - Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) Review.
• Manage preparation of Annual Commit and Reforecast submissions, ensuring accurate financial forecasting and input into HFM.
• Ensure Re:Sources performs daily and month end report functions to the required standard.

Client Finance

• Manage financial aspects of Client Accounts, including budgeting and contractual requirements.
• Manage the improvement of Client Account Profitability, proactively seeking ways to grow business or improve profitability in collaboration with Client Finance Team.
• Identify and communicate any financial risk and scope issues associated with client accounts.

Business Optimisation

• Provide advice on how to improve business financial situations, increasing revenue, reducing costs and accelerating cash collection from clients.
• Manage company risk to FX exposure, working with Treasury to execute hedging.
• Support all departments for all financial and operational issues.
• Identify opportunities to create efficiencies, streamline processes and leverage resources to reduce costs wherever possible.
• Translate cost reduction strategies into operation by managing communication and implementation.
• Oversee monthly cost reports to assess success of strategies and implementation.
• Build positive relationships with Publicis Team Leaders - regular and open communication.

YOUR SKILLS & WORK EXPERIENCE

• Prior Finance Manager background with experience in BMD / SAP is essential
• Experience in a media agency working with financial reporting and monthly end P&L management
• Strong Excel and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• High resilience & perseverance to resolve ongoing issues

WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR

• A culture where you feel empowered to seek out challenges.
• A warm, inclusive and incredibly loyal environment learning from and working amongst some of the best in the industry.
• A range of development and learning opportunities that fit into your working week, complement your career path and deliver value when you put them into practice.

#LI-AZ1

Additional information

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
• Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitmentpublicisgroupe.com; your personal information will be kept confidential.