Management Accountant

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe is seeking a results-driven Management Accountant to join our finance team in London. You will deliver month-end reporting, post journals, and provide variance analysis while supporting budgeting and forecasting across the business.

You will oversee balance sheet reconciliations in Blackline, manage accruals and prepayments, and collaborate closely with FP&A, controllers, and non-finance stakeholders to drive process improvements in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of management accounting and financial reporting.
• Experience supporting month-end processes.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Good understanding of balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident communicator who can work effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Proactive approach with an interest in improving processes and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely month-end reporting.
• Prepare and post month-end journals.
• Produce monthly reporting files and provide clear variance analysis.
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations and maintain accurate records in Blackline.
• Manage accruals, prepayments and expense reporting.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting throughout the year.
• Maintain oversight of the balance sheet and identify any potential risks or issues.
• Support wider annual and monthly reporting requirements.
• Support cost management across areas including travel, entertainment and freelance spend.
• Provide financial information and analysis to support the wider business.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from the Financial Controller and senior finance team.
• Help ensure strong financial controls are maintained across the business.
• Support quarterly compliance and reporting requirements.
• Assist with internal, external and client audits, including preparing supporting documentation.
• Identify and escalate control issues or financial risks where appropriate.
• Look for opportunities to improve recurring finance processes and reporting.
• Support the effective use of finance systems and tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Support and oversee Finance Assistants across onshore and offshore teams.
• Work closely with shared service teams across AP, AR and GL.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business.

Skills

Management accounting

Month-end reporting

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Multitasking

Deadline-driven

Tools

Excel

Blackline

Finance systems

Job description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication, operating in over 100 countries with 114,000 people globally. We help the world’s leading brands drive growth by combining creativity, media, data, technology and consulting.We are designed to help our clients thrive, with the capabilities, the experience and the understanding needed to help our clients unlock growth in a platform world. Through our Power of One approach, we bring together the right expertise from across our agencies to deliver joined up, end to end solutions.“Viva la Différence” sits at the heart of our culture. We value individuality, encourage different perspectives and believe our differences make us stronger. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can learn, grow and do the best work of their career.

Management Accounting & Reporting

• Deliver accurate and timely month-end reporting.
• Prepare and post month-end journals.
• Produce monthly reporting files and provide clear variance analysis.
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations and maintain accurate records in Blackline.
• Manage accruals, prepayments and expense reporting.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting throughout the year.
• Maintain oversight of the balance sheet and identify any potential risks or issues.
• Support wider annual and monthly reporting requirements.

Commercial & Business Support

• Support cost management across areas including travel, entertainment and freelance spend.
• Provide financial information and analysis to support the wider business.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from the Financial Controller and senior finance team.

Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Help ensure strong financial controls are maintained across the business.
• Support quarterly compliance and reporting requirements.
• Assist with internal, external and client audits, including preparing supporting documentation.
• Identify and escalatE control issues or financial risks where appropriate.

Process Improvement

• Look for opportunities to improve recurring finance processes and reporting.
• Support the effective use of finance systems and tools to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Support and oversee Finance Assistants across onshore and offshore teams.
• Work closely with shared service teams across AP, AR and GL.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business.

What We’re Looking For

• Good understanding of management accounting and financial reporting.
• Experience supporting month-end processes.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Good understanding of balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident communicator who can work effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Proactive approach with an interest in improving processes and ways of working.

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe is one of the world’s largest communications groups, combining creativity, data and technology to help clients drive business transformation.

Publicis Groupe UK brings together more than 5,000 people across media, creative, influence, health, production and data businesses.

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and able to bring their full selves to work.

Equal Opportunities

Publicis Groupe is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

If you require any reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know.

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Additional Information

Publicis Groupeoffers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

Please check out thePublicis Career Pagewhich showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Publicis Groupe, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.