Senior Finance Analyst, FP&A & Commercial Insights

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in London is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Finance team. You will support revenue forecasting, month-end reporting and commercial analysis across our agencies and clients, with close collaboration to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager.

You will work hands-on with forecasting, revenue recognition, profitability and financial controls, while partnering with stakeholders across the wider business to drive insights and improvements in finance processes.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent.
• Experience in commercial finance, FP&A, management accounting or business partnering.
• Strong forecasting, revenue recognition and month-end reporting skills.
• Experience producing variance and profitability analysis.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience with SAP, HFM, MediaOcean or Power BI would be advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Confident communicating financial information to stakeholders.
• Proactive, commercially minded in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly revenue forecasting and reporting.
• Prepare and maintain month-end files, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Prepare journals and maintain accrual and deferral schedules.
• Analyse actual performance against budget and forecast.
• Consolidate forecasts and provide commentary on key movements and variances.
• Produce agency month-end and forecast packs.
• Support revenue recognition and ensure appropriate financial controls are maintained.
• Work with client teams to improve the accuracy and quality of forecasts.
• Provide commercial analysis and insight to support decision-making.
• Investigate reporting or system issues and ensure financial data is accurate.
• Support improvements to finance processes, reporting and automation.

Skills

Forecasting

FP&A

Management accounting

Business partnering

Excel modelling

Education

Finalist ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

HFM

Power BI

Job description

Publicis Groupe in London is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Finance team. You will support revenue forecasting, month-end reporting and commercial analysis across our agencies and clients, with close collaboration to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager.

You will work hands-on with forecasting, revenue recognition, profitability and financial controls, while partnering with stakeholders across the wider business to drive insights and improvements in finance processes.