Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Publicis Production EMEA Hub; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical care

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Recreation allowance

Marcel training

Hybrid work model

Work Your World program

Job summary

Publicis Production EMEA Hub is seeking an FP&A Director to support regional finance across Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Mauritius, reporting to the CFO of the EMEA Hub. This role partners with senior leadership to drive strategic planning, forecast accuracy, and performance management.

The position requires strong FP&A experience, multi-entity finance exposure, and excellent stakeholder communication in English.

Qualifications

• Significant FP&A experience across multi-entity/regional finance.
• Strong grasp of accounting concepts, financial planning, and performance management.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills with large data sets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including senior leadership.
• Fluent English for interaction with regional/global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting for the Hub and entities, covering revenue, headcount, and costs.
• Oversee monthly reforecasting and ensure timeliness and accuracy.
• Own revenue forecasting and pipeline tracking with business leaders.
• Provide insightful analyses to support strategic decisions by leadership.
• Partner with commercial/operational stakeholders on profitability and pricing.
• Analyze client profitability and optimize utilization and costs.
• Support headcount and personnel cost analysis, fixed and variable costs.
• Prepare executive-level reporting and presentations for CFO and leaders.
• Coordinate with regional/global finance teams for aligned data.

Skills

FP&A experience

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Multi-entity environment

Analytical mindset

Commercial awareness

Ownership & proactivity

Problem solving

Education

ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Job description

Powered locally and aligned globally, Publicis Production EMEA Hub forms the regional backbone of Publicis Production. With over 1.200 talented professionals based in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the UK, and Mauritius, we enable smarter, faster, and more connected content delivery for global brands. Our integrated capabilities include post and primary production, versioning, commerce, web development, CRM, and language services. As part of the global Publicis Production network, our mission is to transform production into a true growth driver. By combining tech, data, automation, and AI, we deliver intelligent content at scale. We are proud to power Publicis Groupe's ambition to build the world's best global integrated production offering.

Overview

We are looking for FP&A Director to support the Publicis Production EMEA Hub including both revenue and delivery entities across several markets (Poland, Hungary, Czech, Bulgaria and Mauritius), reporting directly to the CFO of EMEA Hub. Close cooperation with senior leadership across finance and business teams and collaborates with Global Production stakeholders. Key business partner and trusted advisor to the CFO, contributing to strategic decision-making and ensuring high-quality financial planning, analysis, and performance management across the Hub.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate annual budgeting process across the Hub and relevant entities, covering revenue, headcount, and cost base.
• Lead monthly reforecasting process, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely submission.
• Take ownership of revenue forecasting and pipeline tracking, working closely with business leaders to ensure realistic and data-driven outlooks.
• Drive regular performance reviews, identifying risks, opportunities, and key drivers of financial performance.
• Provide clear analysis and insights to support decision-making at leadership level.
• Act as a business partner to commercial and operational stakeholders, supporting client profitability, pricing, and resource planning.
• Oversee and analyse client profitability and operational efficiency, including utilisation and cost optimisation opportunities.
• Support headcount and personnel cost analysis, including tracking of fixed and variable cost base.
• Prepare executive-level reporting and presentations for CFO, leadership team, and global stakeholders.
• Act as a key point of contact for regional and global finance teams, ensuring alignment and consistency of financial data.
• Contribute to financial governance and control processes, including audit-related activities and compliance requirements.
• Identify and drive improvements in FP&A processes, tools, and reporting quality.
• Support the CFO in strategic initiatives and projects (including transformation, cost optimisation, and business growth initiatives).
• Provide coverage for CFO responsibilities when required, ensuring continuity in financial leadership and decision-making.
• Deliver ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or finance business partnering.
• Strong understanding of accounting concepts, financial planning, and performance management.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, with ability to work with complex datasets.
• Strong analytical mindset combined with commercial awareness.
• Ability to operate effectively in a multi-entity / regional environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including exposure to senior leadership.
• Fluent English, with the ability to communicate confidently with senior regional and global stakeholders.
• High level of ownership, proactivity, and problem-solving capability.
• Experience with finance systems (e.g., SAP, Hyperion).
• Agency / services / project-based business experience is an advantage.
• Professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) preferred.
• Marketing/production agency background will be a strong plus.

Additional Information

We offer the following:

• Opportunity to develop in a stable company with an established position in the market.
• Extensive range of online training courses in cooperation with reputable market partners.
• Opportunity to participate in international and local development projects and programmes.
• International working environment.
• Attractive package of non-wage benefits (medical care, the Nais benefit platform, life insurance program, Pet insurance, recreation allowance, access to the Marcel international training platform, etc.).
• High working flexibility (we work in a hybrid model, with predominance of home office).
• Work Your World – opportunity to work from any place in the world for 6 weeks a year and access to the Home Swap Home internal platform.
• Friendly and casual working atmosphere in a close-knit team filled with positive energy.

At Publicis Groupe, we value diversity and invite all candidates to apply, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or lack thereof, origin or disability.