Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Publicis Groupe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe seeks a Finance Analyst to support forecasting, budgeting, and reporting from the Chicago office in a hybrid role. You will work with Finance Directors to analyze results and produce insightful reports.

The ideal candidate has a finance or accounting background, strong Excel skills, and the ability to communicate findings clearly to leadership. This position offers a collaborative environment and opportunities to influence planning across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• Chicago office 4x/wk hybrid schedule.
• Relevant internship experience and/or 1+ years of work experience considered.
• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Excel (Vlookups, Pivot Tables).
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and generating insights for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and budgeting support for business units.
• Analyze monthly and annual financial results with variance commentary.
• Ensure data accuracy in financial software (HFM & Anaplan).
• Develop and update financial reports and share with stakeholders.
• Provide data-driven insights to guide strategic planning across Finance and other departments.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

Since 2014 with the acquisition of Sapient, Publicis Groupe has undergone a profound transformation by scaling a new model connecting data, creativity, and technology. The Groupe has continued this journey with the 2019 acquisition of Epsilon to further scale the data-led offering and provide true momentum to our client's own transformation.

This model, with a country-led approach, is called the "Power of One" and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organization.

Responsibilities

Forecasting and Budgeting

• Support business unit Finance Directors in creating regular financial forecasts in line with Publicis Groupe schedule
• Analyze monthly and annual financial results, providing commentary on variances to forecast
• Ensure accuracy of information in Groupe financial software (Hyperion Financial Mgmt – HFM & Anaplan)
• Develop expertise in financial software to regularly update data and distribute financial reports
• Share information to support strategic planning across Finance and other departments

General & Administrative(G&A) costs

• Provides monthly reporting of G&A costs to budget holders across different departments.
• Works across agency to get costs coded to proper account and budget.
• Analyze actual costs to budget and understand variances and key drivers.

Management Reporting

• Supports Finance and Executive leadership by compiling and analyzing data to create business insights
• Assists with presentations (charts, graphs, etc) of financial information to agency leadership
• Creates reports to highlight trends and evaluate business performance against expectations and historical data

Ad hoc Analysis

• Supports agency leadership by providing data and analysis to solve business problems.
• Extract and summarize data from Groupe financial software to assist leadership team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• Chicago office 4x/wk hybrid schedule
• Relevant internship experience and/or 1+ years of work experience considered
• Strong technical skills, especially Microsoft Excel (Vlookups, Pivot Tables, etc.)
• Effective communication skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
• Comfortable digging through large volumes of reporting for key operational findings
• Ability to maintain and grow positive stakeholder relationships
• Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $50,065.00 - USD $66,360.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/24/2026.