Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Publicis Group; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in Chicago is seeking a Finance/Accounting professional to support forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting across diverse business units. The role emphasizes accuracy in financial software, data distribution, and cross-department collaboration.

The candidate should have a Finance or Accounting degree, internship or 1+ year experience, strong Excel skills (Vlookups, PivotTables), and excellent communication and analytical abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Chicago office 4x/wk hybrid schedule.
• Relevant internship experience and/or 1+ year of work experience.
• Strong technical skills, especially Microsoft Excel (Vlookups, PivotTables, 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.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and Budgeting: Support business unit Finance Directors in creating regular financial forecasts inline with Publicis Groupe schedule; analyze monthly and annual financial results; ensure accuracy of information in Groupe financial software; 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: Provide monthly reporting of G&A costs to budget holders across departments; work across agency to get costs coded to proper account and budget; analyze actual costs to budget and understand variances and key drivers.
• Management Reporting: Support Finance and Executive leadership by compiling and analyzing data to create business insights; assist with presentations (charts, graphs, etc.) of financial information to agency leadership; create reports to highlight trends and evaluate business performance against expectations and historical data.
• Adhoc Analysis: Support agency leadership by providing data and analyses to solve business problems; extract and summarize data from Groupe financial software to assist leadership team.

Skills

Excel

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

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.

Since2014withtheacquisitionofSapient,PublicisGroupehasundergoneaprofoundtransformationbyscalinganewmodelconnectingdata,creativity,andtechnology.TheGroupehascontinuedthisjourneywiththe2019acquisitionofEpsilontofurtherscalethedata-ledofferingandprovidetruemomentumtoourclient'sowntransformation.

Thismodel,withacountry-ledapproach,iscalledthe"PowerofOne"andgathersallthecapabilitiesoftheGroupeunderoneroof,puttingclientsatthecoreoftheorganization.

Responsibilities

ForecastingandBudgeting

• SupportbusinessunitFinanceDirectorsincreatingregularfinancialforecastsinlinewithPublicisGroupeschedule
• Analyzemonthlyandannualfinancialresults,providingcommentaryonvariancestoforecast
• EnsureaccuracyofinformationinGroupefinancialsoftware(HyperionFinancialMgmt–HFM&Anaplan)
• Developexpertiseinfinancialsoftwaretoregularlyupdatedataanddistributefinancialreports
• ShareinformationtosupportstrategicplanningacrossFinanceandotherdepartments

General&Administrative(G&A)costs

• ProvidesmonthlyreportingofG&Acoststobudgetholdersacrossdifferentdepartments.
• Worksacrossagencytogetcostscodedtoproperaccountandbudget.
• Analyzeactualcoststobudgetandunderstandvariancesandkeydrivers.

ManagementReporting

• SupportsFinanceandExecutiveleadershipbycompilingandanalyzingdatatocreatebusinessinsights
• Assistswithpresentations(charts,graphs,etc)offinancialinformationtoagencyleadership
• Createsreportstohighlighttrendsandevaluatebusinessperformanceagainstexpectationsandhistoricaldata

AdhocAnalysis

• Supportsagencyleadershipbyprovidingdataandanalysistosolvebusinessproblems.
• ExtractandsummarizedatafromGroupefinancialsoftwaretoassistleadershipteam

Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegreeinFinanceorAccounting
• Chicagooffice4x/wkhybridschedule
• Relevantinternshipexperienceand/or1+yearsofworkexperienceconsidered
• Strongtechnicalskills,especiallyMicrosoftExcel(Vlookups,PivotTables,etc.)
• Effectivecommunicationskills
• Excellentorganizational,analyticalandproblemsolvingskills
• Comfortablediggingthroughlargevolumesofreportingforkeyoperationalfindings
• Abilitytomaintainandgrowpositivestakeholderrelationships
• Abilitytocollaborateandworkinateamenvironment

Additional information

OurPublicisGroupemotto“VivaLaDifférence”meanswe’rebettertogether,andwebelievethatourdifferencesmakeusstronger.Itmeanswehonorandcelebrateallidentities,acrossallfacetsofintersectionality,anditunderpinsallthatwedoasanorganization.Wearefocusedonfosteringbelongingandcreatingequitable&inclusiveexperiencesforalltalent.

PublicisGroupeprovidesrobustandinclusivebenefitprogramsandpoliciestosupporttheevolvinganddiverseneedsofourtalentandenableeverypersontogrowandthrive.Ourbenefitspackageincludesmedicalcoverage,dental,vision,disability,401K,aswellasparentalandfamilycareleave,familyformingassistance,tuitionreimbursement,andflexibletimeoff.

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

Compensation Range: USD $50,065.00 - USD $66,360.00/NA. 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.