Hybrid FP&A Analyst: Forecasting, Reporting & Insights

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

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.