Senior FP&A Director - Multi-Agency Strategy

Publicis Groupe

New York, Chicago (NY, IL)

On-site

USD 121,000 - 194,000

Full time

14 days+

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Dental

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Disability

401K

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in New York is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead a 15-person team, delivering forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and workforce planning across agencies within the Creative & Health Pillars.

You will partner with Agency CFOs and senior leaders to drive governance, standardize processes, and translate financial results into actionable insights, supporting strategic decisions and organizational growth.

Qualifications

10+ years of progressive FP&A or finance experience; advertising industry experience preferred.
Experience leading managers and teams in a multi-agency, multi-business unit, or complex organizational environment.
Strong knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, workforce planning, financial reporting, and performance management.
Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships with senior finance and business leaders.
Experience driving process improvements, standardization initiatives, and systems enhancements.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
Hyperion (HFM) experience required.
SAP, Pigment, Power BI, or similar planning and reporting tools experience preferred.
Strong communication, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary FP&A partner to Agency CFOs and Finance Directors, providing proactive financial insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations to support strategic business decisions, organizational changes, and growth initiatives.
Recruit, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing FP&A team while building organizational capabilities in financial planning, analysis, business partnership, and strategic decision support.
Lead the FP&A team responsible for monthly forecasts, annual budgets, long-range plans, management reporting, and financial analysis across supported agencies, while translating results into clear risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations for agency leadership and executive stakeholders.
Ensure the team delivers accurate and disciplined bottom-up forecasting, including personnel planning, workforce needs, open positions, hiring plans, terminations, attrition assumptions, compensation costs, and related staffing investments.
Oversee planning and forecasting activities related to operating expenses, overhead costs, intercompany allocations, management fees, recharges, vendor costs, and departmental spending.
Drive consistency across agencies by establishing and enforcing common forecasting methodologies, planning assumptions, reporting standards, and financial processes.
Ensure the timely delivery of monthly close analysis, headcount reporting, short-term revenue forecasting, performance reporting, and executive-level results packages.
Monitor agency performance across key financial and operational metrics, including revenue growth, headcount, staff costs, utilization, overhead, profitability, margin, and Trade Working Capital, ensuring appropriate follow-up on material variances, risks, and opportunities.
Oversee client profitability reporting, workforce analytics, and other financial analyses that support improved business performance and decision-making.
Partner with Accounting, Business Intelligence, Finance Systems, and agency finance teams to improve reporting quality, streamline processes, and enhance data-driven decision-making.
Lead finance transformation initiatives across systems, planning platforms, advanced analytics, automation, AI, and digital tools to improve forecasting accuracy, productivity, decision-making, reporting capabilities, and operating effectiveness.
Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, automate, and continuously improve FP&A processes across the organization.