Financial Controller

  • Full-time

Company Description

Re:Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-largest communications group. Formed in 1998 as a small team to service a few Publicis Groupe firms, Re:Sources has grown to 5,000+ people servicing a global network of prestigious advertising, public relations, media, healthcare and digital marketing agencies. We provide technology solutions and business services including finance, accounting, legal, benefits, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management to help Publicis Groupe agencies do what they do best: create and innovate for their clients.   

In addition to providing essential, everyday services to our agencies, Re:Sources develops and implements platforms, applications and tools to enhance productivity, encourage collaboration and enable professional and personal development. We continually transform to keep pace with our ever-changing communications industry and thrive on a spirit of innovation felt around the globe. With our support, Publicis Groupe agencies continue to create and deliver award-winning campaigns for their clients.

Job Description

  • Complete monthly, quarterly, and year-end tasks in accordance with the operating indicators defined in the department and the organization.
  • Prepare and load the journal entries of medium complexity into the accounting system in accordance with the requirements received for each of the entities in the Region to comply with the closing dates of the Group.
  • Update the financial reports of the ledger accounts under his/her responsibility, as part of the monthly closing cycle, in order to analyze the financial information of the Group entities.
  • Reconcile intercompany accounting balances and follow up on inconsistencies in the balances of accounts with related companies in each monthly closing or financial scenario prepared by the team, complying with the review dates established in the work schedule
  • Create, extend, close and/or modify the "Jobs", Purchase Orders, Clients and Suppliers in the accounting system that are required by the contacts to complete the billing and requests in the entities to which the company provides service.
  • Approve the invoices of the suppliers in the system (Workflow) and follow up on the reports of the Accounts Payable team (PDR, others) in order to process the invoices received from the entities that the service is provided before the cut-off date.
  • Manage and verify the Billing process (end to end), request through the Bot or perform it in the accounting system ("Billing Drafts") in accordance with the requirements of each of the entities to meet the deadlines established with the Group .
  • Prepare FMC controls for entities under their scope to upload into the Blackline system according to the work schedule.
  • Support the process of internal, FMC, and external audits, maintaining the controls of the complete and correct operating procedures, as well as providing the requested information.
  • Escalate issues and deviations from the standard process to management.
  • Identify opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement of processes related to the department to establish new strategies and apply best practices.
  • Create and update the manuals of the processes in charge.
  • Initiate one-on-one discussions with the supervisor. Participate in special projects and other initiatives required by the organization. Eg: Migrations, systems implementation, support to other regions and/or partners, others.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor/Master degree in Accountancy, Business Administration, Economics or Finance
  • Very good English
  • Knowledge of another European language is a plus
  • 5+ years of proven experience in similar role
  • Good communication skills • Strong attention to detail
  • Strong MS Office skills (mainly Excel)
  • Strong knowledge of SAP
  • Hyperion knowledge is a strong plus (or any other Group consolidation software)
  • Ability to work analytically within a problem solving environment
  • Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time-management skills
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