Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis

  • Full-time

Company Description

Publicis Groupe, known for its award-winning creativity, best-in-class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world's third largest communications group. With 80,000+ colleagues in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

 

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.

Job Description

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 Management – 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 3x/wk hybrid schedule
  • Relevant internship experience and/or 1+ years of work experience considered
  • Strong technical skills, especially Microsoft Excel (Vlookups, Pivot Tables, etc.)
  • 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

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

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 encouraging 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 allow 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 [email protected].

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