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Financial Planning & Analyst
Posted 8 hours 54 minutes ago by Publicis Groupe
ABOUT PUBLICIS GROUPE UK
Publicis Groupe UK is the UK arm of Publicis Groupe, a global transformation partner to the world's biggest companies, and one of the world's largest marketing services group with more than 100,000 employees across 100 countries. In the UK, we have 25 agencies and capabilities including Digitas, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Leo, Zenith, Starcom, MSL and Taylor Herring. We employ 5,000 people with expertise across the full range of business and marketing transformation services. We have three main offices in the UK in Chancery Lane (Holborn), Television Centre (White City) and Turnmills (Farringdon).
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Job DescriptionABOUT THE ROLE
MSLGroup is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated FP&Ato join our London team. In this role, you'll support the Commercial Director; working closely with key stakeholders across MSL and collaborate with other finance teams within the wider Publicis Groupe.
This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong foundation in finance who's looking to develop their commercial accounting skills further. You'll gain valuable experience in budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and commercial analysis, while contributing to the smooth running of financial processes
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE
You will be looking to develop your accounting and analytical skills. You will have good attention to detail, a strong understanding of accounting principles and be a confident excel user. Also enjoy working with people and playing an important role in a team. Furthermore, you will be interested in developing your accounting, analytical skills and commercial skills. You will have some experience of working in an organisation in a similar role and be ready to take your next step and build your career.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare annual budgets (full P&L) and ensure timely upload to Hyperion
Manage monthly reforecasts and upload to Hyperion
Lead weekly revenue rolling forecasts and collaborate with team leads
Produce staff utilisation and timesheet analysis reports
Generate client profitability and servicing level reports
Maintain and update budget trackers (e.g., marketing, recruitment)
Support capacity planning and analysis
Partner with client teams on retainer accounts and ad-hoc commercial reviews
Conduct monthly balance sheet reviews and payroll reporting
Own and manage internal audit processes (SOD Matrix, System Access Review, etc.)
Contribute to quarterly Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting
Regularly update rate cards and ensure accurate system uploads
Provide ad-hoc financial analysis as required
Personal Qualities and Skills
You're studying towards an accounting qualification (ACCA or CIMA)
You will ideally have some experience in a FP&A role, preferably in a creative or agency environment
You're confident using Excel with experience of managing large data files and complex formulas (comfortable with functions like VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.)
You're curious, willing to learn, and keen to grow in a supportive team
Experience with finance systems like Hyperion or SAP would be ideal, but not required
Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.
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