Assistant Manager- FP & A

Company Description

PublicisGroupe, is a full service Media agency. We have been providing quality Digital, Creative & Media Mandates across industries & clients in the field of Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Online Reputation Management services , Media Mandates I TV, Print, Radio Out of Home across the globe. With the help of our experience, constant research in technologies that drive the internet today and an eye for perfection, we ensure you have maximum visibility online and help you seamlessly integrate internet marketing into the overall marketing strategy of your organization. The fact that we offer almost all services that fall under the umbrella term gives us a holistic view of what helps businesses online & offline. We have evolved our strategies over time and we understand that that generating meaningful sales leads from the internet, mobile, TV, Print, Radio, Out of Home , involves seamless interworking of various avenues of marketing. This integrated approach marketing helps our clients business ranking higher, generate more sales by advertising on popular platforms

Job Description

Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis

Designation: (Assistant Manager – Country FP&A)

Qualification: CA / CMA / MBA Finance

Experience: 2 to 3 years post qualification.
(Preferably in Media & Advertising, Consulting, IT)

Key Responsibilities (covering a multitude of roles):

The FP&A team member will report into the FP&A lead and will be responsible for India Financials:

Budgeting / Forecasting:

• Reviewing & providing right financial analysis, which will enable the FP&A Director and Country CFO to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions for the Group.
• Manage all aspects of the financial reporting, including Budgets, Rolling Forecasts and Actuals, while ensuring timeliness and accuracy of financial results.

Management Reporting:

• Providing flash reporting to management based on best estimates.
• Responsible to track the New Business pipeline for the organization.
• Preparation of Month end dashboards covering key P&L, Balance sheet and Operational KPIs at Country/Brand/Practice levels.

• Support the FP&A senior lead in providing financial analysis in determining feasibility and business impact of new initiatives on revenue and profitability.
• Reviewing financials on a daily basis during the month-end period and reporting issues & red flags to finance management,
• Comparing Actual to plan/ forecast/ prior period to ensure correct month-end close &; investigating unusual postings and escalating the same to various teams.
• Preparing monthly management reporting, updating reporting decks & getting it reviewed with Finance Management.

Balance Review:

• Conducting the Risk assessment on Balance sheet of various agency and highlighting the flags to Finance Management.

• Providing B/S aging analysis to Finance Management on Monthly basis.

Hyperion / Essbase knowledge is must. Good to have SAP working knowledge.

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe Commitment to Diversity & Equity Policy:

Publicis Groupe is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in spirit and in action at every level of the organization. It reflects our core values and embodies our purpose of building a great company enabling human potential. We have a deep-rooted appreciation for how diversity of thought drives innovation, and we ground that value in a culture of collaboration and connected thinking.

• Diversity & inclusion are business imperatives on which Publicis Groupe will not negotiate. While fostering a work environment that is inclusive of all talent is a collective responsibility, it is leadership’s job to nurture the career aspirations and goals of all our talent. Promoting gender equality starts at the top and the Groupe will not tolerate anyone speaking for our organization who does not value the importance of inclusion. Publicis Groupe works very hard to champion diversity and will continue to insist that each agency’s leadership be champions of both diversity and inclusion.
• Our Core values “ VIVA LA DIFFERENC’E is based on the very aspect of celebrating differences 
• Our strategy focuses on bringing together teams with diverse perspectives, disciplines, and experiences, because diversity of thought best serves our clients and their customers who they aspire to impact

Equal Employment Commitment:

1. We provide equal opportunities to all our employees and to all eligible applicants for employment in our company. We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
2. When recruiting, developing and promoting our employees, our decisions will be based solely on performance, merit, competence and potential.
3. We shall have fair, transparent and clear employee policies which promote diversity and equality, in accordance with applicable law and other provisions of this Code. These policies shall provide for clear terms of employment, training, development and performance management.