Sr. Financial Analyst, Client Reporting

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

Client Reporting

• Partners with Client Finance Associate Director to develop reporting formats in accordance with client contracts
• Works closely with client teams to ensure consistent process supports reporting needs including staff utilization and deliverable tracking
• Prepares weekly client reporting based from SAP data
• Partners with billing, production and client teams to ensure client report accuracy
• Works to resolve client reporting related questions and requests

Client Profitability

Prepares client profitability reporting on a monthly basis

• Works closely with Client Finance Associate Director and client teams to analyze issues and identify opportunities for improvement
• Partners with client teams to implement profitability improvement strategies
• Prepares and submits client profitability reporting in HFM in accordance with Publicis Groupe deadlines

Client Forecasts

• Works closely with Client Finance Associate Director to prepare client profitability forecasts

• Submits client profitability forecasts in HFM in accordance with Publicis Groupe deadlines

Contract Management

• Ensures Agency is in compliance with current contractual guidelines

Other

• Partners with client teams on consistent process implementation across all aspects of client related finance matters

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
•    2+ years of relevant work experience
•    Excellent organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
•    Strong technical/analytical skillset, including:
-Microsoft Excel (ex. index-match, pivot tables, nested-ifs, etc.)
-Data Visualization (ex. PowerBI)
-Relational Databases
•    Proven stakeholder management and experience building cross-functional client relationships
•    Confidence and ability to synthesize, challenge and vet information
•    Comfortable digging through large volumes of data to identify key operational insights
•    Experience presenting financial information to both financial and non-financial teams
•    Effective communication skills
•    Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment 
•    Self-motivation to work independently
•    Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment
•    Preference for Chicago area candidates
 

Additional Information

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