Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V invites you to join their FP&A team in New York, NY as a Manager, FP&A for APEX Exchange. This onsite role offers a competitive annual salary of USD 75,000 - 90,000 and a focus on budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. You will guide data management, drive process improvements, and provide ad hoc reporting to support the team’s success.

Responsibilities

• Manage data governance and reconciliation between Salesforce and Media Ocean to ensure consistent, accurate information across platforms.
• Support strategic and operational planning, including the preparation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts.
• Perform variance analyses against budgets and forecasts, interpret results, and assess implications for future performance.
• Generate and distribute monthly reports with insightful commentary to provide context and actionable insights.
• Strengthen processes by instituting tighter controls, improving data accuracy, streamlining workflows, and conducting in-depth analyses for ongoing optimization.
• Leverage data to identify revenue drivers, develop key performance indicators, and inform financial decision making.
• Deliver ad hoc financial and operational analyses to guide strategies that enhance profitability and growth.
• Support month-end close activities and related financial reporting tasks.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Finance or Media Finance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred.
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles, including GAAP, IFRS, debits/credits, revenue recognition, accrual accounting, financial modeling, budgeting, profitability and variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Advanced MS Excel modeling skills (lookups, pivot tables, etc.) with familiarity in Power BI.
• Proficient in the MS Office suite, including PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across diverse groups within the agency.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with financial reporting systems such as HFM, accounting software like SAP, and media billing systems.

Technologies

• Salesforce
• Media Ocean
• HFM
• SAP
• MS Excel
• Power BI
• PowerPoint
• MS Office