Analyst, Fp&A

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.

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 Mgmt – 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

• 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.)
• Effective communication skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
• 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

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