Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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 4x/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

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable &…