Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Controller

Company Description

About Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get digitally enabled, both in the way they work and how they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. As digital pioneers with 20,000 people and 53 offices worldwide, our experience spanning technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession – combined with our culture of curiosity and relentlessness – enables us to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe. For more information, visit publicissapient.com.

Job Description

As Senior Associate you will work as part of our International financial reporting team with focus on DACH market. Our team coordinates forecast and all reporting functions across all business units for Publicis Sapient DACH. This includes weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual performance. The Senior Associate will help with timely variance analysis, KPI/metric reporting, and special projects as needed. The position will work with various financial and business leaders across the organization with high visibility.

A successful Senior Associate candidate will have the ability to manage multiple projects, adapt to changing business requirements in a fast-paced work environment, an inquisitive and curious nature, and a commitment to delivering financial solutions that balance business needs with regional and corporate obligations.
Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual financial analysis (Budget, Forecast and Actuals)
  • Reach with the Controllership teams in monthly and quarterly closes to support in providing significant variances to budget/forecast and explain the “reason why”
  • Consolidate financial reports from business unit (Matrix Organisation) by rolling up inputs and reaching out for commentary to several stakeholders
• Collaborate and support various processes
  • Ensure efficiency and consistency of planning across divisions.
  • Proactively considering improvements to existing processes how new decisions will impact existing processes. Have “can do” attitude
• Prepare and run business plans (annual budget, rolling forecasts, project calculations)
• Support and assisting in information gathering including KPI and other metrics
  • Ensures business is running smoothly and efficiently in terms of financial processes and operations.
  • Ensure accurate submission of all reports in compliance with Groupe’s deadline.
  • Ad hoc analysis, projects, and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience within FP&A or Financial/Management Reporting
• Groupe/Industry experience preferred
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel; Oracle & PowerBI is an advantage.
• Committed, detail oriented, self-starter with strong problem solving and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects / initiatives on tight schedules and timelines
• Attention to detail and strong analytical, solution-oriented thinking
• Enjoys working in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent English language skills
• German language skills are considered a plus

Additional Information

Benefits of Working Here:

• Insights into the dynamic everyday work of an international, innovative consulting company
• Establishing a personal network beyond national borders
• We work with cutting-edge technology which has always been part of our DNA and we want our employees to define what technologies our clients use next
• We provide many learning opportunities to deepen your skill set and to support your professional growth
• We put the well-being of our people first and organize various health initiatives
• We offer you a vibrant workplace culture with many different community events throughout the year

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to equal employment opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.