Client Finance Manager

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way 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. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Job Description

Publicis Sapient is looking for highly skilled and experienced Client Finance Manager, specializing in our Practices team, to join our dynamic Finance team. As a part of a growing agency, you will leverage your exceptional problem-solving abilities, Excel skills, demonstrated expertise in generating actionable analytics, and unwavering commitment to achieving tangible results. By enhancing financial operations across a diverse range of Capabilities and Practices, you will play a pivotal role in our mission to drive transformative change on a global scale. Your innovative solutions, extensive experience, and exceptional leadership will shape the future of our organization.

Your Impact:

•    Work closely with senior manager and one other client finance manager to provide comprehensive financial reporting and analysis, supporting strategic decision-making, and enhancing operating performance for the Practices teams.
•    Provide expert guidance and analysis on forecasting, P&L analysis, budgeting, and operational efficiency, using industry-leading practices.
•    Collaborate with the Practice leaders and Financial Reporting partners to analyze and provide insightful context on results.
•    Coordinate data gathering and reporting for senior management, including KPIs and metrics, to share actionable insights across the organization. Provide informed recommendations and implement best practices to tackle critical business challenges.
•    Collaborate with the Senior Director and Senior Manager to design and implement efficient financial processes and operations, emphasizing the significance of accuracy and timely submission of data, in line with industry benchmarks.
•    Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including North America and International Client Finance teams, Capacity, Business, and Country CFOs, to optimize financial processes, enhancing communication, capability reporting, and labor usage.
•    Assist with the adoption of best practices in financial reporting and global consolidation, actively supporting business reviews and providing valuable thought leadership.
•    Manage ad hoc requests, process management, and special projects, including internal restructures, financial re-statements, labor and utilization analytics, Power BI dashboard data validation, Persuasive Evidence (PE) reporting, and adjusted financials, ensuring successful completion of assigned duties.

Qualifications

Your Skills and Experience:

•    5 to 7 years of experience in Client Finance and/or Financial Reporting.
•    Proven track record of independently working on projects to successful completion, problem-solving, and adhering to required timelines.
•    Excellent communication skills to convey complex metrics and financial topics clearly and accurately to internal teams and management at all levels.
•    Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, conceptualize, develop, and refine innovative financial/ operational models.
•    Proficiency in interpreting financial results and key ratios to analyze and forecast trends.
•    Superior Excel skills, including experience in financial/operational model building and comfort with building and using advanced formulas.
•    Excellent ability to build and leverage strong relationships and trust within a team and with stakeholders across an organization.

Set Yourself Apart With: 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
•    Ability to effectively manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and thrive in time-sensitive environments, while maintaining high integrity.
•    Perceptive discernment to anticipate/identify problems, understand and be able to explain variances, evaluate consistency of financial information reported by agencies, calculate, and project results.
 

Additional Information

Benefits of Working Here:

• Gender-Neutral Policy
• Access to health insurance
• Employee engagement activities and events

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way 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. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 65 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.