Overview
In this role you join Publicis Media’s Global Media HQ Finance as a Junior Controller. You will own end-to-end financial controlling, planning, cost management and business partnering across international reporting units. You’ll convert detailed financial data into clear insights to support forecasting, governance and decision-making. The position offers visibility, cross-functional collaboration, and a chance to build a broad foundation in controlling while driving process improvements.
Pay / Benefits
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical cover
- Reflection Days
- Shared Parental Leave
- Flexible working (4 days/week)
Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly management accounts for Global Media HQ units, including operating costs and recharges
- Manage month-end activities: journal entries, P&L updates, and reporting schedules
- Own balance sheet reconciliations and investigate anomalies
- Partner with HR and Payroll on headcount reconciliations and cost allocations
- Monitor POs, invoices and intercompany transactions to ensure timely recognition
- Maintain documentation and support audit readiness
- Take ownership of monthly rolling forecast and pipeline costs
- Support annual budget and forecast cycles in HFM
- Explain variances with clear commentary and actionable recommendations
- Support Groupe reporting requirements and resolve reporting mismatches
- Improve forecast accuracy, consistency and management information quality
- Provide financial support for ad-hoc operational requests
- Track costs, commitments and financial impacts with stakeholders
- Assist in cost allocations and recharge processes across units
- Contribute to financial analyses for informed decision-making
- Build relationships across finance, HR, payroll and operations
- Communicate financial information clearly and tailor detail to audience
- Identify opportunities to simplify and strengthen processes and reporting
Key requirements
- Experience in financial controlling, audit or accounting
- Hands-on in management reporting, forecasting, P&L analysis and closing reconciliation
- Experience in international or multi-stakeholder environments
- Exposure to intercompany transactions and cost recharges
- Strong analytical skills with detailed financial data
- Advanced Excel for models, reconciliations and variance analysis
- Knowledge of ERP/financial planning systems such as SAP and Hyperion
- Professional fluency in English, strong written and verbal communication
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Proactive and collaborative working style
- strong communication
- analytical mindset
- proactive
- Advanced Excel
- SAP
- Hyperion/HFM
Junior Finance Controller - Business Development in London employer: Publicis Media
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