Job Description
As a Commercial Finance Manager, his/her main role is to act as both a controller as well as business partner with servicing team to provide sound financial solution to the Company. Besides that, he/she will also need to work with other stakeholders for various reporting requirements as well as strongly focus on client-related matters.
Stakeholders: Servicing teams; Local Reporting team; Local Shared Accounting Service Center; Regional Finance; Client’s procurement and Accounting Dept; External Compliance Auditor…
Scopes:
Commercial Business partnering & controlling:
- Work closely on Client-related matters with various relevant stakeholders directly at detailed level: fees proposal, resources allocation, quotations, ...
- Billing & collection follow up, aging and accrual follow up, including problem solving.
- Lead the process of client contracts
- Billing reconciliation including FX variances
- Accounting & tax & BS review (SAP system)
- Client audit, internal audit
- Control to ensure agreed terms are compliant.
- Manage the business potential new opportunities
Reporting:
- Monthly closing process: including actual & forecast revenue, client costs, spendings, and all related reports.
- Quarterly volume & trade discount report for global consolidation purpose.
- Other client’s related ad-hoc reports as requested by Global/ MD/ DMD/ line manager.
Other tasks as assigned from line manager.
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in finance, auditing or management accounting. Candidate from Big4 audit background is advantageous.
- Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance (strongly preferred).
- Good at English communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proficiency in MS office, particularly Excel and Word.
- Be proactive and Take Initiative in working with line manager and finance business partners.
- Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize workload.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication skills.
Top Skills
What We Do
As a platform at the intersection of marketing and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of creativity and technology, Publicis Groupe is built on The Power of One. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 80,000 talents across four Solution hubs: creative with Publicis Communications (Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, BBH, Marcel, Fallon, MSL, Prodigious), media services with Publicis Media (Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Performics, Digitas), digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient and health & wellness communications with Publicis Health. Publicis Groupe’s agencies are present in over 100 countries around the world.
