Associate Finance Director

BRAND: Publicis Production
Job Function: Finance
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Management
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Within Publicis Groupe's Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world's biggest studio network, we leverage the industry's richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world's first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.

Just content that works, working a lot harder.

Overview

The Associate Finance Director, Global Solutions, is a key supporting role within the global production commercial finance team, working directly with executive leadership to drive financial excellence across global production delivery models. This position requires exceptional communication skills, technical proficiency, and the ability to analyze and synthesize large volumes of data for clients and executive presentations. The Associate Finance Director will collaborate across all levels of the organization and geographies, contributing to strategic initiatives, client onboarding, and ongoing client finance management.

Responsibilities

Financial Analysis & Executive Support

• Provide comprehensive financial analysis and insights to support executive decision-making and strategic planning for key global clients including preparation of global client P&Ls.

• Prepare and summarize complex financial data for executive-level presentations, ensuring clarity and actionable recommendations including modeling and scenario planning to evaluate alternative courses of action.

• Assist in the development, optimization and maintenance of financial frameworks for global delivery models. Including management of global revenue, staffing, billing, and cost allocations in close collaboration with delivery hubs, regional leadership, and local markets.

Commercial Excellence & Client Onboarding

• Support seamless client onboarding by collaborating with cross-functional teams, client contacts, and global internal stakeholders.

• Assist in setting up new clients by coordinating global financial processes, support resolution of outstanding issues with clients and internally, and ensuring process compliance post new business wins. This includes proposals for revenue recognition, staffing, and billing processes, considering tax, FX, and working capital risks.

Governance, Compliance & Reporting

• Support legal and compliance efforts for client contracts acting as a partner to internal client teams across regions.

• Support global client reporting coordination in alignment with contractual requirements utilizing production technology along with internal financial systems.

Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer

• Build and nurture strong relationships with global teams, solution hubs, client procurement partners, and key intermediaries to enable effective collaboration.

• Support knowledge sharing and alignment across regions, striving for continuous improvement in commercial finance processes.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting required; Master's (MBA, MS Finance, or equivalent) preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or financial analysis, with at least 2 years in a role supporting executive stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience working in a global organization or supporting cross-regional or global business initiatives.

• Proven track record of preparing and presenting financial analysis for executive-level decision-making.

• Advertising or PR industry experience preferred.

• Experience with client finance and commercial finance supporting complex client models.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and data analysis.

• Expert-level skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other data visualization tools.

• Ability to synthesize and summarize large volumes of complex data for executive presentations.

Additional information

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Production. We're committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group - whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn't just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.