Operations Finance Manager

BRAND: Publicis Media
Job Function: Finance
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
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 Makes, 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 Operations Finance Manager is a key role within Global Production Finance with responsibility for the financial performance, cost optimisation, and commercial reporting of Global Production Hubs. The role owns hub-level financial consolidation, supports global cost transformation programmes, and acts as the primary finance partner to the Operations Finance Director and the Global Production CFO.

Responsibilities

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting across all Global Production Hubs.
• Perform detailed variance analysis versus budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Provide financial performance insights and structured commentary to Global Production leadership.

Hub P&L Consolidation & Market Reporting

• Own end-to-end consolidation of Global Production Hub P&Ls across multiple countries.
• Lead preparation, governance, and maintenance of Global Production rate cards.
• Manage communication to markets on rolling forecasts, budgets, reforecasts, staff utilization reports and performance trends.

Project Costing & Cost Optimisation

• Lead financial modelling and business case development for Global Production cost optimisation initiatives.
• Support offshore delivery strategies, automation programmes, and operating model redesign.
• Track realised versus planned savings and report financial benefits to Global Production leadership.

Executive Finance Support

• Act as the primary financial support for the Operations Finance Director and Global Production CFO.
• Assist in preparing strategic financial analysis and investment cases.
• Support ad-hoc Global Production commercial and operational finance initiatives.

Power BI & Reporting Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards for Global Production hub performance, utilisation, margins, and cost drivers.
• Ensure data accuracy, automation, and consistency across all Global Production reporting outputs.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant: ACCA, CIMA, CA/ACA.
• 6-10+ years of experience in management accounting, FP&A, or operational finance.
• Extensive experience in multi-entity P&L consolidation and Global Production or shared services environments.
• Strong background in project costing, business case development, and cost optimisation.
• Advanced Power BI dashboard development experience is mandatory.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Experience operating in a global, matrix organisation.
• Prior exposure to production, media, professional services, shared services, or outsourcing preferred.
• Experience of SAP & HFM is ideal

What This Role Offers

• Direct exposure to the Global Production CFO and senior leadership.
• Ownership of financial performance across multiple Global Production hubs.
• High-impact role supporting Global Production cost transformation and margin improvement programmes.

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.

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