Finance & CommercialHybrid Remote,
London,
England
Description
Position at GroupM
Job Description
Operating Company | GroupM |
Role Title | Senior Finance Analyst |
Department / Team | GroupM Finance |
Reporting To | Group FP&A Reporting Director |
Location | Red Lion Square, London |
About GroupM GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, Mediacom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. GroupM creates competitive advantage for advertisers via its worldwide organization of media experts who deliver powerful insights on consumers and media platforms, trading expertise, market leading brand-safe media, technology solutions, addressable TV, content, sports and more. |
About the Role The primary objective of the is to support the FP&A Director, to create an efficient and effective FP&A functionality. Based in the company’s head office in London, you will be involved in analysing financials and operational data for multiple different agencies that span across various sites. The role requires designing and building new models & reports and you will have the scope to create, design and implement processes to make the communication of information run smoothly, as well as shaping the compilation and presentation of reports. Key Responsibilities - To provide continuous improvement in the Group’s budgeting and forecasting process, by
standardizing the process across all agencies | - Create and build a monthly and quarterly management pack by identifying key metrics to analyse
and assess results and performance, that allow senior management with strategic decision making | - Create financial models which analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators
including all areas of revenue and operating expenditure | - Create, develop, and maintain reports/data within Adaptive and ensure accuracy across all
operating units | - Work collaboratively and analytically with senior members of the Financial Reporting team,
commercial teams of the agencies, senior management and GroupM EMEA | - Undertake ad-hoc reporting and analysis
| How success is measured: | | | |
Essential: - Fully qualified accountant or equivalent (e.g., CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
| - Ability to interpret and manipulate data in a logical manner
| - Ability to concisely and clearly present information to financial and non-financial people
| - Workflow management, effective organisational and time management skills and ability to plan
and prioritise |
Desirable: - Previous knowledge of Cartesis
| | - Previous experience with creating dashboards
| Behaviours: - Must show a proactive approach to problem solving
| - Desire for continuous improvement
| - Leadership, ability to effect change and make decisions within own sphere
| - Communication at all levels of the company
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