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Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Founded in Paris in 1926, we are present in more than 100 countries as leaders in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation. Two of its biggest solution hubs in Singapore - Publicis Communications and Publicis Media & Digital.

Publicis Communications, the creative communications hub of the Publicis Groupe, is a collective of the most passionate, purposeful, and progressive creative agencies in Singapore. They are Publicis Worldwide, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Prodigious, and MSL.

Publicis Media & Digital, which is comprised of global media agency brands Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, and Performics, is powered by digital-first, data-driven global practices that together, help our clients navigate the modern media landscape.

Our two other solution hubs, Publicis Sapient and Publicis Commerce, empower businesses to embrace digital transformation and equip them with a total commerce experience.

As an Accountant at Publicis, you will manage financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance to support accurate and timely decision-making across the agency. You'll collaborate with internal teams to ensure adherence to corporate policies, regulatory standards, and client financial requirements.

• Co-work with Financial Controller to implement and execute end-to-end process of a job management workflow and design job structure involving IT tech support team, non-Finance team.  
• Onboard new joiners to the new process and workflow. This includes maintaining ppt and conducting training of non-Finance team on use of Altair, integrating job workflow following client requirements.
• Manage this end-to-end process from job management to GL flow and advise work arounds to job closures from Finance standpoint
• Continuous upkeep of job structure, E-T-E process as and when there are new changes or updates
• Participate in UAT as and when is needed
• Conduct monthly job review full job reconciliation with non-Finance audience. This includes review of aged jobs and aged POs in compliance to. Ensure job closures in a timely manner
• Ensure “financial health” of jobs are in compliant to Groupe FMC control and audit requirements
• Attend weekly Revenue meeting sessions with stakeholders;
• Follow up on documentation for revenue take-up
• Address issues to meet revenue landing at month-end
• Perform Revenue Analysis and Closing via SAP system at ME-1 to meet monthly revenue landing at month-end
• Plays a critical role to approving job opening in Altair. This forms the basic to setting up the correct job structure and revenue take-up in the system.
• Plays an active role to any questions pertaining job opening, to ensure that the correct job is setup in the system in line to client contract / how the job is going to be executed.
• Approving supplier purchase orders in the systems, ensure correct job no. / workcode / costs etc are taken into consideration in overall job recon. No costs overruns.
• Plays an active role to any questions pertaining to supplier or inter-company Pos.
• Other adhoc month end schedule and audit documentation compilation

·       Ability to work under strict timeline

·       Ability to problem solve independently, think systematically

·       Ability to multi-task

·       Organised and systematic

·       Posses a can-do spirit, work in a fast paced environment

·       Ability to communicate and do presentations to non-Finance stakeholders

·       At least 5 years of experience working in Advertising Industry

·       Possess a Degree in Business / Accounting / a CPA or ACCA or CA

Requires a high level of grit and resilience during the first six months as you adapt and familiarise yourself with processes, systems, and expectations.