Director, FP&A

About the role

Publicis Health, a healthcare communications agency within Publicis Groupe, is looking for a Director, FP&A based in New York. The Director is the primary FP&A partner to the CFO of Health and leads the team supporting Health consolidation and agency FP&A. The role owns the consolidated financial view and story of Health, turning performance, forecasts, workforce trends, risks and opportunities into clear insights and recommendations.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the CFO's primary FP&A partner, translating financial and operating information into a clear view of performance, outlook, risks, opportunities and recommended actions, and drive follow-through on finance-supported decisions.
• Own the consolidated FP&A view across approximately six agency brands, integrating forecasts, business drivers and operating perspectives into a single financial story.
• Lead scenario analysis on revenue, staffing, compensation, productivity, utilization, client activity, investment and restructuring, and link headcount and staff-cost trends to revenue and business demand.
• Evaluate the financial and operational implications of hiring, attrition, severance, restructuring and redeployment, and monitor the outcomes of workforce decisions.
• Build strong relationships with the five Heads of Finance, challenging assumptions constructively and partnering with Resource Management, Talent, Operations, New Business and specialist teams such as Treasury and Tax.
• Lead an FP&A team of about seven professionals, setting roles, workflows and analytical standards, delegating routine work and developing team members toward analysis and business partnership.
• Lead Health consolidation, forecasting, budgeting and management reporting, review agency submissions and forecasts before they enter the consolidated view, and own the bonus and severance planning, forecasting, tracking and reporting processes.