Senior Finance Executive

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is not just a company you work for; it's a platform for you to take your talent to the world.

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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.

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Finance Executive to support the finance team in managing day-to-day accounting operations and ensuring accurate financial reporting.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Finance Executive, you will support in media finance operations, including but not limited to:

• On-boarding of new suppliers and clients
• Jobs monitoring, analysis and closing
• Month-end closing process
• Issue/check billing instructions to shared service team and ensure 100% billing completion before end of following month of activity
• Revenue recognition and reconciliation of WIP account. Review completeness and accuracy once posted in ERP System
• Resolve/respond to client billing queries
• Resolve issues in supplier invoices in co-ordination with Media/Operations team
• Work closely with respective teams on issue resolutions
• Regular WIP meeting with Stakeholders
• Accounts Payable responsibilities
• Provide support for audit
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience with at least a Diploma in Finance/Accounting or qualified professional certification
• Prior hands-on experience in Accounting or Accounts Receivables/Billing operations for media industry an advantage, but not mandatory as training would be provided
• Strong in numbers and intermediate in Microsoft Excel (such as pivot table and v-lookup)
• Analytical, meticulous with a positive attitude to learn fast and work hard
• Good team player and able to work with minimal supervision