Company description Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000 people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. Overview Manage Revenue Assurance, responsible for revenue recognition with a focus on the Revenue Close and Controls. Primary Responsibilities: Manage the daily activities and processes related to the Contract to Cash function for the EU and MENA regions of PS International, and ensure compliance with both IFRS and Publicis Groupe's policies and procedures. Act as a technical accounting resource and partner with various teams in the organization (e.g. Delivery, Client Finance, and Legal) to identify and address potential risks relating to revenue recognition during contract negotiations. Practical application of IFRS 15/ASC 606 for moderate to complex revenue-related accounting issues to the review and analysis of larger value contracts, or other forms of persuasive evidence, to ensure proper revenue recognition. Analyze and understand risks associated with revenue-related balance sheet accounts including unbilled revenue, aged accounts receivable, and work-in-process, while assessing certain potential reserve and provision requirements. Manage and direct the work of both direct and indirect reports during the month and month-end close process, while reviewing working papers/deliverables to ensure good work quality and compliance with internal controls and policies. Take ownership of liaising with external and internal auditors, and work with the GRO team to prepare support, address queries, justify revenue positions, and understand root causes of deficiencies to escalate within GRO. Drive process improvement by proactively identifying issues, setting operational goals, communicating to appropriate stakeholders, and taking ownership until resolved and/or put into production. Responsible for three direct reports, and managing their growth through career development and training/mentoring (e.g. setting goals and expectations, providing constructive and positive feedback, monitoring progress). Other ad hoc projects and analyses as required. Responsibilities Responsibilities will cover areas of responsibility across financial and commercial operations management, as follows: - Strategic partnership: Produce financial presentations in collaboration with leaders for the annual Industry Strategy Review, articulating the industry's financial position and outlook. - Industry BI: Prepare and review reports on items including but not limited to accrued and deferred revenue, past due balances, and PE risk. Generate regular and ad hoc reports on financial metrics and operational efficiency. - Forecasting and Target-Setting: Coordinate regular forecasts and annual target-setting, collecting inputs from Client Services teams. Manage forecast inputs across multiple partners including Market Finance Leads and regional finance leadership. - Revenue Guidance Process: Own weekly revenue estimation process, understanding key risks and opportunities across the region / industry, challenge Client Partners on revenue outlook, and communicating this clearly to senior leaders in both business and finance teams. - Capacity Team Partnership: Understand the impact of staffing issues and leverage models on profitability. - P&L Reviews: Lead P&L reviews with Finance and Industry leadership, extracting key messages and actions to explain variances and identify opportunities to improve financial performance. - Collaborate with Account Teams: Work with Client Services and Project Management teams to improve project profitability through analysis and decision-making support. - Profitability Analysis: Use quarterly results and profit modelling to maintain a full-year profitability outlook. Identify and implement plans to manage risks and improve profitability. - Investment Assessment: Assess financial implications of investments and non-billable costs to support informed decision-making. - Contract Review: Review MSAs and SOWs to ensure alignment between sold and delivered services and validation of pricing and key commercial terms. - Deal Review: Support deal modelling and review processes, evaluating key assumptions/levers and providing context on the impact of new deals. · Pipeline maintenance: Help ensure accuracy and timeliness of the commercial pipeline through review of price quotations, validation of shifts in pipeline stages, removal of stale opportunities, etc. - Financial Closes: Partner with Controllership and Revenue teams to help complete monthly financial closes and provide insight around key commercial variances to Market Finance Leads. - Operational Challenges: Identify and address operational and financial challenges, acting as an escalation point when necessary. - Managing Direct Reports: Manage direct reports across various geographies, fostering a collaborative work environment across the global Client Finance community Qualifications Established revenue professional with 5 years of US GAAP/IFRS experience in the Technology or Advertising sectors who is familiar with a variety of revenue concepts, practices, and procedures and applying this experience. Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, and prioritize competing obligations, manage various tasks and ensure timely completion working a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines throughout the month. Ability to gather facts, solve problems, draw conclusions and make decisions while considering various perspectives and understanding downstream impacts. Demonstrated communication skills, which includes the ability to write reports, business correspondence, or other analyses using clear, concise and appropriate language for stakeholders ranging from junior members to executive level. Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, vendors, and others both inside and outside the organization. Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to establish credibility, influence, motivate and lead colleagues and team members, and forge relationships across departments. Strong Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint skills desired. Experience with Oracle, SAP, or other ERP system required. Strong time management, organization, and program management skills. Education: BS/BA degree in Accounting or Finance with 5 years of public and/or private accounting experience CPA or Chartered Accountant, a big plus. Additional information Benefits of Working Here: Comprehensive private healthcare covering pre-existing conditions Life insurance Dental insurance 33 days holiday including bank holidays Reimbursement of costs for obtaining professional certification (ACCA and CIMA) Free and delicious coffee served by our very own in-house baristas