Finance Manager, Global Revenue Recognition

As a Finance Manager specialising in revenue, you will be a member of the Global Revenue Operations Team and specialising on assigned Team Verticals in Publicis Sapient International. You will help drive and ensure accurate revenue recognition through review and analysis of client contracts, supporting analysis of monthly revenue, review of reconciliations relating to revenue related accounts with some initial preparation responsibilities, monthly financial reporting, and involvement with both external and internal audits.

You will be collaborating and working closely not only with people in your team which span the globe, but also with the Client Finance and Business Operation Teams in London and overseas.  You will work to understand issues and research problems, find solutions, perform analyses to understand our results, and help uphold our policies and procedures. You display intellectual curiosity, have a desire to understand how things work, and are excited by change and learning.

Experience Guidelines:

• 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 prioritise 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 organisation.
• 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, organisation, 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.

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations 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.