FP&A Analyst

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Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Forecasting:

Support monthly quarterly and annual forecasting cycles leveraging historical results to improve forecast accuracy.

Update rolling forecasts with actuals; analyze key drivers of performance vs. budget and prior periods.

Maintain and refine FP&A models including revenue project margins headcount and operating expenses.

Management Reporting & Month-End Analysis:

Collaborate with offshore finance teams to finalize monthly reporting submissions and ensure accuracy of expense coding accruals and revenue

Perform variance analysis and provide insight into monthovermonth and budget vs actual performance.

Prepare departmental P&Ls with commentary for department leaders.

Revenue & Project Performance:

Review revenue forecasts and compare against actuals to project pacing to identify discrepancies.

Partner with Client Finance to monitor project balances staffing profitability and revenue pacing.

Assist in developing insights on client and project performance trends.

Headcount Resource Management & Open Roles:

Support headcount planning and workforce forecasting across departments.

Track open roles hiring progress and vacancy impact on forecasts and capacity planning.

Partner with department leads on staffing levels utilization insights and upcoming resource needs.

Provide analysis on the financial impacts of backfills new hires restructures and talent allocation decisions.

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet Support:

Support cash flow forecasting by reviewing payment timing project billing cycles vendor obligations and working capital needs.

Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and analysis of key accounts as needed.

Business Partnering & Process Improvement:

Collaborate with account teams Client Finance and department heads to improve financial visibility and support operational decision making.

Identify opportunities to automate reporting refine forecasting inputs and streamline finance workflows.

Present financial information clearly and concisely to nonfinance partners.

Governance & Ad Hoc Support

Prepare financial support for internal and external audits.

Ensure compliance with financial policies internal controls and agency standards.

Support special projects modeling enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or related field.

59 years of combined accounting and/or finance experience

Strong month end close experience including journal entries reconciliations and variance analysis.

Experience with budgeting forecasting cash flow and revenue/expense analysis.

Proficiency in Excel and financial systems; experience with ERP or BI tools preferred.

Strong analytical & problem solving skills attention to detail and ability to work independently.

Experience supporting process improvements reporting automation or system enhancements is a plus.

Ability to handle confidential information with high ethical standards.

The Perks

Not only will you be joining a multi-award-winning Agency with great culture you will also have the unique opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from our other offices across the globe. There is a whole heap of benefits that come with the role- a flexible holiday package starting at 20 days corporate discounts commuter benefits cell phone reimbursement and much more. Our benefit plans have your total well-being in mind and we offer an extensive list you can choose from to suit your needs.

About MKTG Sports Entertainment

MKTG SE is a global agency that harnesses the power of sports and entertainment for brands. For over 20 years weve ignited fandom and innovated activation in the world of sports and entertainment to make something worth noticing engaging liking sharing and remembering. We leverage deep INSIGHTS and our network of seasoned & creative team members to create IMPACT between properties fans & brands.

Today we help brands move at THE SPEED OF FANS which means we aim to know fans better than they know themselves. MKTG SE is a part of the broader dentsu Sports International network.

Working with us

Were an agency born of fanaticsfans of sports (yes even pickleball).

Fans of music (we sing in the shower).

Fans of data (were proud nerds).

Fans of art (from exhibitions to film).

Fans of culture (this is huge). And that means we put it all in for what we love truly understanding what fans need want feel hate and love about the brands and properties we lead.

Were led by our core values which focus on collaboration community inspiring change pursuing excellence and celebrating bravery all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients.

Were a community where you are free to be you where good work gets rewarded and you are truly energized by the team around you. Its more than just warm & fuzzies happy humans are vital to our commercial success. And together we make magic.

Inclusion and Diversity

Were proud to be different and that starts with our people. To us representation means more than just diversity it means true equity. We wont define people by their race gender sexual-orientation age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. We are constantly evaluating our practices and policies creating and sustaining pathways to promotion and intentional in how we create and distribute resources giving people what they need to grow. Thats what we care about. So whether youre joining us or looking to move to a different part of the business we work hard to make sure we create opportunities for everyone. We offer team member support through flexible working arrangements and schedules that promote work/life balance along with progressive parental and caregiver programs as well as opportunities to give back to the community as part of our global social responsibility efforts.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

The anticipated salary range for this position is ($54000-$83088). Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience knowledge skills and other factors permitted by law.A range of medical dental vision 401(k) matching paid time off and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits please visit

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