Key Responsibilities:
Media Income:
- Coordinate, communicate, and oversee all FP&A requirements for Media Income.
- Prepare and analyze monthly forecasts, quarterly forecasts (RFs), and annual budgets, liaising with client leads.
- Submit Service Line budgets and forecasts to SAC Planning System and validate outputs for accuracy and consistency.
- Provide variance analysis, identify risks, and recommend remedial actions.
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations for reviews at Capability / Department / Practice Area level.
- Conduct trend analysis and validate pipelines to inform forecasts.
- Liaise with Client Accounting teams to incorporate deviations into monthly analysis.
- Contribute to month-end close process, ensuring key accruals and discrepancies are resolved.
- Maintain trackers and other formats required for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Identify opportunities for standardization and efficiencies in revenue processes.
Operating Expenditure (Opex):
- Build and maintain robust forecasts, budgets, and tracking models for operational expenditure categories, including IT, research, travel, business costs, marketing, bad debts, recruitment, professional fees, and office supplies.
- Provide reporting and insights on operational expenditure by supplier and spend type.
- Allocate spend by client where applicable and collaborate with FP&A Income Analysts.
- Maintain vendor-wise trackers for forecasts and actuals.
