Financial Analyst, FP&A, North America

Financial Analyst, FP&A, North America

Based in New York-Hybrid Work Structure

The Role

As a FP&A Analyst you will be an integral member of the BCW NA finance team, reporting to the NA Regional Finance Director. You will be responsible for providing critical analysis and insights to help drive business decisions. You are responsible for building, maintaining, updating, and modifying financial models that serve as the tools for management to make strategic decisions. In addition, you will be working and communicating with local finance teams across the U.S. as well as senior NA leadership. This is an opportunity to bring new impactful innovations and insights to a highly functioning team that directly contribute to the growth and profitability of the agency.

The Team

The regional finance team at BCW NA is the backbone of our success which allows the leadership team to make informed decisions and our client service teams to deliver award winning work for clients. We are an extremely collaborative group and expect everyone to be a team player and be able to multi-task. We look for people who are self-driven and have a passion to grow their skills and knowledge in the financial field.

Responsibilities

• Support the review and analysis of the annual market and regional budgets and quarterly forecast processes.
• Create analysis and presentations for executive management.
• Review monthly and quarterly reporting and explain key impacts in verbal and written communication.
• Develop insightful, actionable, and accurate financial analysis to key business owners.
• Maintain and improve detailed financial models.
• Ensure processes and reviews allow for accurate and thorough reporting.
• Collaborate with other members of the BCW NA finance team, including local finance teams across the U.S.
• Perform ad-hoc reporting to drive financial results and/or based on immediate need.
• Assist with Net Working Capital reporting pre-close for each market.
• Process improvement with billability reporting for senior management.

Qualifications That Contribute to Your Success

• 3+ years of experience in corporate finance and or FP&A.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, including excel and VBA/macros.
• Experience in Visualization deployments (Power BI or Tableau).
• Experience in predictive analytics a plus.
• Experience in financial reporting systems (SAP BFC, Hyperion, Oracle, etc.).
• Understanding of basic accounting concepts and principles.
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills with a flexible interpersonal style to clearly present ideas both verbally and in writing.
• Dissatisfaction with status quo; always looking for a better way to accomplish goals.
• Ability to work independently and/or part of a team to complete multiple projects on time.
• Desire to work in a diverse and inclusive organization as an active participant in culture initiatives, training opportunities and employee resource groups.

Perks of working at BCW

• Hybrid work environment that offers the flexibility and balance of working from home and going into the office
• Paid time off for vacation, sick and personal days, as well as Summer Fridays. Our Flexible Holiday Policy includes 9 paid holidays inclusive of Juneteenth and World Mental Health Day, with the option to swap out a company holiday for another personally significant day. We also offer paid time off for voting, jury duty, bereavement and school leave. In addition, our offices are closed for Winter Break between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
• 12 weeks paid Parental Leave to bond with your new child, also inclusive of adoption and foster care
• Wellness benefits including healthcare, vision, dental and pet insurance, as well as free virtual or in-person counselling for mental health.
• 401K Savings and Investment Plans

• Commuter benefits using pre-tax dollars per month to pay for eligible commuting & parking expenses
• WPP Employee Discount Program based on client roster
• Career growth opportunities through continued education, training & development courses, and BCW's Career Pathing program
• Employee Resource Groups that provide our employees the platform to network, build key leadership skills, gain greater visibility and access to senior leadership, have an impact at BCW and the outside community and accelerate their careers.

About BCW:

BCW is part of WPP's global, multi-faceted, multi-talented creative engine, with access to countless opportunities to grow.

BCW is one of the world's largest full-service global communications agencies. Founded by the merger of Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe in 2018, BCW delivers digitally, and data-driven creative content and integrated communications programs grounded in earned media and scaled across all channels for clients in the B2B, consumer, corporate, crisis management, CSR, healthcare, public affairs, and technology sectors.

We wholly believe that our diversity is our strength and feeds the creativity critical to success, so Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (I.D.E.A.) are embedded into everything we do for our people, agency, clients and the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from talent across all dimensions of race/ethnicity and the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, differently abled and veteran communities.

For more information, visit bcw-global.com.

BCW is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MF/Disability/Vet, and we are proud of our diverse workforce.

Our organization participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $50,000 to $105,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click [here] for more details

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