Publicis Groupe Africa Recruitment 2021

Responsibilities 

Day-to-day

• Raise POs and run regular reports to see where supplier invoices are o/s
• Oversee billing process – run reports to check unbilled CEs and follow up with CS
• Manage cash flow and work in progress on a weekly basis
• Trail Balance: check balance sheet and income statement accounts weekly and resolve issues
• Prepare and submit payment schedules as per cash flow
• Debtors and creditors: manage sub-ledgers according to payment terms and cash flow allowances

Month-end

• Run revenue report at month-end, check against forecast and comment on variances
• Accruals: accrue revenue and expenses accordingly
• Work in progress: run report on revenue closing and identify DR WIP balances
• Open PO’s: run report on revenue closing and identify open PO accruals on Chase and NAV
• Check trial balance: identify and rectify any issues
• Balance sheet: run report at month-end and provide commentary on variances
• Resfin reporting/PICT: update reports with commentary | Assist FC with reporting

Taxes

• WHT: run reports and manage certification process for write-offs
• Levies: run reports and manage certification process for write-off

Ad Hoc

• Assist PWA staff with Chase queries
• Ensure co-operative relationships are maintained with Resources service providers
• Supportive role to Publicis West Africa staff by assisting with administrative queries (i.e. Client follow-up, cost estimates corrections, issuing of credit notes etc.)
• Assist Chief Financial Officer with various reports (i.e. revenue/billing)
• Ensure client contracts are valid and signed and available (to access)
• Monthly reports open and closed job bag: report deadline 1st week of the month
• Monthly reports time by client: report deadline 1st week of the month
• Monthly reports time by user: report deadline 1st week of the month
• Assist the Senior Vice President with costings for new business and projects
• Assist the Business Lead with client retainer fee calculations and periodic reconciliation
• Prepare revenue/cost/profitability projections and scenario planning,
• Assist the SVP in developing annual and long-term business plans
• Provide cost effective ways of paying for shared resources and facilities across markets
• Collaborate with Financial Auditors and Tax Advisors to ensure timeous delivery on audited financial accounts
• Build and manage Ghana Authority stakeholder accounts
• Manage the admin / finance support staff