Finance Business Partner

BRAND: Publicis Groupe
Job Function: Finance
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid

OVERVIEW

Publicis Groupe is one of the world's largest communications holding companies, present in over 110 countries and employing about 100,000 professionals. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

About the role

We are hiring a Finance Business Partner to play a pivotal role in shaping commercial decisions across our production business. The role sits at the heart of the organisation, working closely with senior stakeholders to turn financial insight into meaningful action. You'll help teams understand performance, unlock growth opportunities, and make confident, well‑informed decisions.

What you'll be doing:

• Partnering with department leads to review P&L performance and support plans that improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
• Providing commercial insight on new hire and capital expenditure requests, ensuring investment decisions are well‑judged and transparent.
• Building trusted relationships with production and client teams, strengthening commercial understanding across the business.
• Actively supporting improvements in client profitability by identifying opportunities to grow revenue or improve margins.
• Owning the production of departmental P&Ls for commit and reforecast cycles, ensuring accuracy, clarity and timeliness.
• Analysing revenue pipelines to highlight risks, trends and opportunities that inform forecasting and planning.
• Creating clear, practical commercial reporting and ad‑hoc analysis that supports confident decision‑making.

Skills we're looking for

• Strong experience in finance business partnering, with the ability to translate numbers into insight and action.
• A solid understanding of financial statements, including P&L and balance sheet dynamics.
• Confidence engaging and influencing both finance and non‑finance stakeholders at different levels.
• Commercial judgement and curiosity, with a mindset focused on improvement and value creation.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to present information clearly.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• A collaborative, proactive approach and a willingness to adapt as business needs evolve.

Benefits

• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical cover
• Reflection Days
• Shared Parental Leave
• Additional initiatives, including Inclusive Benefits and Employee Action Groups

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAGs (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Publicis Groupe, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We'll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.

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