Financial Planning & Analysis - Analyst

Experience: 3-5 Years
Skills: FP&&A+ Journal Entries+ Excel
Location: Bangalore /Hyderabad/Chennai /Coimbatore/Pune/Gurgaon

Shift: 2 PM -11 PM IST (Day light Saving 3 PM - 12 AM IST)

Hybrid Model : 3 Days work from office per week

Join us at OGS

We are OGS—Omnicom's Integrated Solutions Engine that brings together a global talent community and connected capabilities in data, creative, media, commerce, and technology to build adaptive, future-ready solutions.

We are redefining the global capability center - not as an offshoring hub, but as a true inside edge. OGS is the place where the future is tested, built, and scaled for the world’s most ambitious agencies and clients.

With over 7,000 talented professionals in India, we are proud to be a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community that thrives on innovation and excellence. Our teams work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, helping them move faster and achieve more—everywhere. We are growing rapidly and looking for passionate individuals to be part of this journey.

Financial Planning & Analysis - Analyst

Omnicom Global Solutions, India

About the role

OGS India is seeking a Financial Analyst with strong accounting and analytical skills to help support the business finance teams that continues to deliver strong financial performance. This might be a great fit if you have a strong flair of analytical and accounting skills and would like to be part of a growing team. You will be closely working with our Global Agency Finance teams.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Finance team in creating financial templates as a part of overall P&L standardization efforts.
• You will prepare monthly financial statements and subsequent reporting to Omnicom following US GAAP for your agency, combining strong knowledge of revenue recognition principles, cost controlling procedures and balance sheet presentation.

• You will gain a deep understanding of all client contracts relevant to your agency, as well as their impact on all revenue, cost and compliance related matters important to your internal control function within the Finance team
• You will be involved in the creation of the annual budget as well as of revised annual forecasts by collecting, processing and analyzing various sorts of information points with regard to revenue and costs by providing accurate and well-analyzed financial information, you will enable your Reporting team leads, Finance Business Partners as well as Agency Management to make successful and efficient decision making.
• Provide support as new processes are coordinated and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Cost Analysis, Head count analysis etc.
• Maintain business teams’ P&Ls; collaborate closely with business partners in managing the financials of the account, flagging variances and out-of-ordinary transactions
• Manage month-end close activities for certain areas including recording JEs and accruals
• Perform a variety of financial analyses to determine financial health compared to Budget as directed by the Finance Manager.
• Assist in regular FP&A consolidation activities including but not limited to template creation and commentary collection
• Act as finance support for various operational initiatives, new tool implementations, global policy rollouts, etc.
• Assist in other finance activities such as timesheet reporting, invoice/PO creation, billing queries and data entry.
Build trusted relationships with department heads and key business partners to assist in analyzing and tracking scopes.

This may be the right role for you if you have:

• Bachelors or Post Graduate Degree in accounting or finance with 3-5 years of experience in FP&A Operations (mandatory).
• Having prior experience into R2R processes is (Preferred).
• Proficient in Advanced Excel and ability to quickly learn any new ERP or BI Tools
• Having Good Knowledge of US GAAP.
• Flexibility to take up different assignments and not limit oneself to specific set of activities.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team oriented, collaborative environment.
• Flexible and Result Oriented with Strong Written & Oral Communication Skills.
• Experience in Microsoft Dynamics AX, MediaOcean, and Hyperion Financial Management tool is a plus.

Desirable Skills & Attributes

• FP&A
• R2R