PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for posting, forecasting, analysing and reporting for a £35m personnel budget, our single biggest cost line
Posting monthly payroll journal and accruals and prepayment of all personnel budget costs including freelance staff, insurances, recruitment, holiday pay etc
Checking payroll reports with support from FC/FD
Maintaining the annual forecast for 400 staff. Liaising with HR, FD/CFO to collate input
Support the annual budget process
Maintenance of track of pay rises against budget and support the annual pay rise process.
Responsible for input of analysis of personnel movements etc into HFM reporting system to Publicis Groupe
Support of Internal and External audits with payroll related queries

DUBLIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for timely, complete and accurate reporting of actual results, including posting monthly accruals/prepayments and reviewing the general ledger
Responsible for internal reporting of actual results to BBH management including P&L, Balance Sheet
Responsible for monthly review of Balance Sheet with the Financial Controller and addressing queries with ReSources management accountants.
Support the FC in management of External and Internal Audits
Qualifications
Essential
Part qualified accountant
Nice, outgoing personality, someone with energy
Able to liaise with departmental managers and resource managers
Accuracy and attention to detail
Good Excel skills pivot tables, lookups etc. Someone who can demonstrate they have looked after a large data set in excel
Self Starter, someone to take on and develop the role, manage their time to get the right inputs and outputs within deadlines
Ability to juggle many inputs, emails, discussions etc and feed into a meaningful forecast
Someone who challenges the way things are done and looks for better solutions
Analysis skills - able to provide insight into variances and business plans
Desirable
Experience of Advertising not essential but experience of media or creative business is desirable
Experience of SAP / Other large ERP