Assistant Manager - Planning & Reporting

Key Responsibilities:

Media Income:

• Coordinate, communicate, and oversee all FP&A requirements for Media Income.
• Prepare and analyze monthly forecasts, quarterly forecasts (RFs), and annual budgets, liaising with client leads.
• Submit Service Line budgets and forecasts to SAC Planning System and validate outputs for accuracy and consistency.
• Provide variance analysis, identify risks, and recommend remedial actions.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations for reviews at Capability / Department / Practice Area level.
• Conduct trend analysis and validate pipelines to inform forecasts.
• Liaise with Client Accounting teams to incorporate deviations into monthly analysis.
• Contribute to month-end close process, ensuring key accruals and discrepancies are resolved.
• Maintain trackers and other formats required for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities for standardization and efficiencies in revenue processes.

Operating Expenditure (Opex):

• Build and maintain robust forecasts, budgets, and tracking models for operational expenditure categories, including IT, research, travel, business costs, marketing, bad debts, recruitment, professional fees, and office supplies.
• Provide reporting and insights on operational expenditure by supplier and spend type.
• Allocate spend by client where applicable and collaborate with FP&A Income Analysts.
• Maintain vendor-wise trackers for forecasts and actuals.