FP&A Manager at Monks

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Key Responsibilities: • FP&A leadership • Own end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, aligning with global standards and local realities. • Develop, consolidate, and present monthly/quarterly financial results, variance analyses, and actionable insights to regional leadership and the CFO. • Create and maintain robust financial models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, KPI dashboards) tailored to the advertising/agency business. • Revenue and profitability optimization • Analyze client mix, project profitability, rate card utilization, and ABC/driver-based costing to improve gross margins. • Collaborate with sales/Account leads to forecast pipeline, identify up-sell/upsell opportunities, and quantify the financial impact of new business. • Monitor media/production spend efficiency, settlement timing, and client invoicing metrics; flag risks and opportunities. • Advertising agency-specific finance • Manage program/project profitability for campaigns, including allocation of indirect costs, shared services, and overhead to projects. • Track media commissions, rebates, and credit terms; ensure accurate revenue recognition and compliance with agency standards. • Support pitch budgeting and client ROI analysis for new business opportunities. • Forecasting discipline and governance • Lead monthly close coordination, OPEX discipline, and rolling forecast cadence; ensure accuracy with regional management. • Establish and maintain forecasting processes, ownership, and timelines; implement scenario planning (e.g., market slowdowns, client churn). • Develop and enforce internal controls, financial policies, and data integrity. • Strategic partnering and storytelling • Provide insightful storytelling to senior leadership: profitability trends, liquidity considerations, capital allocation, and investment cases. • Partner with Marketing/PMO and Creative/Production leads to understand cost drivers and optimize budgeting for campaigns and content production. • Systems, automation, and data • Own FP&A tools (e.g., ERP/GL, BI platforms, Excel-based models, and forecasting software); drive automation of reports and dashboards. • Ensure data integrity, standardization of metrics (revenue, gross margin, utilization, billable/non-billable, client profitability), and timely data delivery. • Champion digital transformation efforts to streamline planning. • Compliance and risk • Ensure compliance with local tax, statutory reporting, and transfer pricing requirements; coordinate audits as needed. • Identify financial risks (FX exposure, client concentration, contract terms) and propose mitigation strategies. • People and collaboration • Lead, mentor, and develop a small FP&A team; recruit top talent and foster a high-performance culture. • Collaborate with regional finance teams, legal, and operations to ensure alignment on financial controls and reporting standards. Requirements • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics; CPA/CFA or MBA preferred. • Industry knowledge: Deep understanding of agency business models (billable hours, project-based work, media commissions, rebates), client profitability analysis, and pitch budgeting. • Technical skills: Advanced Excel; experience with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/NetSuite), BI tools (Power BI, Tableau), and financial planning software; strong data visualization and storytelling capabilities. • Analytical & strategic: Proven ability to translate complex data into actionable insights; strong business acumen with a results-oriented mindset. • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication in English; Spanish or Portuguese proficiency is highly desirable. • Leadership: Experience managing a small team; ability to influence cross-functionally and operate in a matrix organization. • Personal attributes: Detail-oriented, proactive, adaptable to rapid changes, high ownership, and ability to meet tight deadlines. About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.