Company Description:

Publicis Re:Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe, the world's most valuable agency group. We are the only full-service, end-to-end shared service organization in the industry, enabling Groupe agencies to do what they do best: innovate and transform for their clients.

Formed in 1998 as a small team to service a few Publicis Groupe firms, Publicis Re:Sources has grown to 5,000+ employees in over 66 countries. We provide technology solutions and business services including finance, accounting, legal, benefits, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management.

We continually transform to keep pace with our ever-changing communications industry and thrive on a spirit of innovation felt around the globe. Learn more about Publicis Re:Sources and the Publicis Groupe agencies we support at.

Website

https://www.publicisresources.com

Main Purpose:

This role supports Publicis Groupe's AU & NZ Media agencies in fulfilling periodic reconciliations of large to small scale media vendor accounts.

The focus of this role is to perform accurate vendor reconciliations from vendor's statement of accounts; match vendor invoices to booked media activity; recognise discrepancies, raise variance account queries and resolve in a timely manner; perform corrections to booking data when required; investigate and resolve historic errors in an efficient manner. Liaise between media agency and vendors to resolve discrepancies.

About the Role

The key Accountabilities are, but not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Accurately performing vendor's statement of account reconciliations for set of assigned vendors within tight deadlines
• Ensure fundamental invoice checks are completed and/or request amendments where necessary.
• Accurately match vendor invoices to client bookings
• Raise variance account queries within applicable process timelines
• Follow up and resolve account queries within process deadlines
• Liaise with media teams and vendor counterparts to satisfactorily resolve disputed charges
• Always Follow all Resources MAP guidelines and procedures
• Help team members when necessary
• Support ad hoc project or work when required.
• Monthly high level and detailed review of media creditors reconciliations

Qualifications

• 2-5 years or more experience in Vendor SOA reconciliations and accounts payable environment
• 2 years or more in a media industry organisation
• Fresh graduates with a background in Finance, Business and IT are welcome to apply
• Experience in media/advertising industry is an advantage but not necessary.

Required Skills

• Financial accounting knowledge.
• Intermediate Excel Sheet skills (formulae based)
• TAFE or Accounting Diploma (or higher)
• GST, accounting practice Knowledge is desirable
• Australian media Industry Knowledge is advantageous
• Strong Communication Skills.

Preferred Skills

• Strong communication skills in written and spoken Australian English preferable
• In-depth knowledge of reconciling to vendor's statement of account balances
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel knowledge
• Timely follow up and resolution of discrepancies between vendor invoices and client media bookings
• Fundamental verification of invoice documents
• Superior investigative and problem resolution skills

Key Relationships:

Media reconciling teams, Media creditors

Brands Teams, agency finance and client teams, Intercompany

Internal Re:Sources teams – e.g AR, Billings, Bank recs, GL