Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Here at Publicis Sapient, we are quite literally on the front line of the biggest issues facing the global markets leaders today – investment banks, asset management firms, wealth managers, oil and energy firms, and government and regulatory agencies. Driving transformation and leading change within these industries requires big thinkers who bring insight, knowledge, technical acumen, and passion for innovation. What we offer is the opportunity to join a recognized leader in developing and delivering ground-breaking solutions for today’s dynamic global marketplace and an award-winning culture that fosters growth and leadership.

As our Financial Analyst - Deal Desk, you will be responsible for supporting account management and sales teams in structuring, modelling, and pricing a wide variety of commercial propositions. The role will involve deal modelling and financial analysis of a variety of commercial terms and structures. You will need to have strong experience in financial analysis related work, have been involved at some level in pricing and financial modelling, and have demonstrable finance and business knowledge and good communication skills. If you are an expert in Microsoft Excel this will really set you apart.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with account teams to assess and structure optimal pricing and commercial models.
• Financial modelling of complex deals, pro-forma P&L and financial scenarios.
• Facilitate and support deals through internal approval process.
• Facilitate and support account teams through pricing iteration and price negotiation processes.
• Create multiple deal scenario outcomes based on a variety of price and commercial term inputs.
• Financial analysis of deals during major lifecycle events such as contract rollover, annual adjustments, or ad-hoc commercial term adjustments.
• Update and maintain internal pricing database and deal structure knowledgebase.
• Support account teams with all commercial inputs to proposals and business propositions.
• Assist in the establishment of negotiation and pricing strategy with account teams and leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Management Accounting or Business Analytics.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of pricing, P&L and general understanding of contracts and commercial terms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively manage partnerships with senior stakeholders and groups of senior account teams, and clearly and accurately convey complex metrics and analysis to internal teams and all levels of management.
• Committed, detail oriented, self-starter with strong problem solving and interpersonal skills and excellent time management abilities.

What’s in it for you?

• We have got you and your family covered with 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), life assurance, dental insurance, income protection, critical illness cover, private healthcare for you AND your family (pre-existing conditions included), and a pension
• We know the importance of health and wellbeing so offer you extensive retail discount offers and further reimbursement towards activities that contribute to a healthier lifestyle
• Our beautiful Turnmill office is open
• You can meet over a complimentary barista-made coffee and our teams have been busy replicating face-to-face social activities through learning languages virtually, yoga sessions, having a laugh at our online summer fairs and so much more
• We are proud to actively invest in your learning through various learning platforms
• Diversity and inclusion aren't just buzzwords. We offer an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups and work with you to give back to the local community through CSR efforts

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.