FP&A Analyst

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Forecasting:

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting cycles, leveraging historical results to improve forecast accuracy.

• Update rolling forecasts with actuals; analyze key drivers of performance vs. budget and prior periods.

• Maintain and refine FP&A models including revenue, project margins, headcount, and operating expenses.

Management Reporting & Month-End Analysis:

• Collaborate with offshore finance teams to finalize monthly reporting submissions and ensure accuracy of expense coding, accruals, and revenue

• Perform variance analysis and provide insight into month‑over‑month and budget vs actual performance.

• Prepare departmental P&Ls with commentary for department leaders.

Revenue & Project Performance:

• Review revenue forecasts and compare against actuals to project pacing to identify discrepancies.

• Partner with Client Finance to monitor project balances, staffing, profitability, and revenue pacing.

• Assist in developing insights on client and project performance trends.

Headcount, Resource Management & Open Roles:

• Support headcount planning and workforce forecasting across departments.

• Track open roles, hiring progress, and vacancy impact on forecasts and capacity planning.

• Partner with department leads on staffing levels, utilization insights, and upcoming resource needs.

• Provide analysis on the financial impacts of backfills, new hires, restructures, and talent allocation decisions.

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet Support:

· Support cash flow forecasting by reviewing payment timing, project billing cycles, vendor obligations, and working capital needs.

• Assist with balance sheet reconciliations and analysis of key accounts as needed.

Business Partnering & Process Improvement:

• Collaborate with account teams, Client Finance, and department heads to improve financial visibility and support operational decision making.

• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, refine forecasting inputs, and streamline finance workflows.

• Present financial information clearly and concisely to non‑finance partners.

Governance & Ad Hoc Support

• Prepare financial support for internal and external audits.

• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and agency standards.

• Support special projects, modeling enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.

• 5–9 years of combined accounting and/or finance experience

• Strong month end close experience including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis.

• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and revenue/expense analysis.

• Proficiency in Excel and financial systems; experience with ERP or BI tools preferred.

• Strong analytical & problem solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently.

• Experience supporting process improvements, reporting automation, or system enhancements is a plus.

• Ability to handle confidential information with high ethical standards.

The Perks  

Not only will you be joining a multi-award-winning Agency with great culture, you will also have the unique opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from our other offices across the globe. There is a whole heap of benefits that come with the role- a flexible holiday package starting at 20 days, corporate discounts, commuter benefits, cell phone reimbursement and much more. Our benefit plans have your total well-being in mind, and we offer an extensive list you can choose from to suit your needs.

About MKTG Sports + Entertainment

MKTG S+E is a global agency that harnesses the power of sports and entertainment for brands. For over 20 years, we've ignited fandom and innovated activation in the world of sports and entertainment to make something worth noticing, engaging, liking, sharing and remembering. We leverage deep INSIGHTS and our network of seasoned & creative team members to create IMPACT between properties, fans & brands.

Today, we help brands move at THE SPEED OF FANS which means we aim to know fans better than they know themselves. MKTG S+E is a part of the broader dentsu Sports International network.

Working with us

We’re an agency born of fanatics…fans of sports (yes, even pickleball).

Fans of music (we sing in the shower).

Fans of data (we’re proud nerds).

Fans of art (from exhibitions to film).

Fans of culture (this is huge). And that means we put it all in for what we love, truly understanding what fans need, want, feel, hate and love about the brands and properties we lead.

We’re led by our core values which focus on collaboration, community, inspiring change, pursuing excellence, and celebrating bravery – all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients.

We’re a community where you are free to be you, where good work gets rewarded, and you are truly energized by the team around you. It’s more than just ‘warm & fuzzies’ – happy humans are vital to our commercial success. And together, we make magic.

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. To us, representation means more than just diversity, it means true equity. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. We are constantly evaluating our practices and policies, creating and sustaining pathways to promotion, and intentional in how we create and distribute resources, giving people what they need to grow. That’s what we care about. So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create opportunities for everyone. We offer team member support through flexible working arrangements and schedules that promote work/life balance along with progressive parental and caregiver programs as well as opportunities to give back to the community as part of our global social responsibility efforts.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

The anticipated salary range for this position is ($54,000-$83,088). Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com 

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Location:

Charlotte

Brand:

Dentsu Sports International

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent