Executive - Operations

Publicis Groupe

Job Summary

As a Financial Operations Executive, you will play a key support role within the finance team, helping ensure seamless day-to-day operations across two agencies. You will assist with essential finance-related processes, working closely with both the finance and client service teams. This role involves acting as a point of contact for operational financial requests and ensuring timely execution of tasks, including vendor and client management, purchase orders, billing support, and payments coordination.

Must Have

  • Assist in vendor onboarding and creation in internal systems
  • Support client account creation processes and documentation tracking
  • Prepare and issue purchase orders as per project and procurement requirements
  • Assist in consolidating billing documentation and raising invoices
  • Prepare weekly payment batches in line with internal approval workflows
  • Act as a daily point of contact for client servicing teams for finance-related requests
  • Provide general administrative support to ensure the smooth execution of financial processes
  • Maintain accurate records and trackers for vendors, clients, POs, invoices, and payments
  • Support ad-hoc reporting needs as requested by the finance lead
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
  • 0–6 Months of experience in finance operations or administrative support roles
  • Proficiency in MS Excel is a must
  • English and Arabic are a must

Good to Have

  • Basic knowledge of finance processes (P2P, billing, etc.)
  • Knowledge and proficiency of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.)

Job Description

Overview

As a Financial Operations Executive, you will play a key support role within the finance team, helping ensure seamless day-to-day operations across two agencies. You will assist with essential finance-related processes. You will work closely with both the finance and client service teams, acting as a point of contact for operational financial requests and ensuring timely execution of tasks.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product

  • Vendor & Client Management
  • Assist in vendor onboarding and creation in internal systems
  • Support client account creation processes and documentation tracking
  • Purchase Orders & Billing Support
  • Prepare and issue purchase orders as per project and procurement requirements
  • Assist in consolidating billing documentation and raising invoices in coordination with the finance team
  • Follow up and review on the open jobs
  • Payments Coordination
  • Prepare weekly payment batches in line with internal approval workflows

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

  • Operational Support
  • Act as a daily point of contact for the client servicing teams for finance-related requests
  • Provide general administrative support to ensure the smooth execution of financial processes

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

  • Reporting & Documentation
  • Maintain accurate records and trackers for vendors, clients, POs, invoices, and payments
  • Support ad-hoc reporting needs as requested by the finance lead

People & Leadership

  • Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area.
  • Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration.
  • Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment.
  • Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view.
  • Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients.
  • Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own.
  • Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution.
  • Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders.

Self

  • Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner.
  • Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.
  • Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.
  • Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things.
  • Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
  • Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth.
  • Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
  • Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness.
  • Displays resilience and maintains drives and a positive outlook when faced with challenges,

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
  • 0–6 Months of experience in finance operations or administrative support roles (internships included)
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Basic knowledge of finance processes (P2P, billing, etc.) is a plus
  • Proficiency in MS Excel is a must
  • Knowledge and proficiency of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.) is an advantage
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment
  • Strong communication skills and team spirit
  • English and Arabic are a must

Additional information

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