Mindshare Fulcrum Partner

**Overview of job**
Mindshare Fulcrum (A division of Group M) is looking for a **_Partner-Finance & Commercial_** to be part of its Finance, Commercial & Operations team. You will be responsible for managing Commercial and Financial reporting.

**Reporting of the role**

This role reports to the **Deputy **Finance head**

**3 best things about the job**:

- Gives opportunity to learn and keep updated of the dynamic statutory compliances
- Understanding of overall agency business
- Work with the biggest media agency in this industry

**Measures of success -**

**In three months**:

- In depth understanding of the agency KPIs and start tracking on the deliverables.
- Commercial understanding on all media deployment processes followed by agency.
- Understanding of the scope for various audits, data requirements & broad queries raised by the auditors.

**In six months**:

- Track & report various agency KPIs status with internal leadership team & client.
- Track timelines and provide inputs to monthly commercial review meeting.
- Address audit queries & have discussions with the auditors for resolution.

**In 12 months**
- Ensure complete understanding of the Profile and start taking decisions.

**Responsibilities of the role**:

- Agency KPI management
- Tracking all KPI deliverables
- Ensuring timely & accurate reporting on a monthly basis
- Aligning all internal & external stakeholders on a periodic basis
- Driving the monthly Commercial Review Meeting (CRM)with the client
- Reviewing the deck with internal teams
- Publishing the MOM & tracking on delivery within agreed timelines
- Follow through on open points & ensure closure before the next CRM
- Consolidated Spends MIS for all external & internal stakeholders
- Accurate tagging & reporting of spends data on a monthly basis
- Ensure ad-hoc requirements from client/business teams are submitted as per timelines
- Regional/Global reporting for MS for South Asia markets
- Reviewing all reports published by the other markets before publishing
- Tracking all deliverables & understanding the local market nuances
- Discussions with regional & global teams on a requirement basis
- Managing multiple audits (client/statutory/internal/WPP)
- Thorough check on data being shared with auditors
- Ensuring all queries are addressed in a timely manner
- Support to be provided to the SA markets for all client audits
- Functional Audits as and when required by Management
- Working with GroupM MR/corporate teams on a requirement basis

**More about Mindshare**:
We were born in Asia in 1997, a start up with a desire to change the media world. Now we are a global agency with more than 7,000 employees in 116 offices across 86 countries, operating as one team - **#teammindshare**. We believe that in today’s world, everything begins and ends in media. We aim to be our clients’ lead business partner, to grow their business, and drive profitability through adaptive and inventive marketing. We do this through speed, teamwork and provocation and by operating as a network of networks rather than a rigid hierarchy. We create new things and have fun doing it. Whenever and wherever you join us, you open a door to opportunities in any and of all aspects of media, technology and innovation. We will support you, recognize you and reward you, making Mindshare the place where you do the best work of your career.

**About India**

2020 brought opportunities for brands to innovate because of which we saw an evolving media stack. The growth of digital is set to soar high because of changing consumer habits. With approximately 500 million smartphone users, low-priced data plans, 45 to 50 million e-commerce shoppers, approximately 60 OTT offerings and a young population, India is a mobile-first internet market. It is also one of the top 10 ad spend markets in the world and is set to climb the ranks. Global big tech corporations have made considerable investments in top e-commerce/retail ventures and Indian start-ups, blurring the lines between social media, e-commerce and mobile payments, resulting in disruption on an unimaginable scale.

At GroupM India, there’s never a dull moment between juggling client requests, managing vendor partners and having fun with your team. We believe in tackling challenges head-on and getting things done.

GroupM is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity - it’s about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique and that’s what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.