SR MANAGER, MARKETING FINANCE

This role serves as the primary finance partner to the Marketing organization, supporting advertising spend across Integrated Media, Creative Marketing, Customer Marketing, and Marketing Operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage budget deployment, financial reporting, forecasting, analysis, and ad hoc business support.
• Provide strategic financial leadership to marketing leaders to drive business performance, optimize investments, control costs, and support key decision-making.
• Partner closely with the Director of Finance and functional leadership to deliver planning, forecasting, and performance management activities that support business goals and shareholder value.
• Conduct strategic analysis and problem-solving to fully understand the business; identify and implement process and organizational improvements.
• Plan and ensure execution of department objectives; participate in preparation of the annual budget, review monthly expenditures, and ensure budgetary goals are met.
• Review monthly metrics to ensure goals are met.
• Develop and support a strategic alliance with business partners; participate in cross-functional activities focused on solving business issues and enhancing competitive advantage.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication with other areas of the business including Finance, Operations, and Information Systems.
• Lead, plan, and coordinate work teams efficiently to perform financial functions and activities; utilize metrics to track performance and manage workload.
• Ensure operational processes and procedures are compliant and consistent with established policies.
• Predict revenues and expenditures and report to management.
• Conduct financial planning for the function and make appropriate recommendations.
• Drive key functional financial metrics.
• Directly supervise the work activities of others, including planning, monitoring, and reviewing work of subordinates; make recommendations concerning selection, termination, performance appraisal, and professional development.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Thorough working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and internal accounting controls.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Ability to develop and implement strategies that support the objectives of the company.
• Ability to lead and develop subordinates.
• Able to effectively communicate with all departments and levels of associates through both verbal and written methods.
• Critical thinking skills; using logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, applying general rules to specific problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a field of study related to the job (e.g., finance, accounting, business).
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience.
• MBA preferred.
• Prior experience leading an analysis or planning team preferred.

Schedule

• Primarily office-based with frequent opportunity to move about.
• Overnight travel required less than 10% of the time.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area; any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position; occasional need to move or lift light articles.