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Marketing Finance Associate

Marketing Finance Associate

CompanyCiena
LocationOttawa, ON, Canada
Salary$61600 – $98400
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Marketing
  • Familiarity with accounting, planning and procurement software (Oracle, Allocadia, Coupa, DocuSign)
  • Strong Excel proficiency and modeling skills
  • Detail oriented and operate with a commitment to delivering quality results
  • Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Operate with high integrity
  • Personal commitment to customer service and building relationships
  • Be a team player with a collaborative approach to problem solving
  • Thrives in busy work environment, takes initiative, and can multitask

Responsibilities

  • Plan and administration of Marketing budgets including trending, profiling, reconciliation, reporting.
  • Audit and import monthly actuals into Allocadia and provide monthly snapshot of budget performance.
  • Perform moderate to complex financial analysis.
  • Provide direction and guidance to teams/individuals on year-to-date budget performance, variance analysis, and action plans to improve financial performance.
  • Facilitate accounting-related requests including PO creation, supplier set-up, invoicing, accruals and payment tracking, as well as support contract workflows/approvals.
  • Liaise with corporate accounting team to determine appropriate accounting treatment for expenses/capital spend.
  • Liaise with corporate finance team to develop annual plans and quarterly reforecasts.
  • Execute SOWs and other contracts serving as a liaison between business, centralized procurement team, legal team, and vendors.
  • Assist marketers with onboarding new vendors.
  • Contribute to vendor management, compliance, and risk management activities.
  • Collaborate with centralized procurement and legal teams on appropriate commercial and material term negotiations.
  • Collaborate with Legal/Procurement/IT/Finance organizations related to Marketing initiatives and reciprocal projects as well as general adherence to corporate policies.
  • Support in the definition, documentation, and implementation of systems, policy, and processes.
  • Create and manage operations documentation and content for various audiences.
  • Keep operations informed by preparing status reports, presentations; provide recommendations of creating efficiencies.
  • Develop and maintain internal SharePoint pages and calendar.
  • Manage input to the monthly GM&C newsletter.
  • Organize and support team correspondence, file share, calendars, and project management-related resources and tasks.
  • Provide ad-hoc operations support, as needed, to improve functionality of the team.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in marketing operations, finance, procurement or a related field
  • Demonstrated ability to learn and assimilate new software quickly
  • Demonstrated ability to professionally deal with confidential matters is a must
  • Excellent project management skills and experience leading multi-functional projects