Marketing Finance Associate

Marketing Finance Associate

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