Finance Manager

Top skills: Revenue Forecasting, Cost Optimization, Excel proficiency

Schedule: Fully onsite

Position Overview:

The Marketing Finance Manager reports to the Sr. Manager of Marketing of the T-Mobile account and is responsible for driving the Finance operations for the Marketing team. To be successful, you will have experience in business strategy, management consulting, business intelligence and/or industry analytical track record across various practice areas and industries. You will be adaptive, an attentive listener, able to work in a fast-paced, highly competitive environment, collaborating with your cross functional colleagues both on the account team as well as our mobile headquarters located in Plano, TX while focusing on T-Mobile and its subsidiaries, as our customers.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Consolidate marketing program details, such as program structure, background, business and financial details from program owners and deliver overall Account-level view
• Manage budget plans, reconcile between planned budget and actuals and lead month-end closing with variance reporting
  
• Lead program documentations and approval processes
  
• Review final deliverables against contract and lead payment validation process for approval
• Act as the voice of brand and manager of national priorities within cross functional teams internally and agency partners externally
  
• Manages product marketing, promotion, and advertising programs and materials for specific channels and/or campaign periods
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive media, partnership and experiential programming planning and execution while representing appropriate channel partners’ views in order to effectively manage product lifecycle
  

Background/Experience Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or business-related field
  
• 6+ years of work experience (mobile or CPG industry preferred)
  
• Strong understanding of traditional and digital marketing and the principles of driving audience relevance but ultimately the need to drive sales
  
• A proven self-starter, they must be a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  
• Outstanding interpersonal and problem-solving skills for both internal and external discussions
  
• Work independently and in a team environment in order to achieve business objectives, personal and team goals, and complete assignments within established timeframes and specifications
  

Necessary Skills and Attributes:

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels within and outside the company
  
• Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects
  
• Review detailed product development, marketing documents and media materials
  
• Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for both internal and external personnel at various levels.
  
• The ability to develop tasks and work assignments, based on sometime vaguely defined objectives
  

Physical/Mental Demands:

• The position requires the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities in the following environment:
  
• Work is generally performed in an office environment
  
• Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal 50% of work time, including prolonged periods of time
  
• The movement and transportation of equipment, most of the time under 25 pounds
  
• Performs work under time schedules and stresses which are normally periodic or cyclical, including time sensitive job stress, fatigue, unpaid over-time, intellectual challenge, constant technical data feedback, language barriers, and business management stress
  
• Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids representative and commonly associated with PCs, printers, and office work areas