Marketing Resource Manager - Budget Management (Remote)
We are looking for a Marketing Resource Managerfor a large, global B2B high-tech company. In this role, you will serve as the dedicated operational partner for one or more marketing business units, acting as their go-to expert across budget management, financial planning, procurement, vendor relationships, and contractor workforce oversight. You are the person marketers turn to when they need something to move: removing friction, keeping spend on track, and translating financial complexity into clear, actionable guidance. Your work directly enables teams to invest with confidence and execute without operational drag.
This is a 4.5-month project (extension possible), 40 hours per week, remote role in the US. Potential travel for 1x per year with the team.
This is a W2 employee of Stage 4 Solutions. Health benefits and 401K are offered.
Responsibilities:
- Budget Planning & Annual Operating Plan: Own the annual budget planning process for your supported marketing teams, partnering with team leaders to translate priorities into financial plans.
- Forecast Management & Spend Accuracy: Monitor budget performance daily, updating forecasts and flagging variances before they become problems.
- Financial Insight & Analysis: Go beyond the numbers to deliver meaningful analysis-identifying spend trends, surfacing cost efficiency opportunities, and connecting investment patterns to business outcomes.
- Business Rhythm & Reporting: Drive a consistent cadence of financial reviews, preparing regular reporting packages that give leaders a clear picture of where they stand against plan. Procurement & Purchase Order Management: Own the end-to-end purchasing process on behalf of marketing teams-from raising purchase requests and navigating approvals to managing revisions and closing out completed orders.
- Month-End Close & Reconciliation: Partner with the Finance team to ensure a clean, on-time month-end close.
- Vendor Relationship & Cost Management: Manage the full lifecycle of marketing's external vendor relationships-from onboarding new suppliers and reviewing contracts to conducting quarterly performance reviews and identifying opportunities to reduce costs or consolidate spend. Contingent Workforce Administration: Oversee the operational management of contract workers embedded in marketing teams-coordinating onboarding, offboarding, and ongoing expense tracking to ensure contractor spend stays aligned with headcount plans.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Issue Resolution: Build trusted working relationships across Finance, Procurement, HR, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable teams.
- Operational Standardization & Continuous Improvement: Champion consistent, repeatable processes that make the team more accurate and efficient over time. You will identify operational gaps, propose improvements, and help build the playbooks and standards that scale best practices across the broader marketing organization.
- Risk & Opportunity Identification: Proactively surface budget risks and under-utilized funding, bringing forward recommendations-not just observations.
- Compliance & Controls: Ensure all financial and procurement activities across your supported teams meet company policy and audit requirements.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in financial operations, budget management, procurement, or a related business partner role, ideally supporting a marketing, sales, or other commercial function within a large enterprise.
- Budgeting expertise, detail-oriented, ability to problem-solve, and expertise in the Allocadia/Uptempo platform.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and draw actionable insights.
- Solid understanding of accounting principles, financial regulations, and compliance standards.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communicator who can translate financial complexity into clear, concise guidance for non-finance audiences, and build credibility quickly with senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality with sensitive financial information.
- High proficiency with AI applications, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, or equivalent applications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
Please submit your resume to our network at https://www.stage4solutions.com/careers/ (apply to the Marketing Resource Manager - Budget Management (Remote) role).
Stage 4 Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing employees with an inclusive environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on the job requirements and candidates' qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/belief, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Compensation: $35/hr. - $40.71/hr.
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