Media Budget Operations Manager

Job Title: Media Budget Operations Manager
Location: Burbank, CA 91502
Duration: 9 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Position Summary:

• This role will be a key member of the team in helping to manage the client marketing budget and processes related to forecasting, reconciliation, reporting, and other special projects.
• This position reports to the Senior Director, Media Strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for financial forecasting and invoice tracking for the marketing department to support strategic decision-making leading the consolidation of monthly expense forecasting documents.
• Liaise with media channel owners, creative team, and key internal marketing partners to gather expense information.
• Prepare expense and forecast documents for senior leadership as well as the Finance teams to identify potential changes in our budget.
• Develop and optimize budgeting processes that consolidate large data sets.
• Track expenses and invoices to update marketing budget accordingly.
• Assist with expense reconciliation for month/quarter and ensure marketing costs reports are submitted timely.
• Develop new tracking and reporting templates; helping to prepare tools and processes for future planning and analysis.

Qualifications:

You Have:

• A Bachelor's Degree, background in business or accounting/finance or similar.
• 4-5+ years' experience working in financial planning & analysis.
• Be highly analytical and have a passion for numbers.
• Candidates will have a proven track record of superior financial analysis and invoice reporting skills.
• This person must thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to work with multiple teams.
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to a challenging, fast-paced environment of multiple priorities.
• Advanced usage of Google Sheets and Excel to maintain large spreadsheets and trackers.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills with keen attention to detail.

You Might Also Have:

• Proficiency in SQL to run queries in pulling expense data from backend tables.
• Experience in digital subscription services and/or e-commerce.
• Understanding and experience with expense software.
• Strong interest in entertainment content, sports and live events.