Brand Finance & Business Management Sr. Associate

As a Sr.

Associate Brand Finance and Business Ops Lead, you are the catalyst for financial discipline and operational excellence, ensuring every marketing dollar delivers measurable impact.

You'll partner directly with Brand leadership to optimize complex budgets and translate financial data into actionable insights that drive smarter, strategic decisions.

This hybrid role serves as a key partner to the Brand organization, functional teams and Line of Business stakeholders.

As a Sr.

Associate Brand Finance and Business Ops Lead, you'll own and optimize complex marketing budgets, build & maintain executive dashboards, and drive strategic decision-making that shapes the Brand's financial health and operational excellence.

Your day will be spent partnering with the Head of Brand Finance & Business Ops, along with other members of the Office of the Chief Brand Officer, to track spend, manage contracts and payments, support resource allocation, and contribute to executive-level strategic planning - all while ensuring every dollar delivers maximum impact.

By streamlining processes and advancing AI initiatives, you'll play a critical role in strengthening the Brand team's resilience and drive innovation across the organization.

Your work directly empowers the Brand team to operate efficiently, make informed decisions, and achieve ambitious goals.

Job Responsibilities


* BUDGET MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE: Own ongoing budget planning, governance, and oversight across Brand's creative and research budgets - both discretionary and cross-line of business.

Track and validate spend across all budget lines, assess ROI, and ensure financial discipline at every stage.

Candidates should be comfortable managing complex, multi-line budgets, building dashboards, graphs, and complex macros/formulas in excel, as well as creating PowerPoint presentations for executive leadership


* BUSINESS STRATEGY & PERFORMANCE TRACKING: Guide strategic decision-making by developing business cases and tracking performance against goals.

Partner with leadership to identify opportunities for cost optimization and operational efficiency across all Brand activities.


* REPORTING & DASHBOARD DEVELOPMENT: Build and maintain detailed reports and dashboards for the CBO, CFO, CMO, and LOBs on a monthly, and ad hoc basis.

Develop macros, evaluate large datasets, and create audience-specific decks that communicate financial and operational insights clearly.

Leverage Workfront to build or enhance dashboards tracking resource allocation, capacity, and campaign planning.


* CONTRACT, INVOICE & PAYMENT MANAGEMENT: Process and track invoice payments, ensuring timely completion through payment tools including ARIBA, OPTIMA, EXPRESS PAY, ApprovEx, and ICM systems.

Partner with Brand Leadership to support annual agency planning.


* PROCESS & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Support process improvement and operational efficiencies across Brand activities.

Function as a liaison between the Bra...