Analyst, Marketing FP&A

The Analyst, Marketing FP&A will be responsible for planning and forecasting Central Marketing business units including Global Marketing, Marketing Communications, Global Media, Production, Creative, PR & CVM. The Analyst will oversee monthly reporting including actual spend vs. budget, vs. forecast and provide ad-hoc analyses as needed. They will also manage a quarterly worldwide marketing tracker partnering with Global Media, regional Finance & regional Marketing teams to produce a wholistic worldwide marketing spend report by channel and product category.

*This position is in-person at our Corporate Headquarters in New York, NY.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage & distribute monthly spending reports to Central Marketing teams.
• Work with cross functional partners to forecast monthly spend.
• Run monthly program and overhead budget meetings with department VP's to review actual spend, variances from plan and identify risks.
• Provide financial support to central and regional marketing teams including direction on booking expenses, cross charging local markets, reallocating funds, approved incremental and marketing accounts to be used.
• Manage monthly and year end close with Central Marketing and Accounting.
• Provide Central Marketing accruals for all costs incurred in a given month that have not been invoiced.
• Manage monthly reclasses for all Central Marketing teams supported.
• Provide variance commentary on MTD & YTD actuals vs. budget for Central Marketing business units.
• Over-see quarterly worldwide marketing (Big M) investment tracker.
• Manage regional Big M tracker submissions, coordinate consolidation of media (MSR's) and non-media trackers. Ensure all trackers roll up correctly and tie to latest Big M forecasts.
• Build the Central tracker with all corporate marketing costs and consolidate with regional submissions for total worldwide marketing view by channel and product category.
• Create PowerPoint decks illustrating key findings from marketing trackers and present to Sr. Management.
• Manage ad-hoc reporting for CMO and Central Marketing leads.
• Provide support to Marketing FP&A Manager.

Required Qualifications:

• 4-6 years of finance related experience
• BS degree (Finance or Accounting preferred)
• Strong analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record delivering high quality work
• Comfortable working with senior management
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and under tight deadlines
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to maintain presence in both NJ and NYC offices

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently holds or is in pursuit of an MBA
• Marketing Finance experience
• Experience with Hyperion Planning
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as SAP Business Objects

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