Director, Marketing Finance

POSITION SUMMARY

This Finance Marketing Director position is a strategic finance leader supporting the Global Marketing Organization's (GMO) Customer Marketing Group, with primary focus on the Creativity & Productivity (C&P) marketing organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Data-Informed Decision Making & Strategic Business Partnership

• Provide strategic finance leadership for the GMO VP of Customer Marketing, supporting the C&P marketing organization (Business Professionals & Consumers and Creators & Creative Professionals teams).
• Serve as a proactive thought partner to marketing leadership, shifting discussions from reporting results to understanding drivers, implications, and actions.
• Guide cross-functional alignment of investment priorities and strategic decisions across Product Marketing, Go-to-Market, GMO, and Finance leadership teams.
• Deliver recurring business reviews and executive reporting that translate financial and marketing trends into clear business implications and recommended actions.

2. Marketing Effectiveness & Investment Optimization

• Proactively identify diminishing returns, underperforming investments, and budget reallocation opportunities to improve marketing value and investment efficiency.
• Partner closely with Product Marketing and Growth Marketing Insights (GMI) teams to evaluate performance trends and optimize marketing investments across the funnel.
• Build and maintain an executive-level Marketing Return on Investment scorecard, providing leadership with ongoing insight into program performance and spend efficiency.

3. Budget Management & Financial Planning

• Own end-to-end financial management of variable marketing budget (>$1B annually), lead quarterly forecast cycles, risk and opportunity assessments, and scenario planning.
• Establish investment guardrails, approval workflows, and budget shifts that balance financial control with the agility modern marketing demands.

4. Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team, focused analytical rigor, business partnership, and continuous improvement.
• Represent marketing finance in cross-functional leadership forums, including the Finance Leadership Team, GMO and C&P marketing leadership meetings.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with a strong background in topline product/go-to-market finance and/or marketing finance role within a consumer-facing business.
• Demonstrated expertise evaluating marketing efficiency, including experience with multi-channel investment analysis, attribution methodologies, and/or media mix modeling.
• Proven track record leading new financial capabilities, processes, and ways of working within marketing finance and/or FP&A environments.
• Advanced financial modeling skills; proficiency in Excel and planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, SAP).
• Experience with BI and visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI).
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent experience.

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