JOB TITLE: Finance Ops & Media Operations Coordinator
LOCATION: San Jose or San Francisco, CA - HYBRID
PAY RANGE: $32-$42/hr
DURATION: 1 year
TOP 3 SKILLS:- We're looking for someone with at least 3-year marketing and/or advertising agency experience who is well-versed in managing digital media and financial workflows across multiple stakeholders and platforms.
- The Finance Ops & Media Operations Coordinator will focus on connecting numbers between media strategy and the finance teams, to ensure proper management of budgets, pacing and media billings.
- The ideal candidate should be passionate about creating cross-functional processes, while mentoring or training peers on best practices. Please find key responsibilities in the job description.
COMPANY:
Our client a Fortune 500 Software Organization is seeking a Finance Ops & Media Operations Coordinator to bring onto the team.
Duties:
We're looking for someone with marketing and/or advertising agency experience who is well-versed in managing digital media and financial workflows across multiple stakeholders and platforms.
The Finance Ops & Media Operations Coordinator will focus on connecting numbers between media strategy and the finance teams, to ensure proper management of budgets, pacing and media billings.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about creating crossfunctional processes, while mentoring or training peers on best practices.
Additionally, your key responsibilities will include:
• Collaborate with the AMER media teams to own budget reconciliation for campaigns across the GMI organization.
• Develop and maintain detailed budget tracking for each Media Team that suits their respective needs and specific campaigns.
• Create a comprehensive view of media budgets across the AMER org to report on pacing + overall spend
• Ensure that there is alignment between Media Plans, Media Flighting, and Finance Checkbooks
• Work directly with the Media Teams to ensure they are up to date on any transfers, shifts, and incremental funding.
• Assist the media team with PO management, and RTS
• Monitor media flighting to ensure it aligns with approved budgets.
• Implement financial controls to prevent over/under spending.
• Conduct monthly reconciliations of media spend against allocated budgets to make sure that spend aligns with the correct Finance classification/coding.
The ideal person:
▪ Has strong attention to detail with mix of quantitative and analytical skills
▪ Understands the value and challenges of working in a fast-paced environment
▪ Is resourceful, self-motivated, independent, organised with multitasking capabilities
▪ Comfortable providing guidance to peers, agencies & media partners
Requirements:
▪ 3+ years in a digital media, marketing or finance role
▪ Advanced Microsoft Excel and data modelling skills
▪ Familiar with Databricks is a plus
▪ Hands-on experience overseeing media billings and/or media reconciliation within platforms
▪ Understanding of media planning/buying processes experience is a plus
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