Digital Media Operations Manager (Budget & Financial Operations)
- Civil Recruit
- Remote San Diego
Job Description
Summary We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Digital Media Operations Manager (Contractor) to support budget management and financial operations for our Global Digital Marketing team. This individual contributor will own the end-to-end management of digital media budgets, ensuring accuracy across planning, forecasting, and actuals, while partnering closely with media, finance, procurement, and accounting teams. This role is critical to maintaining operational rigor, enabling efficient spend management, and ensuring financial alignment across global programs.
Responsibilities Own and maintain all documentation and tracking for planned and actual digital media spend, ensuring alignment across plan of record, forecasts, and actuals
Serve as the central point of contact for all budget adjustments (transfers, reallocations, incremental requests), ensuring changes are accurately documented and reflected in tracking systems
Partner with procurement and legal to process SOWs, and with procurement and accounting to set up and manage POs, including tracking spend against commitments
Manage accruals, invoice validation and approvals, and support month-end and quarter-end close processes to ensure accurate financial reporting
Partner with finance and accounting to deliver monthly and quarterly forecasts, actuals, and pacing insights to stakeholders
Build, maintain, and continuously improve scalable processes, workflows, and documentation to increase efficiency, accuracy, and visibility across budget management
Requirements 4+ years of experience in marketing operations, financial operations, or budget management (digital media experience preferred)
Strong experience managing complex budgets, forecasts, accruals, and financial workflows
Proven ability to operate across procurement, finance, and accounting processes
Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets (complex tracking, modeling, and data organization)
High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and process discipline
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly translate financial data into actionable insights
Nice to Have
Experience managing digital media budgets or agency spend
Familiarity with SOW, PO, and invoice workflows in a marketing or media context
Experience supporting global teams and multi-region budgets
Background in improving or building operational and financial processes
Skills - Digital Media
- Media Forecasting
- Procurement
- Media Budgets
We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Digital Media Operations Manager (Contractor) to support budget management and financial operations for our Global Digital Marketing team. This individual contributor will own the end-to-end management of digital media budgets, ensuring accuracy across planning, forecasting, and actuals, while partnering closely with media, finance, procurement, and accounting teams. This role is critical to maintaining operational rigor, enabling efficient spend management, and ensuring financial alignment across global programs.
Own and maintain all documentation and tracking for planned and actual digital media spend, ensuring alignment across plan of record, forecasts, and actuals
Serve as the central point of contact for all budget adjustments (transfers, reallocations, incremental requests), ensuring changes are accurately documented and reflected in tracking systems
Partner with procurement and legal to process SOWs, and with procurement and accounting to set up and manage POs, including tracking spend against commitments
Manage accruals, invoice validation and approvals, and support month-end and quarter-end close processes to ensure accurate financial reporting
Partner with finance and accounting to deliver monthly and quarterly forecasts, actuals, and pacing insights to stakeholders
Build, maintain, and continuously improve scalable processes, workflows, and documentation to increase efficiency, accuracy, and visibility across budget management
Requirements 4+ years of experience in marketing operations, financial operations, or budget management (digital media experience preferred)
Strong experience managing complex budgets, forecasts, accruals, and financial workflows
Proven ability to operate across procurement, finance, and accounting processes
Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets (complex tracking, modeling, and data organization)
High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and process discipline
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly translate financial data into actionable insights
Nice to Have
Experience managing digital media budgets or agency spend
Familiarity with SOW, PO, and invoice workflows in a marketing or media context
Experience supporting global teams and multi-region budgets
Background in improving or building operational and financial processes
Skills - Digital Media
- Media Forecasting
- Procurement
- Media Budgets
4+ years of experience in marketing operations, financial operations, or budget management (digital media experience preferred)
Strong experience managing complex budgets, forecasts, accruals, and financial workflows
Proven ability to operate across procurement, finance, and accounting processes
Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets (complex tracking, modeling, and data organization)
High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and process discipline
Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly translate financial data into actionable insights
Nice to Have
Experience managing digital media budgets or agency spend
Familiarity with SOW, PO, and invoice workflows in a marketing or media context
Experience supporting global teams and multi-region budgets
Background in improving or building operational and financial processes
- Digital Media
- Media Forecasting
- Procurement
- Media Budgets
