Sr. Finance Analyst, Marketing & Advertising

Sr. Finance Analyst Marketing & Advertising

Work Mode:Onsite

Location:Onsite four days per week Kohler WI

Opportunity

The Sr. Finance Analyst Marketing & Advertising owns financial budgeting forecasting actuals reporting cost management and benefits business cases for Marketing and Advertising.

This role is a key partner to senior Marketing and Advertising functional management supporting effective cost-efficient investment decisions that link marketing activity to revenue margin and brand outcomes.

The Sr. Finance Analyst Marketing & Advertising strengthens investment discipline spend transparency ROI measurement and controls over marketing and advertising reporting assumptions.

Specific Responsibilities

• Own Marketing and Advertising budgeting forecasting actuals reporting cost tracking and variance analysis processes.
• Partner with senior Marketing and Advertising leaders to develop spend plans evaluate trade-offs and support cost-efficient resource allocation
• Build financial models and business cases that evaluate campaign benefits ROI effectiveness and impacts on revenue margin and strategic objectives.
• Track commitments accruals purchase orders invoices and actual spend to ensure accurate and timely visibility into Marketing and Advertising costs.
• Prepare monthly reporting root-cause variance analysis and forward-looking risks and opportunities for FP&A and functional leadership.
• Identify optimization opportunities that improve spend efficiency campaign effectiveness and investment accountability.
• Support benefit tracking for approved initiatives including alignment of assumptions forecast updates and post-investment performance reviews.
• Maintain documentation of spend assumptions budget changes and investment decisions to support transparency auditability and controls compliance.
• Collaborate with FP&A Accounting Procurement Sales Finance Category Finance and business partners to ensure accurate reporting and decision support.
• Continuously improve reporting processes dashboards and analytical tools used to manage Marketing and Advertising investments.

Key Success Measures

• Accuracy and timeliness of Marketing and Advertising budgets forecasts actuals reporting and cost management routines.
• Measured marketing ROI campaign effectiveness and benefit realization against business case assumptions.
• Percentage of investment decisions supported by clear financial analysis options and recommendations.
• Spend efficiency improvement and optimization opportunities identified and acted upon.
• Stakeholder feedback from Marketing and Advertising leadership on partnership effectiveness and decision support.
• Accuracy auditability and compliance with marketing spend controls and investment reporting standards.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Analytics Marketing Analytics or a related field required; MBA CPA CMA or analytics credentials preferred.
• 3 years of relevant finance FP&A marketing finance accounting business analysis or investment analysis experience.
• Experience with budgeting forecasting variance analysis ROI measurement cost management and functional business partnership preferred.
• Strong analytical capability attention to detail communication skills and ability to translate marketing investments into financial insights required.

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means youll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job with no waiting period. The salary range for this position is $87500 - $133600. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience their education and the work addition this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.

Why Choose Kohler
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing access to career growth and development opportunities a diverse and inclusive workplace and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30000 bold leaders across the globe were driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious healthy and sustainable lives.

About Us
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Required Experience:

Senior IC