Analyst, Marketing Budget - Seattle, United States - Holland America Group

Description

Job Description

Holland America Line has been exploring the world since 1873. Our ships offer innovative features and enriching experiences focused on destination exploration and personalized travel, inviting guests to savor the journey.

We're looking for an amazing Marketing Budget Analyst to fill this role. This is a hybrid role based in Seattle, WA. You'll be responsible for supporting the budget management for the Holland America & Seabourn in-house media team, serving as a liaison with finance and marketing leadership. You'll understand and influence the accounting process, ensuring compliance and adherence to media planning and will implement document organization, including reporting and analyses of monthly media budgets and payments. Here's a summary of what Holland America Line is looking for in its Marketing Budget Analyst. Is this you?

Responsibilities

• Responsible for opening marketing Purchase Orders (POs) for Holland American Line and Seabourn teams (approx per month) and back-up support for North America marketing team (approx. 100 per month).
• Receive, organize, process, and assign monthly invoices for HAL & SBN, ensuring timely payments against media POs in alignment with marketing budgets and accruals.
• Reconciling YTD charges, future commitments, and planned activity with the annual budget with input from marketing leadership, updating the monthly in-house media team forecast (HAL & SBN).
• Serve as in-house lead for budget management, focused on monitoring the monthly paid media budget in partnership with Marketing leadership team and Finance. Ensures costs are properly planned and accruals are set up and current. Assists paid media team leadership with ad-hoc reports and analyses related to A&P and other Marketing reporting. Documents and organizes inbound invoices, payments, and vendor correspondence. Professional communication with vendor AR teams as needed.
• In partnership with Global Supplier Maintenance and North America Marketing teams, responsible for new supplier setup with proper documentation and payment terms.
• Assist the in-house media team with the annual departmental budgets within the Advertising & Promotions (A&P) forecast. Prepares visualization needs for PowerPoint presentations.
• Performs a variety of delegated research tasks and projects, documents findings, and prepares reports, graphs, charts and other illustrative materials as requested from departmental VP & Sr. Director, Integrated Marketing.
• Prepares visualization needs for PowerPoint presentations.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of experience in analytics, accounting, business strategy, finance, engineering or equivalent role.
• Highly motivated, result-oriented and self-starter.
• A conceptual thinker, and inquisitive problem solver. Must be able to work independently with strong problem-solving skills. Strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Excellent ability to prioritize work assignments to meet deadlines and strong organizational acumen.
• Strong understanding of financial systems and financial data flows. Knowledge of accounting principles and budget practices.
• Proficient in Microsoft office, spreadsheets/databases. Expert in Excel.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable speaking with senior leadership
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Holland America is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time (e.g., H-1B status).

Please note that this is a hybrid position based in Seattle, WA.

What You Can Expect

• Cruise and Travel Privileges for You and Your Family
• Health Benefits
• 401(k)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training & Professional Development
• Tuition & Professional Certification Reimbursement
• Rewards & Incentives
• Base Salary Range: $67,800.00-$91, The range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. Final base salary is directly related to each candidates' qualifications and experience uniquely.

Our Culture... Stronger Together

Our highest responsibility and top priority is compliance, environmental protection and the health, safety and well-being of our guests, the people in the communities we touch and serve, and our shipboard and shoreside employees. Please visit our site to learn more about our Culture Essentials, Corporate Vision Statement and our Core Values at:

Holland America Line is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Holland America Line will provide reasonable accommodations with the application process, upon your request, as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please contact

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