Senior Manager, Brand Budget Operations

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: We are seeking a Senior Manager, Brand Budget Operations to lead the setup, health, and day-to-day management of the department’s budget. This role serves as the central point of contact for two areas of oversight:   ·  Forecasting & Financial Planning — Supporting Brand Marketing leadership in accurate forecasting and financial planning in partnership with FP&A ·  Budget Process Management — Overseeing structure, maintenance, onboarding, and training for budget processes   You will be responsible for hosting monthly budget check-ins, leading quarterly close preparation and financial summary creation, and identifying and communicating risks to department leadership. This role is based out of our North Vancouver office. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.  Meet Your Future Team:   This role sits within the Brand Operations team and works closely with both Brand Leadership and the Finance team. You will partner regularly with our dedicated FP&A contact to address cross-functional spend and allocation issues. In addition, you will collaborate with the numerous budget holders across the Brand department, as well as their senior managers. If you were the Senior Manager, Brand Budget Operations, here are some of the activities you would be doing:

Owning brand-side budget planning and supporting strategic investment decisions

Managing forecast accuracy and preparing timely financial updates (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual)

Serving as the go-to person for, forecasting, and FP&A-related questions, concerns and process needs within the marketing department’s budget system

In partnership with our FP&A partner, analyzing and all department budgets’ health and reporting key variances

Monitoring budget performance and communicating overages, underages, and risks

Collaborating with leadership to address funding needs, maintaining financial visibility

Leading regular financial meetings to drive alignment and transparency

Supporting finance-driven changes including reallocations and reprioritizations

Coaching and onboarding team members on financial systems and best practices

Maintaining budget resource site and owning content accuracy

Developing new training tools and resources to improve forecasting and reporting accuracy

Managing budget tool upgrades, price negotiations, vendor vetting, contract renewals and workflow improvements

Over communicating financial deadlines and expectations across stakeholders

Partnering with FP&A to strengthen brand–finance alignment and decision-making

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

Developing integrated reporting frameworks that align marketing timelines with financial planning processes

Providing proactive risk and opportunity assessments for under-resourced or delayed initiatives

Leading budget conversations, keeping the departmental overview readily available

Are you our next Senior Manager, Brand Budget Operations?

You have a Bachelor's degree or postsecondary education in a related field

You have 8+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis within a marketing or creative studio environment

You have experience leading budget owners of various skill levels

You have proven ability to communicate financial concepts to diverse audiences

You are fluent in both marketing and finance conversations, and confident translating between the two

You are skilled in instructing, coaching, and upskilling others in budgeting and forecasting processes

You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without direct control

You have technical expertise with the following programs: SAP, ReadSoft/Kofax, Concur, budget management softwares such as Allocadia, and Microsoft Office

You have relentless attention to detail and the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines

You have a positive approach to problem-solving through analytical and strategic thinking and operational efficacy.

You are agile in your approach to adapt to ever changing evolution of our business needs