Senior Financial Analyst, Marketing Support

Senior Financial Analyst Wanted to Support Marketing at Nation’s Top Home Improvement Company!

Salary range: $100,000 to $130,000 per year base, plus bonus

Are You the Missing Piece?

This leading B2C and B2B home improvement brand is committed to optimizing their marketing efforts to drive profitability and growth. To ensure their marketing strategies are not just effective, but financially sound, they’re looking for a Senior Financial Analyst – Marketing Support to join their team and provide critical insights that will shape the future of their marketing efforts.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally between Marketing, Finance, and Accounting to provide financial analysis on advertising spend, evaluate the effectiveness of marketing channels, and ensure budget compliance. This position requires a balance of financial expertise, analytical thinking, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for key decision-makers. Ideal for a detail-oriented financial analyst, this role will empower you to lead the budgeting process, develop interactive visualizations, and optimize marketing spend to drive profitable results. If you have experience managing large marketing budgets and providing data-driven recommendations, this is your chance to make a lasting impact.

What's it going to take to score an interview?

• You have deep experience in financial analysis within a marketing or merchandising environment: You have 4 years of experience in finance supporting Marketing or a similar business function. You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field. You’ve worked in a finance department, analyzing ad spend and attribution for marketing or merchandising teams. You understand the nuances of a $120-million marketing budget and know what a CFO needs to predict budgets—while also ensuring the growth marketing team makes smart, data-driven decisions on paid ad spend across direct mail, digital, paid search, and paid social.
• You’re a financial-modeling genius: With advanced skills in Excel, and data analysis tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) a must. Major plus if you have experience with marketing platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Salesforce, or similar).
• You’re a strategic thinker who can drive financial controls and forecasting: You don’t just crunch numbers—you put controls in place that help finance teams better predict outcomes. Your insights help optimize marketing spend and match it back to revenue, ensuring every dollar spent is backed by data and ROI analysis.
• You collaborate cross-functionally and build trust while maintaining financial discipline: You have experience working closely with marketing or merchandising teams in a B2C environment, managing significant budgets. You know how to act as a financial control within a marketing department without creating friction—earning trust while keeping spend accountable.
• You’re a data-driven problem solver who can translate financial insights into actions that drive better business: You have a deep understanding of marketing campaign performance and can conduct in-depth financial analysis to assess effectiveness. Your recommendations help marketing teams optimize spend and improve ROI. You’re not just analyzing data—you’re using it to drive smarter business decisions.
• You have excellent presentation skills and can communicate effectively with the C-Suite: You know how to tell a compelling financial story. Whether presenting budget forecasts to the CFO or breaking down marketing spend insights for executives, you can distill complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that influence decision-making.

You should take this meeting because ...

This is a new position within a well-established organization, offering the opportunity to report directly to the VP of Finance with room for growth. Plus, the position offers a high level of autonomy, giving you the freedom to take ownership of your work and work from home 3 days a week. You’ll have significant visibility to the C-Suite, allowing you to make a meaningful impact. In short, if you enjoy diving into complex data and delivering actionable analysis that drives strategic business goals, then this is a no-brainer opportunity for you! Get in touch with us today.

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