Financial Control Associate (Marketing Expense)
Job Description
St. Louis, MO (onsite)
As a financial business partner for marketing expense, you will help ensure end-to-end marketing spend is planned, controlled, and reported accurately. In this role, you will apply the Nestlé Marketing Investment Framework in line with Nestlé Accounting Standards and act as a subject matter expert on marketing spend.
Pay range: $57,890.70 to $80,393.00 per year (good faith estimate at the time of posting).
What Nestlé Purina offers
- Bonus eligibility: Yes
- 401(k) with company match
- Healthcare coverage
- Performance-based incentives
- Competitive total rewards package
- Broad range of other benefits
Key responsibilities
- Translate marketing promotions into a financial plan using SAP
- Collaborate with marketing budget owners to review, validate cost estimates, and verify appropriate approvals
- Manage the purchase order lifecycle from purchase requisition through invoicing
- Partner cross-functionally with teams such as Purchasing, Market Research, and Factories
- Deliver accurate, clear, and timely reporting to marketing teams, including variance identification versus plan and other potential issues
- Build and forecast plan dates in SAP to support proper monthly accruals on the P&L
- Enforce Product Fixed Marketing Expense Operating Standards under Nestlé Accounting Standards and advise marketing partners to maintain integrity of reported results
- Provide ad-hoc analysis for specific promotional efforts and activities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting/Finance (or related field), such as Economics, Mathematics, or Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance
- Internship in Accounting/Finance OR 1+ years of Accounting/Finance experience
- 1+ years of experience using Microsoft Excel
- Preferred: 1+ years of experience using PowerBI (not required)
Skills & tools
SAP, Microsoft Excel, PowerBI
Additional information
- This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.