Senior Manager, Brand Budget Operations

Overview

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, Read Soft/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

$125,000 - $156,000 a year

A reasonable estimate of the pay range is CAD $125,000 - CAD $156,000 at the time of this posting. Within…