Sr Manager, FP&A - Brand Marketing

The pay range is $95,000.00 - $171,000.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here.

A role in Financial Planning & Analysis means belonging to a great team of genuine, diverse, courageous and versatile people who put integrity and ethics at the heart of everything they do. Together, you’ll drive outstanding financial results by enabling and accelerating Target’s strategic execution. You’ll nurture influential partnerships with leaders who value your credibility, thanks to the quality and reliability of your insights. To teams across Target, you’ll bring your skills for analytical rigor, creative problem-solving and sound decision-making. You’ll be an active contributor to cross-functional teams. You’ll rise to the challenge of the dynamic retail industry, bringing innovative solutions that have a direct impact on financial and operational direction-setting, merchandising and capital investments and how to best use our resources. All your good work will help elevate and maintain Target as one of the world’s most recognized and best-loved retail brands.

As Sr. Manager, Brand Marketing Finance, you’ll support understanding and managing Target’s total investment in Brand Marketing across media and production expenses. You’ll provide financial planning and analysis leadership, partner closely with Marketing leadership to improve how brand performance is evaluated, and support teams across Marketing and Merchandise Finance by bringing clarity, alignment, and insight to complex investment decisions.

You’ll play a critical role in building strong financial routines, establishing recap and retro processes for Brand performance, and helping partners understand expense drivers and available levers. This role requires operating effectively in gray spaces, developing new cross-functional processes, and bringing stakeholders along on learnings to influence future marketing investments.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead financial planning and analysis routines for Brand Marketing across media and production expenses, including forecast, actuals, and goals.
• Partner with across the marketing organization to understand measurement reporting and KPIs and establish recap and retro routines to inform future Brand investments.
• Support the Target Creative organization by managing expenses such as Item Photography, Sports Sponsorships, and other related marketing spend.
• Analyze Brand Marketing and Creative expenses to clarify key drivers, expense recognition timing, and track available expense levers throughout the year.
• Develop cross-functional processes that align partners and drive clarity in how we fund various marketing campaigns.

About You:

• MBA or 4-year degree with 6+ years relevant finance or business experience.
• Strong partner and communicator who can work cross-functionally with Marketing and Finance and tailor communication to a wide range of partners and leaders
• Strategically minded, with the ability to operate in gray spaces and align others on how to approach complex or undefined problems
• Strong financial and analytical skills, with the ability to analyze data, understand expense drivers, and distinguish between expense recognition and actionable business levers
• Self-starter who can prioritize, initiate work, and develop an approach independently while operating on a team
• Curious, with a strong desire to understand Brand Marketing processes and challenge how the business evaluates its own work

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

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