Finance Lead, Marketing Finance

Adobe•San Jose, CA

14h•$128,700 - $243,850

About The Position

This Marketing Finance Lead position is a strategic finance leader supporting the Global Marketing Organization, focused on providing thought leadership across planning and investment decisions.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, financial analytics, or related roles.
Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and scenario analysis, capable of converting data into strategic recommendations.
Strong executive communication expertise, demonstrated by independently developing leadership presentations and turning complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives.
Ability to build effective partnerships, influence senior leaders, and navigate complex cross-functional decisions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of distilling complex information into clear messages for executive audiences.
Creative and structured approach to problem-solving, capable of working effectively through ambiguity.
Experience applying AI tools to improve productivity, analysis, or workflows, with the ability to identify and champion new ways AI can improve Finance processes and decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data visualization, reporting, or automation tools such as Power BI or Power Automate is a plus; familiarity with SQL is preferred.

Responsibilities

Act as a strategic Finance partner to Marketing leadership, connecting business strategy, marketing priorities, and financial outcomes.
Build partnerships across Marketing and Finance to drive alignment, accountability, and effective decision-making.
Partner with leaders to evaluate investment priorities, resource allocation, and trade-offs, ensuring spending aligns with strategic objectives.
Develop financial analyses and scenarios that translate business questions into clear implications, recommendations, and actions.
Develop a Finance point of view on investment priorities, trade-offs, risks, and opportunities and influence decisions through clear recommendations.
Partner with Marketing teams to evaluate marketing performance, improve returns, and recommend where investments can be optimized.
Create executive business reviews and presentations that translate financial and marketing trends into clear business implications and recommended actions, including end-to-end story development and executive-ready visualization.
Lead financial planning and budget management, including forecasting, close, variance analysis, risks and opportunities, and scenario planning.
Synthesize financial and business trends into concise narratives that clearly communicate what happened, why it matters, and what should happen next.
Use AI, process automation, and data capabilities to improve FP&A and analytical workflows, accelerate insights, and enable better decision-making.