Marketing Investment - Senior Analyst

Job description

Why Join GEICO? At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers. The Senior Analyst, Marketing Investment & Planning is responsible for the planning, tracking, and optimization of marketing spend to maximize impact and ensure financial discipline. This role reports to the Director of Investment Strategy and partners with Product Owners, Channel Owners, and Finance/FP&A to manage annual and quarterly budgets, oversee purchase workflows, improve forecast accuracy, and deliver insights on variances, risks, and cost efficiency. Key Responsibilities 1) Budget Tracking & Forecasting Partner with Marketing leaders to develop annual and quarterly budgets that achieve strategic objectives. Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual rhythms within the Marketing org to enable transparent budget management across the team holding budget managers accountability for reforecasts and identification of risks and opportunities for spend optimizations. Build and maintain budget models that align spend to goals and enables scenario planning in support of changes to business priorities in order to maximize return on investment. 2) Spend Governance & Operational Control Own marketing spend governance: approvals, spend thresholds, vendor onboarding, PO requests, MA approvals, and invoice processes. Partner with Procurement and Finance to ensure contract compliance, correct coding of financial artifacts, and timely accruals. Implement controls to reduce maverick spend and improve audit readiness (documentation, SOWs, terms, and approvals). Periodically optimize spend taxonomy (product, channel, campaign, program type, region, cost center). 3) Reporting, Insights & Executive Readouts Produce weekly/monthly budget status reporting: actuals vs budget vs forecast , burn rates, and variance explanations. Create executive dashboards and summaries for CMO/VPs: spend pacing, forecast risk, and reallocation recommendations. Identify under/over-spend trends and propose corrective actions (shift funds across channels, adjust campaign timing). Support Finance with month-end close, accruals, and variance narratives specific to marketing activity. 4) Marketing ROI & Efficiency Analysis Support Analytics in connecting spend with outcomes: MMM, PAS, CAC, CPL, ROAS. Support business case development for incremental investment, headcount, tools, and agencies. Track and report savings initiatives (rate-card negotiations, vendor consolidation, tooling rationalization). 5) Process Improvement & Tooling Improve the end-to-end marketing finance workflow (intake → approval → PO → invoice → reporting). Maintain and enhance tools used for budget tracking (Excel, ERP, procurement system, or marketing spend platforms), with an eye toward automation and future proofing for Marketing Investment organization. Create templates and playbooks for channel owners (forecasting, reallocation requests). Train marketers on budget best practices and spend governance. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field 5+ years in budgeting/FP&A/financial operations with direct marketing spend exposure Demonstrated experience managing large, multi‑channel marketing budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and executive reporting Experience with financial systems and budget/reporting tools, such as Workday, Excel, and Power BI Preferred Qualifications Oversight of large marketing budgets, including agency and media spend portfolios Experience working in a matrixed environment across multiple stakeholders Familiarity with purchase order, invoice, and month close workflows, including managing accruals Desired Skills & Competencies Advanced Excel (models, pivots, scenario planning) and strong financial acumen Ability to translate marketing plans into budgets and forecasts Strong stakeholder management with marketers and finance leaders Process orientation (governance, documentation, audit readiness) Data storytelling for executive audiences Collaborative mindsight with high ownership, attention to detail, and comfort working cross-functionally Aptitude with AI and experience with data automation with a vision for building agentic tools to improve processes Annual Salary $100,450.00 - $157,850.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations. At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. The GEICO Pledge: Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity. Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance. Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success. Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future. 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