Marketing Specialist I/finance/budget/Excel

45227    26-28.00 AN HOUR W2 CONTRACT + 5 PTO days 05/04/2026 to 03/28/2027

This role is a key support function for the Central Pediatrics Marketing team, with primary responsibility for owning, managing, and reporting the Central Marketing Budget. The individual in this role will be accountable for maintaining budget accuracy, making updates and adjustments, planning and forecasting, and delivering clear, timely reporting to the organization.
In addition to budget ownership, this role provides hands on support for Similac marketing initiatives, including agency artwork coordination, newsletter video support, and managing approval processes. This position plays a critical role in ensuring financial rigor while enabling marketing execution.

Core Responsibilities
The candidate will:
• Own the end to end Central Marketing Budget for pediatrics
• Maintain accuracy across budget tracking, updates, adjustments, and forecasts
• Create and deliver regular budget reports to leadership and cross functional partners
• Identify and proactively manage spend risks to avoid over spend or under spend
• Support Similac marketing initiatives, including:
o Artwork creation and coordination with agencies
o Newsletter video development support
o Approval workflow management
• Manage and review:
o Statements of work (SOWs)
o Contracts
o Internal budget transfers
o Supplier service approvals
o Invoicing
Required Skills & Capabilities
We are looking for someone who:
• Is highly proficient in Excel, including managing multiple tabs and complex data sets
• Can create clear, professional PowerPoint presentations for reporting and decision making
• Is extremely organized and detail oriented, with strong follow through
• Is a self starter who demonstrates curiosity and strong problem solving skills
• Can balance flexibility and solution orientation with strict adherence to processes, rules, and controls
• Thinks proactively and can anticipate issues before they arise, especially related to budget risks
Collaboration & Communication
This role requires strong interpersonal and presentation skills. The candidate will:
• Meet bi weekly with brand leads to review budget status and adjustments
• Present twice per month to the broader team, including budget updates, risks, and approvals needed
• Work closely with marketing, finance, agencies, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
• Be comfortable asking questions, clarifying details, and driving alignment across teams
Personal Attributes
We’re looking for someone who is:
• Friendly, flexible, competent, and dependable
• Eager to learn and able to quickly understand and follow new processes
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and stakeholders at once
• Collaborative, communicative, and confident working cross functionally
• Highly attentive to detail, recognizing that this role manages many moving parts and financial data

At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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