Global Digital Media Budget & Ops Manager

Civil Recruit; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Civil Recruit is seeking a Digital Media Operations Manager (Contractor) to own end-to-end digital media budget management, including forecasting, planning, and actuals. You will collaborate with media, finance, procurement, and accounting teams to ensure accurate spend and strong governance across global programs.

The role emphasizes operational rigor, process improvement, and clear financial communication.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in marketing operations, financial operations, or budget management, digital media preferred.
• Strong experience handling budgets, forecasts, accruals, and financial workflows.
• Ability to work across procurement, finance, and accounting processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets for complex tracking and modeling.
• Excellent attention to detail and process discipline.
• Strong communication to translate financial data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain documentation and tracking for planned and actual digital media spend, ensuring alignment across plans, forecasts, and actuals.
• Serve as central contact for budget adjustments, document changes, and reflect them in tracking systems.
• Partner with procurement and legal to process SOWs; with procurement and accounting to set up POs and track spend.
• Manage accruals, invoice validation and approvals; support month-end and quarter-end close.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly forecasts, actuals, and pacing insights to stakeholders.
• Build and improve scalable processes, workflows, and documentation for budget management.

Skills

Budget management

Financial operations

Marketing operations

Google Sheets

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

Civil Recruit is seeking a Digital Media Operations Manager (Contractor) to own end-to-end digital media budget management, including forecasting, planning, and actuals. You will collaborate with media, finance, procurement, and accounting teams to ensure accurate spend and strong governance across global programs.

The role emphasizes operational rigor, process improvement, and clear financial communication.