Senior Manager, Media Financial Operations

Full time

Regular

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Media Financial Operations leads the financial strategy and operational discipline behind Best Buy's media investments across enterprise marketing and Best Buy Ads. This role is responsible for maximizing the value and accountability of media spend through strong investment governance, financial controls, and performance reporting. Working closely with finance, media teams, agencies, vendors, and account teams, this leader ensures media dollars are deployed effectively, tracked with precision, and reported in ways that inform smarter investment decisions across the campaign lifecycle.

This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.

• Lead the financial portfolio of media investments, overseeing investment governance, spend controls, and the operational processes that keep media budgets accurate and accountable from planning through close.
• Partner with finance, media teams, agencies, advertisers, and media partners to ensure media investments align with contractual terms, budget commitments, and established performance and service expectations.
• Oversee media investment reconciliation by validating delivered media against booked plans, resolving delivery and cost discrepancies, and managing makegoods and under delivery to protect investment value.
• Deliver actualized spend reporting, budget tracking, and financial insights to finance, media leadership, and business stakeholders to strengthen decision-making, forecasting, and investment planning.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies that sharpen investment accuracy, reduce manual effort, and scale media financial operations as the business grows.
• 7+ years of experience in media finance, media operations, ad operations, accounting, procurement, or related fields.
• 3+ years of direct and/or indirect leadership experience.
• Experience managing media billing, invoicing, reconciliations, and financial reporting processes.
• Experience partnering with agencies, vendors, and cross-functional finance teams.
• Experience leading process improvement or operational excellence initiatives.

• Experience in retail media, digital advertising, marketing operations, or media agency environments.
• Knowledge of media buying, insertion orders, purchase orders, billing systems, and financial controls.
• Experience with media management, workflow, or financial systems such as Prisma, Placements.io, Workfront, SAP, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting budget forecasting, investment planning, and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and process automation skills.

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and t Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being
• Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to…