Marketing Operations, Financial & Budgeting Advisor - Hybrid

Role Overview

The Marketing Operations Center of Excellence (COE) is looking for an Operations Advisor to provide financial management support to our Marketing organization. This individual will report directly to the Financial Operations Senior Manager and help manage our financial operations process, supporting Marketing teams across each of our business areas—including Evernorth Business Marketing, US Employer Business Marketing, and other COEs—on monthly financial reconciliations, quarterly forecast projections, and annual planning criteria.

• Support the Financial Operations lead in managing the Enterprise Marketing budget process.
• Partner with Business Marketing / COE budget leads on a monthly basis to review pacing, reconcile actual spends, re‑forecast future months, discuss risks and opportunities, and ensure budgets are tracked appropriately throughout the year.
• Support the Financial Operations lead in creating quarterly projections.
• Partner with finance to aggregate budget pacing reports for quarterly meetings with Marketing leadership.
• Support onboarding of a new Mar Tech automation platform for budget tracking and forecasting.
• Identify process improvements within the Enterprise financial management process.
• Support the Strategy and Planning Operations lead with annual Marketing plans requiring financial support and budgeting.
• Support the Marketing Operations team in ad‑hoc special projects that require financial management support.

• 5+ years of experience in a marketing operations or financial advisory environment.
• Strong financial and operations background with an understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting within a Marketing organization.
• Detail‑oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work efficiently, quickly, and accurately while remaining results‑oriented.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, especially in PowerPoint and Excel (Pivot Tables).
• Ability to foster collaboration, value others’ perspectives, and gain support throughout the organization.
• Self‑starter with the ability to lead, influence, and/or indirectly manage up or down as necessary.
• Goal‑oriented and personally accountable; resourceful and self‑directed.
• Ability to work from a Cigna Group office three days a week, as directed by the business.
• If working from home occasionally or permanently, internet connection must be through cable broadband or fiber‑optic service with speeds of at least 10
  
  Mbps download / 5
  
  Mbps upload.

• Annual salary range of 99,800 – 166,300
  
  USD, depending on experience and geographic location.
• Eligibility to participate in an annual bonus plan.
• Health‑related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and behavioral health programs starting on day one.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Company‑paid life insurance.
• Tution reimbursement program.
• Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and various leaves of absence.

Position requires working from a Cigna Group office three days a week, as directed by the business. Remote work is allowed occasionally or permanently provided the above internet connectivity requirements are met.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, or status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.