Director, Business Operations

Company information

Mars United Commerce is a global commerce marketing practice that aligns people, technology, and intelligence to make the business of our clients better today than it was yesterday. Our worldwide capabilities coalesce into four key disciplines — Strategy & Analytics, Content & Experiences, Digital Commerce, and Retail Consultancy — that individually deliver unmatched results for clients and collectively give them an unparalleled network of seamlessly integrated functions across the entire commerce marketing ecosystem.

These disciplines are powered by our industry‑leading technology platform, Marilyn, which helps marketers understand the total business impact of their commerce marketing activation, enabling them to make better decisions, create connected experiences, and drive stronger, measurable results. Learn more at

Mars United Commerce is seeking a Director, Business Operations. This position ensures that the team operates in a highly efficient manner while maintaining the highest quality standards. Supports the Lead and team by managing scoping, client finances, and establishing processes and ways of working to consistently deliver a best‑in‑class product and service.

• Business Management
• Financials
• Client Liaison
• Training

Own financial stewardship for the business, encompassing budget governance, reconciliation, revenue recognition, invoicing, compliance, spend reporting, process automation, and strategic financial partnership across agency and client stakeholders.

• Serve as the primary financial liaison for client, supporting conversations related to reconciliation, invoicing, fiscal stewardship, and budget management.
• Deliver clear, proactive financial readouts that provide visibility into spend, forecasts, accruals, financial risks, and funding utilization.
• Build credibility and trust with client finance and marketing stakeholders through consistent financial transparency, ongoing communication and strategic recommendations.
• Partner with account leadership to ensure financial decisions support both client objectives and agency profitability.
• Proactively identify and communicate budget variances, financial implications, and reconciliation outcomes to both client and internal stakeholders.

• Provide monthly financial updates, with clear visibility into fiscal budget status, timing, risks, and required next steps.
• Ensure financial accuracy, compliance, and transparency across all client‑related work associated with the fiscal budget, including aggregation of retailer plans, reconciliation, and financial changes in partnership with the balance of team.
• Manage compliance across quarterly reconciliation, client status reports, weekly finance meetings and related account financial processes.
• Own revenue recognition, invoicing accuracy, accruals, and reconciliation tied to the account.
• Maintain audit‑ready documentation, consistent financial records, and strong internal controls across the account.
• Serve as the escalation point for discrepancies between delivery, billing, and client expectations, ensuring timely resolution and cross‑functional alignment.
• Ensure alignment between clients fiscal calendar, agency financial reporting, delivery timelines, and vendor PO / client PO accuracy.
• Optimize funding and utilization based on monthly reports, reconciliations, scope movement, and approved budget changes.
• Review performance data to measure productivity, goal achievement, and areas needing improvement.

• Own ongoing evaluation and optimization of business and financial operations processes, reporting routines, and ways of working to improve consistency, accuracy, efficiency, and overall team effectiveness.
• Partner with Data Governance team to identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, strengthen financial and operational reporting, and improve cross‑functional alignment across internal and client‑facing teams.
• Develop, document, and socialize improved processes, templates, and best practices that support scalable operations and a…