Senior Budget & Planning Manager

The opportunity

This London-based position is central to Adobe’s global marketing team covering EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. You will report to the Director of Strategy & Operations, International Marketing. You will serve as the expert on international marketing budgets throughout the entire process—planning, forecasting, governance, in-quarter changes, and close-out. You will work closely with marketing leaders across the three regions. Your main goal is to design scalable methods that facilitate Adobe’s international growth. These methods involve systems, tools, and procedures tailored for a global, multi-region, multi-currency business, aided by automation, AI-powered workflows, and well-planned data governance.

What you will do

Direct the international marketing budget across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC — annual planning, quarterly revisions, in-quarter reallocations, and close

Translate regional strategy into a clear, well-governed investment plan and Surface risks and opportunities early

Align processes, taxonomies, and reporting with global standards while making space for regional nuance

Build scalable planning, forecasting, and reporting solutions, Bring automation and AI-enabled workflows into the planning lifecycle and Champion clear taxonomies and shared sources of truth

Build executive-ready Power BI reporting that helps leaders make confident decisions

What you will bring

• A strong background in marketing finance, marketing operations, FP&A, or commercial finance, ideally in a global technology, SaaS, or consumer business
• Experience working across more than one international region
• Proven experience leading and growing a small team
• Comfort partnering with senior leaders on in-quarter trade-offs
• Strong Excel skills (modeling, Power Query, dynamic arrays, scenario building)
• Confident Power BI skills (data modeling, semantic models, executive-ready dashboards)
• Hands-on experience using AI and modern automation!
• Thoughtful approach to data governance
• Clear, kind communication with senior partners!
• Nice to have: experience with Anaplan, SAP, Workfront or similar planning and spend-management platforms; experience partnering with Corporate or global functions; experience working with multinational teams.

Working at Adobe

We care about the people who work here. In the UK, we offer generous family leave for all parents. Among other benefits, we also provide private health cover, investment in your learning, employee wellbeing funding, Adobe Global Days Off, and hybrid working.

Adobe for All

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage the outstanding experiences and perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to our team. If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.

If this sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you — even if you do not match every point above.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

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