Marketing Budget & Ops Associate (Contract)

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role We’re looking for a part-time Marketing Budget & Ops Associate (Contractor) to provide coverage during an extended leave. In this role, you’ll keep our 2026 Marketing budget running smoothly: ensuring data is accurate and up to date, supporting month-end and reforecast workflows, and helping budget owners stay aligned with Finance and Accounting. You’ll work closely with Marketing, Finance, and Accounting partners to maintain clean data, provide clear variance explanations, and ensure a reliable source of truth. This is a remote, part-time contract role (up to 20 hours per week) requiring availability during U.S. Eastern Time business hours, with occasional flexibility to collaborate across international time zones. You will... Serve as a liaison between Marketing, Accounting, and FP&A on budget questions, actuals, and forecast changesManage the 2026 Marketing budget sheet: monitor budget owner tabs, ensure monthly checklist tasks are completed, and maintain clean, consistent, and error-free inputsCollect and consolidate variance explanations and other budget changes identified by Finance, routing questions to budget owners and capturing clear rationaleTrack budget transfers and incremental changes, ensuring requests are documented, approvals secured, and entries accurately reflect “from/to” amounts and contextWork with the Brand Marketing team on getting their expenses paid, using the Zip system Support quarterly true-ups and reforecasts in partnership with Finance and AccountingAnswer budget management and process questions from Marketing using existing documentation; partner with Finance/Accounting to resolve new or complex issuesSupport the Office of the CMO on special projects as needed You have... 2–4+ years of experience in marketing operations, FP&A, accounting, or business operations, with hands-on responsibility for budgets, forecasts, and variance analysisStrong proficiency in Google Sheets or Excel; familiarity with Zip a plus Practical understanding of accrual-based planning and the ability to translate actuals, deltas, and reforecasts into clear, concise explanations for non-finance stakeholdersExcellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable driving reminders, follow-ups, and clarifying questions with senior stakeholdersA detail-oriented, documentation-first working style, with a track record of maintaining accurate, audit-ready shared spreadsheetsAbility to work independently in a remote, cross-functional environment while maintaining a consistent part-time schedule aligned with U.S. Eastern Time, with occasional flexibility for international meetings Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.