Financial Analyst

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $45 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s, SNICKERS, TWIX, MILKY WAY, DOVE, PEDIGREE, ROYAL CANIN, WHISKAS, EXTRA, ORBIT, 5, SKITTLES, BEN’S ORIGINAL and MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl, VCA and Pet Partners. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Financial Analyst

Job Purpose/Overview

The finance business provides partner targeted strategic insights across the business. Responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis and reporting of financial information for the financial shaping/decision-making process, as well as preparing presentations and making recommendations to management.

Key Responsabilities

• Consolidate local P&Ls into the cluster's income statement, ensuring accuracy and an integrated view.
• Monitor below-MAC budgets by collaborating with the owners to ensure spending objectives are met.
• Support the creation of presentations to assist the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process.
• Collaborate in the preparation of regional submissions, providing data and analyses aligned with European/global requirements.
• Work closely with the Demand team to build P&Ls related to new launches and innovations.
• COGs/TP owner for the cluster: receiving and analyzing supply information and sharing it with sub-cluster BPs.
• V2V (Volume to value) lead for South Europe, deploying project in Italy and coordinating rest of SE sub-clusters
• Support the Italian market in:
• managing ad hoc projects and preparing P&Ls and supporting analyses to support decision-making.
• Maintain and update dashboards and reporting in Power BI, uploading actuals and forecasts on a monthly basis.
• Create and maintain a structured database for managing (prime) pricing at the Italian level, updated quarterly.

Context & Scope

The role sits the Cluster Finance Team, reporting to the CFO.

Strong stakeholder management skills are required as the role will be working very closely with a vast amount of stakeholders

Job Specifications/Qualifications

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Business or economics degree
• Fluent in English

Knowledge / Experience

• Experience in financial analysis, management accounting, or a related role, with at least 1/2 years of experience in business partnering

Location

Milan - Zona Porta Romana

Employment Type

Temporary contract (6 months)

Seniority Level

Average work experience

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.