Innovation Finance Lead: P&L, Portfolio & Governance

Mars Incorporated; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 154 000 - 211 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Mars Incorporated in Chicago, IL, seeks Senior Manager, Innovation Finance to steer financial governance across the category portfolio and drive growth initiatives that protect P&L. You will partner with R&D, Industrial Engineering, Marketing and Commercial to build robust business cases, project P&Ls, and post-launch evaluations, while ensuring capital is deployed where value is strongest.

In this role you’ll lead horizon 3–4 financial modeling, integrate Mars data standards, and act as a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related quantitative discipline.
• 8–10 years of progressive finance experience with exposure to financial modeling, business planning, or FP&A.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate finance principles, P&L architecture, and stage-gate innovation processes.
• Proven track record in building multi-year DCF, project P&Ls, and capital justification models.
• Deep understanding of how manufacturing supply chain, BOM, and commercial drivers interconnect to impact gross margin and operating profit.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize across competing project deadlines, and drive alignment across matrixed functions.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling systems, and BI/reporting platforms (Power BI, SAP).

Responsabilités

• Lead end-to-end financial evaluation and modeling for Horizon 3 and 4 innovation and portfolio expansion projects across the category.
• Build, pressure-test, and iterate dynamic P&Ls for individual projects by consolidating inputs from R&D, Industrial Engineering, and Marketing.
• Conduct rigorous sensitivity, scenario, and risk analyses to stress-test financial assumptions, gross margin hurdles, NPV, IRR, and payback horizons.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure innovation initiatives are financially sound and well-governed.
• Lead integration of Mars innovation data & processes into Mars systems.
• Ensure recurring innovation reporting and governance forums exist with cross-functional leaders.
• Report innovation performance across horizons, identifying risks and opportunities to ensure pipeline sufficiency.
• Support the delivery of pipeline health metrics, milestones, launch readiness, projected net sales value, and margin delivery against plans.
• Require that innovation data is consistent and accurate across all category reviews and executive updates.
• Act as a key finance decision-maker within innovation forums (GTO, ILT).
• Establish global standards on innovation assessment and financial guardrails; lead adoption of global standard and best practices across the organization.
• Post-launch analysis & value realization: support post-launch reviews and diagnose causes of variance to refine future forecasts.

Connaissances

Financial modeling

P&L modeling

Stakeholder management

Executive presentation

Ambiguity management

Excel proficiency

BI tools

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

MBA, CPA, CMA or equivalent

Outils

Power BI

SAP

Financial modeling systems

Description du poste

Mars Incorporated in Chicago, IL, seeks Senior Manager, Innovation Finance to steer financial governance across the category portfolio and drive growth initiatives that protect P&L. You will partner with R&D, Industrial Engineering, Marketing and Commercial to build robust business cases, project P&Ls, and post-launch evaluations, while ensuring capital is deployed where value is strongest.

In this role you’ll lead horizon 3–4 financial modeling, integrate Mars data standards, and act as a