Sr Manager - M&M’S Global Digital Finance

mars; USA; Vor Ort; USD 130.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mars Incorporated is seeking a Financial Analysis Senior Manager who partners with the Global Digital Finance team to translate analytics into actionable initiatives. The role covers strategic partnering, governance, and leadership across 14 markets and multiple channels, delivering insights that influence the CFO and segment leadership.

You will lead forecasting, ROI assessment, risk/opportunity modeling, and cross-functional collaboration with data scientists to improve profitability and drive

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, e.g., strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity or corporate development.
• Broad understanding of business areas, drivers and performance metrics.
• Ability to tackle ambiguous questions and structure analytics paths.

Aufgaben

• Develop deep understanding and independent perspective of performance drivers for Mars Segments.
• Uncover areas to drive performance improvements and value creation using data and advanced analytics.
• Understand strategic needs and support decision making with actionable insights.
• Collaborate with data scientists to develop techniques for actionable insights.
• Help ensure insights translate into scalable actions with Segment leaders.
• Drive high-visibility strategic projects, structuring problems and opportunities with data-driven methods.
• Participate in corporate strategic resource allocation to inform investment priorities.

Kenntnisse

Business Analysis

Strategy consulting

Investment banking

Private equity

Corporate development

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description:

The Financial Analysis Sr. Manager plays a critical role in delivering superior insights to Mars Incorporated and the Business Segments to improve performance, by helping to ensure that the insights generated through sophisticated analytics translate into actions and initiatives that have impact at scale in the organization. The Financial Analysis Sr. Manager is a key strategic thought partner to the Mars Inc CFO, Segment CFO The Sr Mgr - M&M'S Global Digital Finance provides financial support and strategic business partnership across the Global Digital business (spanning 14 countries and 4 distinct channels). The role operates across three primary pillars of accountability:

1. Strategic Business Partnering & Value Creation

• Strategic Co-Piloting: Partner with the Global Digital Leader and cross-functional leadership to define, align, and execute multi-year business strategies focused on growth acceleration and cost transformation.


• Strategic agility: Be a proactive thought leader with a strategic mindset to support and drive Digital leadership through its Digital transformation journey and help define the resource/support structure required to unlock this business transformation.


• Value Creation Architect: Identify, model, and unlock margin expansion and value levers across digital touchpoints, commercial models, and route-to-market channels.


• Commercial Investment Optimization: Evaluate ROI across capital investments, trade promotions, promotional discounting frameworks, and digital marketing/advertising spend to maximize return on investment.

2. Financial Leadership, Governance & Compliance

• Financial Planning & Shape Alignment: Lead financial planning, forecasting, target setting, and resource allocation across all 14 markets to ensure alignment with broader enterprise ambitions.


• Predictive Analytics & Decision Support: Deliver forward-looking financial performance analysis, risk/opportunity modeling, and actionable business insights to drive agile executive decision-making.


• Tax, IP & Regulatory Compliance: Safeguard business operations by ensuring rigorous indirect/direct tax, intellectual property (IP), and statutory compliance across all operating jurisdictions.


• People Leadership & Capability Building: Directly lead, mentor, and empower the EU Digital Finance Manager and broader team to build high-performing digital finance capabilities. Provide developmental feedback to empower, motivate and foster a team environment through effective, transparent communication.

3. Key Leadership Capabilities & Mindset

• Value Creation Architect: Track record of driving structural profitability, margin improvement, and strategic capital allocation.


• Data-Driven & Predictive Insight: Ability to translate complex commercial data into predictive financial models and decisive strategic actions.


• Enterprise Mindset: Holistic perspective balancing end-to-end P&L ownership with brand equity, customer partnership, and enterprise governance.

What are we looking for?

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Business Analysis (e. g. strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development).


• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Business, Economics or a related field required


• Broad understanding of different areas of the business, key drivers and performance metrics


• Comfort with diving into ambiguous business questions to understand key issues and structure analytical path


• Forward-thinking in anticipating future consequences and trends

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop a deep understanding and independent perspective of performance drivers into one of the Mars Segments.


• Uncover areas within the business to drive performance improvements and value creation, leveraging data and advanced analytics techniques.


• Understand strategic needs of the business, and is able to support decision making through actionable insights.


• Collaborate with data scientist to develop innovative techniques to provide actionable insights to drive financial performance.


• Help ensure that the deep insights generated through sophisticated analytics translate into actions and initiatives that have impact at scale in an organization, working closely with Segment leaders.


• Drive highly visible strategic projects, working cross-functionally to structure problems, analyze opportunities, and develop solutions and actionable recommendations through a rigorous, data-driven process that leverage advanced analytics techniques.


• Actively participate in the Corporate strategic resource allocation process, facilitating unbiased data-driven discussion to drive better investment priorities.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.


• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.


• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.


• An industry competitive sal