Strategic Demand Finance Manager

mars; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nature's Bakery, now part of the Mars family, seeks a Demand Finance Manager to align commercial strategies with financial outcomes. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, FP&A, Trade Finance, and Supply Chain Finance to forecast demand, analyze channel performance, and model investments for profitability.

You will influence cross-functional teams, support AOP planning, and drive scenarios that connect volume assumptions to financial results across revenue, trade, and margin.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, Demand Finance, or related roles, preferably within CPG or a similar industry.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, forecasting, customer economics, revenue, trade, margin, and profitability.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with advanced Excel capabilities.
• Experience partnering with Sales and/or Marketing organizations strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key finance partner to Sales and Marketing, providing financial analysis and insights to support business decisions.
• Support customer, channel, and brand performance reviews, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities versus plan and prior year.
• Develop financial scenarios to evaluate changes in volume, customer plans, marketing investments, mix, and other commercial assumptions.
• Provide visibility into the financial impact of Sales and Marketing initiatives across revenue, trade, net sales, margin, and profitability.
• Partner with commercial teams to identify opportunities to improve financial performance and deliver against business objectives.

Skills

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Excel modeling

Business partnering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Nature's Bakery, now part of the Mars family, seeks a Demand Finance Manager to align commercial strategies with financial outcomes. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, FP&A, Trade Finance, and Supply Chain Finance to forecast demand, analyze channel performance, and model investments for profitability.

You will influence cross-functional teams, support AOP planning, and drive scenarios that connect volume assumptions to financial results across revenue, trade, and margin.