Sr. Manager FP&A
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Job Description:
Senior Manager, FP&A – Better For You
Accelerator is Mars Snacking's growth engine, focused on unlocking growth across a portfolio of high-potential brands and categories. Our Better For You portfolio includes KIND®, RXBAR®, Nutri-Grain®, Special K Bars®, and Pure Organic®, combining the scale and resources of Mars with the agility, innovation, and entrepreneurial mindset of a growth business.
As Senior Manager, FP&A – Better For You, you will play a critical leadership role in driving financial performance and shaping the future of a growing portfolio of brands. Partnering closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, and senior cross-functional leaders, you'll deliver the insights, planning, and strategic guidance that help accelerate growth while modernizing how the business plans, reports, and makes decisions through automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of two, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, evolving environment where curiosity, agility, and innovation are highly valued.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; CPA and/or MBA preferred.
- 5-7+ years of progressive finance experience across FP&A, Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, or related areas.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management processes.
- Proven ability to partner with and influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive business decisions and deliver financial results.
- Experience managing ambiguity and driving outcomes during periods of change, transformation, system implementations, ERP transitions, or similar business initiatives.
- Strong GAAP knowledge and ability to model and analyze all three financial statements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and business partnering skills, with the ability to effectively challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Curious, analytical, and self-driven leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and is comfortable creating solutions where a playbook does not exist.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting large-scale businesses and complex P&Ls.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and ERP systems, with SAP experience preferred.
- Experience with Power BI, automation tools, AI-enabled solutions, or advanced analytics.
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or food manufacturing experience.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Lead the annual operating plan and budgeting process, from methodology through stakeholder implementation, proposal review, and financial statement integration.
- Own the management reporting process end-to-end, including close timelines, close meetings, and reporting deliverables, while continuously improving quality and efficiency.
- Analyze KPIs and develop performance commentary, delivering insight-driven recommendations and presentations for Accelerator and Better For You leadership teams.
- Partner cross-functionally to forecast the balance-of-year P&L, NCFO, and Latest Estimates, consolidating risks and opportunities while driving alignment on actions to deliver results.
- Support long-range financial planning and evaluate large-scale strategic initiatives that shape the future of the business.
- Drive reporting simplification, process automation, and adoption of AI and advanced analytics tools to enhance efficiency and decision-making.
- Lead and develop a team of two associates, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support ad hoc analyses, business cases, and special projects as needed.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with 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 salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 153,600.00 - USD 211,200.00Company at a glance
We’re a unified force of 170,000+ Associates, taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.
Our Five Principles have kept us true to ourselves and to our commitment to treat others in ways that are consistent with those values. Having stood the test of time, these principles will continue, keeping us free to move quickly and plan for the future.
Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.
Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.
Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.
Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.
Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.
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Top Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- 401k plan
- Paid time off
- Company bonus
- Learning and development support
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