Sales Finance Manager

The Sales Finance Manager leads & orchestrates key financial processes across all Sales Channels, including planning, forecasting, analytics, and governance of investments in Trade and Displays. This role works closely with Channel Finance Leads, Sales, SRM (Sales Revenue Management) and Controllership on execution and continuous improvement of these processes to drive insights, efficiencies, and digitalization.

This role plays a key role in reporting and analytics, owning cross-functional channel processes, and supporting and developing digital tools such as Trade Dashboard, 1CPL, and more. Sales Finance Manager is a dedicated business partner for several Sub-Channels and works in close partnership with Channel Finance lead.

What are we looking for?

• 4 Year Bachelor's Degree Required
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, MBA, CPA, or Master's Degree preferred
• 5+ years of related experience in FMCG
• Experience in a matrix organization preferred

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Business Partner for several sales teams across channels, leading periodic financial reviews, providing performance insights, supporting sales team in trade-offs, decision making and forecasting. Collaborates closely with Channel Finance lead.
• Leads & orchestrates quarterly review of Trade and D&E investments (QBR) in collaboration with Channel Finance Leads. This includes process ownership, managing reporting and analytics, coordinating reviews with each channel, providing insights and key messages for aggregate outlook.
• Owns operational processes and leads period close insights and recaps, uncommitted reporting, and topside reporting, and partner with Channel Finance Leads on each.
• Supports Channel Finance Leads in quarterly Channel/Account performance reviews by providing streamlined, insightful reporting and leveraging digital tools.
• Supports overall digital agenda, responsible for continuous improvement of digital tools, identifying and executing further opportunities for digitalization, leading customer adoption and capabilities building.
• Transforms trade spend analytics including step change in quality of data (account, brand, check book, promotion, periodic phasing) as well as develop suite of tools to enable insights and value creation
• Center of Excellence for Trade and D&E Governance. 
• Supports internal and external audits within scope of responsibility
• Supports projects and ah-hoc requests

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 salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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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.