Job Description:
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong knowledge of Finance Operations processes.
- 5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture or a similar role, with a focus on RTR, SCF as well as I2C & I2P.
- Knowledge of integration tools and technologies (APIs, Middleware)
- Experience guiding development teams to maintain product and service design integrity, ensuring compliance with global standards and mandated processes.
- Familiarity with SAP and non-SAP systems to support operations in resolving complex, high-impact issues.
- Ability to collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Integration, and both technical and non-technical stakeholders to develop and recommend solutions.
- Experience supporting product managers in lifecycle management, aligning with business priorities, budgets, versioning, and risk management.
- Digital Transformation S/4 Deployment – Core process
- Experience with HighRadius, VIM, Blackline, Concur are valuable additionally
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead conversations with transformation programmes, projects & other Senior Solution Architects on design decisions relating to the Finance area.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive vision of the functional area and its integration with other cross-functional capabilities.
- Align system strategies with organizational goals, ensuring BCF-related solutions support broader enterprise objectives.
- Act as a Design Authority for Record-to-Report, Supply Chain Finance, Invoice-to-Cash & Invoice-to-Pay, evaluating the impact of initiatives and providing strategic guidance.
- Advocate for automation and innovative technology-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, Enterprise Architecture, transformational programs, and integration teams to design new solutions, services, and products.
- Provide guidance, mentorship & technical leadership of other Architects in the team.
- Support operations in troubleshooting high-impact issues, ensuring business continuity.
- Stay updated on emerging technologies and propose enhancements to improve efficiency and performance.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture or a similar role
- Strong knowledge of Finance Operations processes
- Knowledge of integration tools and technologies
- Familiarity with SAP and non-SAP systems
- Experience with HighRadius, VIM, Blackline, Concur
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
