Job Description:
The Director, Digital Finance leads the digital transformation agenda for the Finance function across Mars Snacking North America (MSNA). This role is accountable for defining and executing the North America Finance digital roadmap, ensuring scalable, standardized, and insight‑driven Finance capabilities across commercial, supply, and corporate Finance domains. The role serves as a strategic partner to the CFO and Finance Leadership Team, enabling improved decision‑making, efficiency, and financial control across a ~$15B business.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Technology, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with Finance technology and digital platforms (e.g., planning and performance management, analytics/BI, process automation, and/or ERP-enabled Finance capabilities), including translating business needs into scalable solutions.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Finance transformation, digital enablement, or enterprise program leadership.
- Proven experience leading large, complex transformation initiatives within a global, matrixed organization, preferably in CPG or FMCG.
- Strong understanding of end‑to‑end Finance processes including FP&A, IBP, Record‑to‑Report, and commercial finance.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change without direct authority.
- Experience partnering with IT, Digital, and Data teams to deliver scalable, sustainable Finance solutions.
- Strong strategic thinking, execution discipline, and results orientation.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Own and execute the North America Finance digital transformation roadmap aligned with Global Finance Digital strategy and enterprise standards, serving as the primary liaison to Global Finance Digital, Enterprise Technology, and Data teams to ensure alignment, prioritization, and delivery.
- Collaborate with finance sub-functions to identify, ideate and prioritize opportunities to enhance digital capabilities and automation within the region
- Lead the Finance transformation PMO for North America, including portfolio governance, delivery discipline, risk management, and benefits realization tracking.
- Lead the vision and delivery of a Finance “Command Center” innovation lab to pilot emerging technologies, build proof‑of‑value use cases, and scale solutions that modernize Finance decision support. Develop and execute the forward-looking Finance technology roadmap and enable the Finance community through training and adoption.
- Close collaboration with Finance leaders across FP&A, IBP, Commercial Finance, Supply Finance, and Controllership to translate business needs into scalable digital solutions.
- Lead the functional designs on advanced financial insights, analytics, and planning capabilities to improve speed, quality, and predictability of decision‑making.
- Drive standardization, simplification, and automation across end‑to‑end Finance processes.
- Provide executive‑level reporting and progress updates to the CFO and North America Finance Leadership Team.
- Promote the adoption of new technologies, global solutions, and best practices within the North America region through proactive communication forums including training sessions, capabilities building, team meetings, etc.
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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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 211,200.00Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Technology, or related field
- MBA or advanced degree
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Finance
- Experience leading large and complex transformation initiatives
- Strong understanding of end-to-end Finance processes
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience partnering with IT and Digital teams
- Strong strategic thinking and results orientation
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.
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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.
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