Job Description:
Location: Saint-Denis-De-L'Hôtel; Paris
Segment: Pet Nutrition
Type of contract: Permanent
The Junior Market (Sales) Finance Business Partner plays a pivotal role in our ambition to gain market share and create sustainable value. In this role, you will provide financial co-piloting and decision support to local commercial and sales teams across multiple channels (Grocery, Specialist Pet Trade (SPT), E-Commerce & Home Delivery). Acting as a key partner to the Senior Finance Business Partner and Customer Business Directors, you will bring financial transparency, challenge commercial assumptions, drive promotional efficiency, and champion digital finance transformation across the cluster.
What are we looking for?You have at least 2 years of finance experience (post-graduation) in commercial finance, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or revenue management.
You ideally bring background in consumer goods (FMCG/CPG) or retail, giving you a head start in understanding fast-paced market dynamics.
You are skilled with financial tools, including advanced Excel, modern reporting platforms like Power BI, and enterprise systems like SAP.
You are fluent in both English and French, allowing you to communicate and collaborate seamlessly with local and international teams.
You are a quick, curious learner who adapts fast, grasps commercial business drivers, and thrives in a dynamic environment.
You excel at cross-functional teamwork, building strong working relationships with partners across Sales, Supply Chain, and Strategic Revenue Management.
You turn data into actionable insights, using your analytical mindset to step back from the numbers, constructively challenge forecasts, and guide commercial decisions.
Partner with the Customer Business Director and channel sales teams to define customer strategies, monitor performance, and deliver financial targets.
Spend time in the market/field to understand customer realities, track competitive dynamics, and identify growth opportunities.
Support period expected landings, annual planning, and year-end forecasting; ensure timely and accurate integration of forecasts into financial planning systems.
Partner with Sales and Supply Chain teams to review and challenge forecast assumptions, identifying risks, opportunities, and recommended mitigations.
Lead the operational valuation of the Demand Management Review (DMR), incorporating all business-validated hypotheses (Polco, NIP budget, consumer coupons, logistics penalties, etc.).
Ensure trade budgets are accurately maintained and governed at the appropriate granularity in Trade Budget Systems.
Collaborate closely with Mars Global Services Finance (MGSF) and ensure strict adherence to corporate governance, policies, and internal control guidelines for trade spend.
Partner with SRM and the local organization to roll out and support ROI models and best practices to evaluate the effectiveness of promotional activities and trade investments.
Guide portfolio and customer mix optimization in line with the overarching market strategy.
Drive finance digital transformation by promoting self-service reporting, automation, and a value-creation mindset within local sales/channel teams.
Represent the Finance function in cluster digital initiatives and provide support on ad-hoc reporting and strategic financial analyses.
An inclusive, purpose-driven culture guided by The Five Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom).
Work with iconic global brands loved by millions of consumers and pets worldwide.
The PetLovers segment, committed to building a better world for our pets!
An office where your dog will be welcome and will be accompanied by 18 other Associate dogs
You will join a large family of 1000 Petcare Associates, spread over 2 sites in France, including 2 factories
Skills Required
- At least 2 years of post-graduation finance experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or revenue management
- Experience or background in consumer goods, FMCG, CPG, or retail
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with Power BI or modern reporting platforms
- Experience with SAP or enterprise financial systems
- Fluency in English and French
- Ability to analyze data and provide actionable commercial insights
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Supply Chain, and Strategic Revenue Management
- Ability to adapt quickly and learn commercial business drivers
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.
