Job Description:
The Manufacturing Finance Manager is a critical business partner responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, insightful analysis, and strategic support across manufacturing operations. This role supports period close activities, partners cross-functionally with Engineering and Manufacturing, and supports key initiatives including capital project evaluation, standard costing, and tax incentive tracking. The position may also serve as a financial co-pilot to manufacturing sites, providing leadership and decision support.
This role is based in BRN, Brentwood, TN, with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enabler, empowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs, including occasional remote work.
What are we looking for?
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
5+ years relevant work experience in finance/accounting
Ability to travel up to 15%
Understanding of cost and management accounting systems and processes, capital project evaluation, and analytical techniques.
Financial Insights and Analysis – management of systems and processes to produce high-quality financial information, the application of analytical techniques to derive critical insights from this information, and the effective communication of financial information and insights to the business.
Financial Processes – knowledge of and ability to design, implement, continually improve upon, and govern the standard financial processes in order to deliver efficient and effective financial operations with the right balance of cost, quality, control and service.
Financial Control – The knowledge and application of business processes, internal control concepts and practices, and auditing techniques to ensure cost-effective protection of business assets and approval of and governance over business activities at the appropriate level in the organization.
Financial Shaping and Decision Making – knowledge and application of financial shaping philosophy and development and implementation of processes and tools used to shape the financial performance of the business and evaluate the activities and investments involved in deploying strategy.
Attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and accountability
Continuous improvement mindset and process orientation
What will be your key responsibilities?
Financial Close & Reporting
Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting in compliance with company policies
Deliver insightful variance analysis and management reporting to support business decisions
Support periodic, quarterly, and annual close activities
Drive continuous improvement in close and reporting processes
Completes ad-hoc analyses as required
Manufacturing & Operations Finance
Provide financial analysis on manufacturing performance, including cost drivers, productivity, and operational efficiency
Support factory-level reporting through central consolidation of results across multiple sites
Partner with business leadership to interpret financial results and identify improvement opportunities
Potentially serve as financial lead (“co-pilot”) for one or more manufacturing sites
Support central tracking, documentation, and reporting of tax incentives related to manufacturing investments
Supports proper financial controls throughout the network
Completes ad-hoc analyses as required.
Capital Project & Engineering Partnership
Partner with Engineering and Operations to evaluate capital investments
Review and validate ROI models, including NPV, IRR, and payback analysis
Ensure proper accounting treatment for capital expenditures and adherence to capitalization policies
Track capital spend vs. approved budgets and business cases
Standard Costing Support
Assist in the annual standard cost roll process, including cost updates for labor, materials, and overhead
Analyze cost variances and support operational teams in understanding drivers
Support cost accounting accuracy within ERP systems
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with over 170,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we are 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- 5+ years relevant work experience in finance/accounting.
- Ability to travel up to 15%.
- Understanding of cost and management accounting systems and processes.
- Experience with capital project evaluation and analytical techniques (NPV, IRR, payback).
- Experience producing financial reporting, variance analysis, and supporting period, quarterly, and annual close activities.
- Knowledge of designing, implementing, and improving financial processes and controls.
- Familiarity with standard costing processes and maintaining cost accuracy within ERP systems.
- Ability to communicate financial insights effectively and partner cross-functionally with Engineering and Manufacturing.
- Attention to detail, accountability, and continuous improvement mindset.
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.
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