Job Description:
The Mars Snacking Global Senior Manager, Accounting plays a critical role in ensuring the completeness and accuracy of our Mars Snacking financial statements. This role will be responsible to provide strategic financial insights to a variety of business partners on accounting treatment and building efficient processes that comply with the Mars Finance Manual. This role will collaborate effectively with key business partners including Commercial (Procurement), Sustainability and our regional Controllers to ensure accounting requirements are clear, practiced and drive the result of complete, accurate and well-controlled financial statements.
We are recruiting for 2 roles to be based in Chicago.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree with a concentration in accounting
- CPA certification preferred
- Minimum of 10 years of accounting experience required (industry or public).
- Strong understanding of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and SOX requirements
- Public accounting experience preferred
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to articulate technical accounting concepts.
- Unceasing curiosity and the courage to challenge the status quo.
- High level of integrity and attention to detail.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with Mars Finance Manual and other regulatory requirements.
- Implement accounting policies and procedures to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Lead financial statement reviews for Mars Snacking Global financial results through periodic financial statement reviews and quarterly deep dives with regional/divisional teams.
- Partner with the Global Corporate Controllership team to architect, build, and scale a new Snacking-focused Center of Excellence for technical accounting
- Serve as a gatekeeper reviewing large-scale commercial contracts and vendor agreements, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP in a timely manner
- Manage cross-functional collaboration and clear communications with regional CFOs and controllers
- Lead technical accounting integration which will identify, assess, and harmonize policy differences between Mars Snacking and acquired companies
- Provide strategic financial analysis and insights to support business decision-making on technical accounting requirements including sustainability.
- Build robust processes to ensure contractual arrangements are accounted for and realized completely and accurately within our financial records over the contract life-span, including monitoring all costs and benefits.
- Collaborate with other functions to support overall company goals and objectives.
- Support the annual audit process.
- Develops digital capabilities to accomplish objectives more effectively and efficiently.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with 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.
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 169,840.00 - USD 233,530.00Skills Required
- Bachelor's and/or master's degree with a concentration in accounting
- CPA certification
- Minimum of 10 years of accounting experience in industry or public accounting
- Strong understanding of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
- Strong understanding of SOX requirements
- Public accounting experience
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to articulate technical accounting concepts
- High level of integrity and attention to detail
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.
