Job Description:
The Sr. Manager Sales Finance leads & orchestrates key financial processes across all Sales Channels, including planning, forecasting, analytics, and governance of investments in Trade and Displays. This role provides cross-functional leadership and translates financial and market performance into actionable insights, influence commercial decisions, and drives profitable growth through disciplined management of trade investment, customer P&Ls, and key business priorities. This role partners closely with Sales, Sales Revenue Management (SRM), Supply Chain, Marketing, and senior Finance leadership to connect customer and channel performance to overall business results and ensure financial commitments are translated into clear actions. This role leads a high-performing team ensuring clear direction of evolving business priorities while maintaining team engagement and performance.
What are we looking for?
Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related is required.
MBA, CPA, or Masters Degree preferred.
5+ years of related experience. Experience in CPG/Food/Beverage is preferred.
Experience in a large, global matrixed organization preferred.
What Will Be Your Key Responsibilities?
Provide a consolidated channel perspective across the portfolio, connecting customer performance, channel trends, and broader business results.
Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs), bringing together financial performance, market insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions through key messages and aggregate outlook.
Lead period-close performance reviews and communicate key drivers, risks, and opportunities to Finance and commercial leadership.
Partner with Accounts Receivable and commercial teams to monitor collections, deductions, and overall AR performance.
Translate complex financial and business information into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
Proactively identify risks, opportunities, and trade-offs and lead the organization toward actions that deliver financial commitments.
Owns operational processes and leads internal and external insights package with executive summaries and partners with Channel Finance Leads on narrative.
Supports internal and external audits within scope of responsibility
Lead and develop Finance associates, providing coaching, feedback, and opportunities to expand their strategic business-partnering capabilities.
Build a high-performing team culture centered on ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous development.
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, or a related field
- 5+ years of related experience
- MBA, CPA, or Master’s degree
- Experience in CPG, food, or beverage
- Experience in a large, global matrixed organization
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.
