The Global FP&A Sr. Manager is responsible for the global consolidation and analysis of One M&M'S Retail to provide financial results, perspectives, and analysis to drive insights into the global performance for the unit. This position leads the planning, forecasting and IVCP processes, coordinating the inputs, reviews, analyses, strategic perspectives, executive deck creation, and timetables of each. Along with tracking actual performance, the FP&A Sr Manager leads the IR (Integrated Reconciliation) step of the S&OP+ process. This role must have an enterprise mindset and champion the company's Five Principles by maintaining collaborative relationships and managing the global finance co-pilots on annual targets, as well as recommending trade-offs to the CFO and LT. Further, this position will co-pilot all Center/Hub Overheads on a global perspective related to headcount and SWB.
This role must have a strong strategic orientation that can distill complex business activities into simple and clear business insights and can create value-add recommendations for strategic and tactical actions. Lastly, this role must bring a 'continuous improvement' perspective to how FP&A processes are completed - embracing technology, new processes, and automation.
What are we looking for?
Required: University Degree/ Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
Preferred: MBA, CPA, or equivalent years of experience in finance/business related areas
8-10+ years of direct finance or accounting experience.
6+ years of strong planning/forecasting and analysis background.
Advanced financial modelling skills.
Strong preference for retail finanexperience.
Excellent project management skills and attention to detail.
Demonstrate accuracy and timeliness in preparing reports and analyses.
Superior professionalism, discretion, and judgment.
Exceptional results orientation, with a high degree of personal initiative and leadership.
Strong people management and interpersonal skills. Must be able to convince, influence, and motivate all levels within the business in order to achieve objectives.
Outstanding analytical skills and a proven ability to connect data analysis with business issues and decisions, obtain mutual agreement to the resolution and implement change.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
Well-developed organization skills to manage multiple projects and priorities and achieve deadlines.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint user.
Strong knowledge of finance and accounting principles.
Working knowledge of automation techniques and tools.
What will be your key responsibilities?
Financial Planning/Strategic Initiatives:
Lead the annual Operating Plan for One M&M'S Retail and ensure financial plans are fully aligned to the strategic direction and aspirations of the business. Manage the coordination, planning and communication of activities, coordinate all inputs and ensure timely submission of written and electronic reporting, establish and communicate calendar of events.
Create strong relationships with the Global Mars Snacking finance community to ensure alignment of targets, understanding of performance and outlook with regards to financial risks and opportunities.
Manage the global financial shaping process and target setting, liaising with different functions and management. This includes global consolidation of the plans coupled with clear commentary on strategic activities that supports this plan.
Support the One M&M'S Retail Leadership Team by managing strategy development and analysis projects, incorporating the financial impacts of the channels/strategies, testing and confirming resource allocation is consistent to the priorities, and ensure strategies, priorities and other ad hoc work streams are carried out on time and on budget.
Support the financial integration of newly acquired businesses, usually as a member of project team, including the establishing of financial processes and impact analysis.
As the Overheads co-pilot, provide support to the Center/Hub functions on managing the budgets by creating insightful and actionable analysis and recommending appropriate trade-offs if necessary to remain on plan. Identify any cost savings initiatives and/or risks and opportunities.
Lead and facilitate the IR step in the S&OP+ process with financial insights, trade-off discussions, escalations, and management of actions through financial forecasting, analysis, management accounting and reporting. This includes identifying business risks and opportunities. Make recommendations for future actions.
Key support and partner in Value Leadership initiatives including but not limited to periodic team meetings, tracking of savings in current year, and building a 3-year pipeline. Make recommendations on activities that align to the business strategy.
Financial Reporting:
Produce and present (to One M&M'S Leadership Team and FP&A) periodic consolidated financial reporting across One M&M'S Retail including period actuals versus budget, risks/opportunities and business analysis/insights/recommendations. Design and issue transparent financial reporting and analysis that enables the organization to understand its performance and guide future decision making.
Collaborate with channel finance leads to understand historic and future investment cost profile, maintain a mid-term financial shaping model and call-out financial risks and opportunities against actual performance.
Provide written insights to key stakeholders including the Leadership Team, Regional and Global leaders on financial performance on a period, quarterly and annual basis inclusive of results, challenges and future actions.
Identify and develop signature analytical tools and frameworks that enable strategic decisions including partnering with the Business Partner Solutions ("BPS") teams on automating reports.
Develop and implement process improvements to ensure financial processes are effective and efficient.
Challenge existing processes, define new and more efficient solutions (including using technology to automate processes) and apply best practices in a standard way.
Partner with Business Partner Solutions ("BPS") team to ensure periodic actuals, plan and latest estimates are accurately represented in the Overheads reporting tool.
Routinely assist with high profile, ad-hoc projects
People Management:
Lead/ Develop 2 direct reports in a manner consistent with GLM (Great Line Management) guidelines and practices.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with over 140,000 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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