at Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description:
The Associate Finance Director - Cocoa is a critical role to partner with the Global Cocoa team on financial strategies, price risk management and overall supply chain analysis. This role is seen as a CFO for the Cocoa Enterprise across the Mars Snacking segment and expect to be a strong thought partner with the head of Cocoa procurement and the extended team.
Further, the position is expected to model financial tradeoffs relative to PSI and operational costs and drive towards the best holistic return for the segment and Cocoa team.
This role will report to the Segment CFO.
What are we looking for?
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field. MBA preferred, but not required.
- 10-15+ years of relevant experience with emphasis on investment banking, consulting, equity research, corporate finance and FP&A
- Intermediate level accounting, exceptional financial modelling and data management skills, Excel and PPT required.
- Financial analysis and insights and excellent financial modelling and data management skills required.
- Understanding of intermediate level of accounting and financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement).
- Past experience managing teams is required.
Must have:
- Problem Solving - can look to a broad range of solutions and doesn't stop at the first answer.
- Business Acumen - broad understanding of different areas of the business, key drivers and performance metrics.
- Ability to deal with Ambiguity - comfort with diving into ambiguous business questions to understand key issues and structure analytical path.
- Strategic Agility - forward-thinking in anticipating future consequences and trends.
- Communication Skills - strong written, oral and visual (PPT) communication skills with a clear ability to tell a story.
- Standing Alone - superbly reliable with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Independent Thinking - unafraid to think outside the box and propose fresh perspectives.
- Team oriented, goals oriented, and flexible with proven track record in collaborating with multiple stakeholders and driving results.
- Comfort around higher management.
- Ability to influence without authority.
- Drive for results.
- Attention to detail.
Preferred:
- Large enterprise or global experience is preferred.
- Exposure in consumer goods or the food and beverage space is highly preferred.
- Understanding of GAAP accounting.
- Strong knowledge of internal accounting & systems.
- Operational knowledge.
- Familiarity with basic corporate valuation techniques would be a plus.
What will be your key responsibilities?
The Associate Director will work as a thought leader within the finance team to influence and assist senior leaders by leading analysis (financial modeling in Excel) and strategic sourcing direction of Cocoa as a key strategic category for Mars Snacking.
Significant analytical and influencing skills are also required. This role leads next generation insights and value creation with sr. leadership to drive large-scale value creation initiatives. Exposure to the highest levels of management and positioning as subject matter expert across multiple areas of influence.
- Segment-level financial analysis and reporting for Cocoa, but with expectation of strong regional conduit as well
- Partner with business development on various investment options and sourcing solutions
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