FP&A Senior Manager (m/f/d)

As Senior FP&A Manager, Pet Nutrition Europe, you will play a key role in driving the financial performance and strategic agenda of the region. Reporting to the FP&A Senior Director, Pet Nutrition Europe, you will operate across a broad network of senior stakeholders, partnering with Regional and Cluster Finance teams, General Managers and functional leaders, as well as Global Pet Nutrition and Petcare Finance.

You will support the region in translating strategy into financial outcomes, navigating performance versus plan, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving accountability and decision making through key performance forums such as the MBR.

Alongside core FP&A responsibilities, the role will have a strong focus on planning, E2E value creation, digital enablement and continuously improving FP&A ways of working. You will help shape how the team uses data, digital tools and technology to simplify processes, generate better insights and enable faster, more effective decision making across the region.

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Performance Management: Drive regional performance management and forecasting, providing transparency on performance versus plan, risks, opportunities and actions.
• Planning / AEP: Lead the regional Annual Execution Plan (AEP) process, connecting strategic ambition with financial plans and coordinating across clusters and functions to build an integrated, robust and actionable regional plan.
• Business Partnership & Accountability: Partner with Cluster Finance Directors and business leaders to challenge performance, strengthen accountability and support better decision making.
• MBR & Leadership Insights: Lead the financial agenda and insights for key regional performance forums, including the MBR, translating complex business and financial information into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• E2E Value Creation: Drive value creation initiatives and support key strategic projects across Pet Nutrition Europe.
• Digital FP&A: Drive the FP&A digital agenda, leveraging data, technology and automation to improve insights, simplify processes and enable better decision making.
• Ways of Working: Continuously evolve FP&A ways of working, driving greater simplicity, standardization, efficiency and collaboration across Regional and Cluster teams.
• Senior Stakeholder Management: Work across Regional, Global Pet Nutrition and Petcare Finance teams and prepare high-quality insights and materials for senior leadership reviews.
• Team & Capability: Contribute to the effectiveness and development of the Pet Nutrition Europe FP&A team, strengthening capabilities, collaboration and impact.

What are we looking for?

• BS in Accounting, Business or Finance required.
• Extensive years of progressive financial experience
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills and ‘can-do’ attitude with strong influencing & problem-solving capabilities; ability to challenge the status quo and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Collaboration and Partnering - The ability to proactively foster relationships and cross-functional partnerships inside and outside the organization that creates an environment where effective challenging and meaningful cooperation flourish and lead to purpose lead value creation.
• Communication – The ability to use appropriate and effective ways to communicate financial and non-financial information to different audiences in diverse situations.
• Management Reporting & Analysis – The ability to drive Value Creation for the business through timely and accurate reporting of periodic results and sharing top quartile insights and analysis derived from effectively leveraging tools, digital platforms, and other technologies.
• Integrated Value Creation Planning – The ability to translate business strategy into an integrated 3–5-year Value Creation plan which links business strategy and ambition with clearly identified priority initiatives to deliver on tangible mis to long term value creation goals.
• Financial Reporting – The ability and knowledge to apply Mars Incorporated’s accounting policies and principles, accounting principles (local jurisdiction), to prepare and provide timely, accurate and fit for purpose reporting of financial results.
• Business Planning – The ability to continuously define and set goals for a business and identify clear strategies to achieve them. Including identifying the right financial and non-financial metrics and is time-bound, while being dynamic enough to cater for significant shifts in the internal and external landscape.

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

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