Finance Strategy - Simplicity Director at Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Simplicity Director - Remote - Chicago, IL

What are we looking for?

• 8+ years of diversified financial management experience, including strategy, forecasting, process ownership, planning, and line management responsibilities.


• Experience in functional areas other than finance or relevant business experience.


• Demonstrated analytical and insights capabilities


• Demonstrated skill in written and presentation communications


• Consulting, Investment, or Technology Leadership experience a plus

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop strategic partnership with the SRO team, region/market process owners, region/market finance leads through focus on understanding opportunities to reduce complexity in service of value creation, efficiency in outcome delivery, and/or Associate engagement


• Lead all strategic finance aspects of the global Driving Simplicity transformation program


• Provide a strategic finance perspective to shape and guide the Driving Simplicity program's focus towards areas of complexity with greatest opportunity for value creation, efficiency in outcome delivery, and/or Associate engagement


• Manage and drive accountability with external consultancy partners


• Partner with SRO and the local organization to support and develop improved processes and best practices to evaluate program effectiveness


• Partner with MW and MVA FP&A to effectively communicate investment ROI of Driving Simplicity including tangible and more ambiguous measures of value creation (e.g., Associate Engagement, Data Integrity)


• Establish and drive digital tools/reporting and a value creation mindset within the local Sales/channel organization


• Lead ad-hoc financial evaluation and strategic recommendations


• Ownership of project budget and connection points to adjacent programs

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded 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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