Lead, Finance & Record-to-Report (R2R) Solutions
About The Position
Accelerator is Mars Snacking's growth engine, unlocking potential across high-growth brands like KIND®, RXBAR®, Eggo, and Pop-Tarts. We combine Mars' scale with the agility of a startup, driving innovation through data, automation, and AI. If you thrive in an inspiring, entrepreneurial environment, join us. Reporting to the Lead, ERP Functionals, you will serve as the functional owner and subject-matter authority for all financial systems across Mars Snacking Accelerator. You will lead financial systems strategy, establish multi-year capability roadmaps, directly line-manage the Finance Functional Analyst, and own the strategic and operational integration between Accelerator’s SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and the Mars enterprise Central Finance (CFIN) platform.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive enterprise ERP experience specializing in financial system design, implementation, and operations; demonstrated experience mentoring and leading functional analysts.
- Extensive hands-on experience architecting, configuring, and leading SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO) solutions, with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud experience considered a strong plus.
- Proven experience with or deep functional understanding of SAP Central Finance (CFIN) replication mechanics, AIF error handling, and master data mapping.
- 5+ years in CPG or Food & Beverage environments (product costing, standard costing variances, inventory valuation, co-manufacturing accounting, trade deduction integration).
- Experience delivering projects via SAP Activate using SAP Cloud ALM (CALM), Jira, Monday.com, or Smartsheet, combined with AI agent and Situation Handling exception automation.
- Strong working knowledge of enterprise financial controls, Mars internal control standards (MFM), role-based security catalogs, and AMS partner SLA management.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree, MBA, CPA, or CMA certification.
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Finance certification or SAP Activate certification.
- Experience with third-party financial platforms (BlackLine, Concur, Vertex/Avalara, banking APIs) or SAP Group Reporting.
Responsibilities
- Configure, implement, and support core FI modules including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Banking, and Asset Accounting.
- Design and implement solutions for Product Costing (Material Master, Material Costing, Cost Object Controlling, Product Cost by Period/Order) to accurately track and report manufacturing costs and production variances.
- Develop and optimize Intercompany processes, including intercompany billing, reconciliation, and eliminations, while driving process harmonization under a "Clean Core" SaaS architecture.
- Translate executive finance priorities into automated cloud capabilities. Own the end-to-end integration with Mars Central Finance (CFIN), ensuring real-time financial document replication (FI/CO), AIF error resolution, cost object mapping, and group consolidation integrity.
- Directly lead, mentor, and oversee the Finance Functional Analyst. Masterfully match the analyst and partner resources to initiatives based on complexity and skill.
- Deliver financial initiatives via SAP Activate using CALM, Jira, and Monday.com. Drive adoption of AI agents (Joule, Copilot) and SAP Situation Handling to automate reconciliations and anomaly detection. Govern AMS support against SLA/KPI metrics (MTTR, close ticket SLAs) and enforce Mars Financial Manual (MFM) standards and RBAC/SoD.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- basic life insurance
- paid parental leave (up to 18 weeks)
- vacation time (120 hours per year)
- paid sick time (up to 40 hours per calendar year)
- 12 paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
