Senior Analyst Finance

Mars • Chicago, IL

3d • $86,720 - $119,240

About The Position

The Senior Analyst Finance serves as the financial backbone of the Global Mars Snacking Innovation Incubation Team, an agile venture studio within Mars. The role combines accounting controls with entrepreneurial financial support, helping establish cost architecture and unit economics for rapid product tests while leading period close and P&L reporting. It helps ensure the innovation pipeline is commercially viable and scalable.

The position partners across the global innovation community to develop commercially viable business models and provides financial modeling and support for concepts, Proof-of-Concepts, pilots, test markets, and incubation initiatives. It also leads close activities, project accounting, financial reporting, tax reporting, and internal controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 1–2 years of foundational accounting or finance experience, with hands-on exposure to GL accounting, period close cycles, and financial reporting.
• Solid grasp of GAAP principles, debits and credits, depreciation, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L dynamics.
• Strong working command of Microsoft Excel and enterprise ERP environments, specifically SAP (Atlas) and intercompany cross-charge structures.
• High comfort level working with unit economics, costing models, and fast-paced product testing environments where business models evolve quickly.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree or master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Partner across the global innovation community to develop agile, commercially viable business models that meet Desirable, Viable, and Feasible (DVF) criteria and support new growth opportunities.
• Lead financial modeling for pipeline concepts, including cost architecture, forecasting, profitability analysis, and finance support for Proof-of-Concepts, pilots, test markets, and incubation initiatives.
• Lead period-end and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate financial reporting, cost allocations, and project accounting integrity.
• Deliver project P&Ls, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Partner with Mars Global Services and Controllership teams on reconciliations, complex General Ledger activity, and intercompany transactions.
• Manage corporate tax reporting for the TCE entity, including state and local sales tax compliance across emerging Direct-to-Consumer channels.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment by identifying risks, strengthening governance, and balancing compliance needs with the speed of innovation and pilot launches.

Benefits

• Company bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Participation in a 401(k) plan
• Paid time off benefits
• Learning and development support from day one, including access to Mars University
• Industry-competitive salary and benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior