Sr. Brand Finance Manager- Pet Nutrition

Mars • Franklin, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Brand Finance Manager owns and leads the end-to-end financial strategy and evaluation of the Business Financial Strategy, Innovation pipeline, driving optimized P&L performance across Breakthrough, Incremental, Continuous, and Renovation initiatives. Acts as a financial co‑pilot to Marketing and cross‑functional teams, aligning on value creation through standardized financial models, metrics, hurdles, and post‑launch performance reviews that accelerate enterprise growth and profitability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.
• 7+ years of Finance Business Partnership experience.
• Demonstrated analytical and insights capabilities with advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, intermediate Power BI.
• Strong track record of influencing senior business leaders and driving performance outcomes.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• MS/MBA is preferred.
• Brand Finance experience is preferred.
• CPG/Food/Bev experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end financial management of the Business, Innovation projects, including P&L development, scenario planning, financial modeling, post‑launch reviews, and portfolio optimization.
• Design and implement standardized financial frameworks, metrics, hurdles, and performance thresholds to guide investment decisions and resource allocation.
• Lead SKU optimization and portfolio strategy analysis to maximize ROI while minimizing complexity within the Growth Archetype framework.
• Serve as a financial co‑pilot to BMT Marketing Directors, Brand Managers, Project Managers, and cross‑functional partners throughout the Innovation planning lifecycle.
• Influence and align stakeholders on financial expectations, success measures, and investment trade‑offs to drive faster revenue and profit realization.
• Partner closely with BMT Finance Copilots to ensure consistency, rigor, and best practices across Innovation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models aligned to growth archetypes, consumer spaces, scale jobs, and Marketing Insights parameters.
• Deliver accurate, forward‑looking P&L projections and rigorous post‑launch performance assessments.
• Provide deep financial insights and recommendations to support key Innovation and growth strategies.
• Partner with the Insights & Marketing to drive rollout, adoption, and optimization of Innovation management digital tools and platforms.
• Enhance efficiency, transparency, and decision quality in Innovation financial tracking and reporting.
• Drive adoption of step‑change ways of working through education, influence, and training across Marketing, cross‑functional teams, and One Demand Finance.
• Establish and scale best‑in‑class financial processes, tools, and governance for Innovation management.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees