Sr. Finance Manager, Digital Technologies
About The Position
The Sr. Finance Manager, Digital Technologies serves as the strategic financial architect for Mars Snacking’s combined $1B+ Digital Technology portfolio. The role leads the harmonization of legacy Mars and Kellanova FP&A frameworks into a unified global operating model, with a focus on cost transparency, commercial synergies, digital return on investment, standardized financial processes, and a “one-version-of-the-truth” governance framework for financial planning, analysis, and reporting across the global organization. The position partners with global and regional stakeholders to integrate financial planning and reporting, support transformation and portfolio management, track synergy realization, optimize technology spending, and communicate financial performance to senior leadership. It also coordinates planning cycles and works with Mars Global Services and Controllership to support accurate forecasts, cross charges, actuals, and compliance.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, or commercial business partnering within a global matrixed organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field.
- Proven track record leading financial integration, post-merger harmonization, or large-scale digital transformations within a global consumer goods environment.
- Expertise managing IT/Digital Technology portfolios and designing standardized FP&A processes across diverse business units.
- Strong familiarity with technology-specific financial concepts, including SaaS accounting, software capitalization policies, cloud infrastructure economics, and ROI tracking for large technology investments.
- Advanced expertise in reporting from or using ERP and planning suites, such as SAP and Anaplan, and data visualization platforms, such as Power BI and Tableau.
- Experience managing large-scale digital productivity or transformation programs in complex, global organizations.
- Strategic thinking and willingness to challenge the status quo.
- High emotional intelligence and resilience, with the ability to establish trust, manage multiple stakeholders across time zones, and maintain clarity in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience business partnering with a focus on managing digital technology portfolios.
- Consulting background or experience running transformations or large-scale integrations.
- MBA or another advanced degree in business or finance.
- Experience in financial master data cleanup.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and govern a unified FP&A and cost-allocation framework for the integrated $1B+ Digital Technology portfolio.
- Establish standardized financial processes and KPI dashboards, eliminate redundancies, harmonize ways of working across legacy teams, and track post-merger synergy targets.
- Coordinate end-to-end execution of the Annual Enterprise Plan (AEP) and the 5-year Integrated Value Creation Plan (IVCP) across the global Digital Technology portfolio.
- Consolidate global performance actuals and own variance analysis, translating technology cost fluctuations into commercial financial narratives for senior leadership.
- Support financial integration efforts and systematically measure performance baselines.
- Standardize, scale, and run financial governance frameworks and compliance training in partnership with Controllership, Regional S&F, and Mars Global Services.
- Identify technology cost savings, track synergy realization, and provide financial advisory for macro-initiatives.
- Support the financial components of digital transformation submissions.
- Help manage Digital Technology portfolios, projects, programs, and products to ensure they deliver maximum business value.
- Improve and manage digital performance monitoring and reporting to guide resource prioritization and allocation across projects.
- Identify and implement opportunities to optimize Digital Technology spend management.
- Liaise with Mars Global Services to manage forecasts, cross charges, and actuals for accurate financial reporting and tracking.
Benefits
- Industry-competitive salary and benefits package.
- Company bonus.
- Medical benefits.
- Dental benefits.
- Participation in a 401(k) plan.
- Paid time off.
- Learning and development support from day one, including access to Mars University.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
