Senior Finance Director Fp&a and Strategy

**Job Description:** The **Senior Director, FP&A** shapes enterprise performance for Pet Nutrition North America by translating strategy into integrated financial plans and providing a single, forward-looking view of the P&L. As a core member of the Finance Leadership Team, the role leads S&OP+ Integrated Reconciliation, guides disciplined resource allocation and trade-offs, and governs annual and long-range planning, Cash, Overheads and Turnaround Office value delivery.  **What are we looking for?** * Finance degree or a related field required; MBA, CPA or CMA preferred.  * Minimum 15 years of progressive finance experience, including leadership in enterprise planning and financial analysis; experience in the Mars environment preferred.  * Minimum of 10 years leading and developing diverse teams.  * Preferred experience within the Consumer-Packaged Goods industry.  **What will be your key responsibilities?** * Own the consolidation, reporting and analysis of Pet Nutrition North America actuals, forecasts and plans, establishing a single, accurate and forward-looking view of financial performance across the P&L.  * Provide financial governance for the Turnaround Office, ensuring transformation initiatives are rigorously quantified, prioritized, tracked and delivered against committed value. * Lead Step 4 (Integrated Reconciliation of the Mars Pet Nutrition NA S&OP+ process), integrating demand, COGS, investment and other enterprise inputs into the financial outlook, challenging assumptions, and recommending trade-offs required to maximize performance and deliver targets.  * Own the annual Operating Plan/AEP and long-range planning cycles, including IVCP, translating enterprise ambition into integrated, financially rigorous and executable plans.  * Partner with the CFO and senior leaders to translate the five-year IVCP into resource allocation decisions that maximize growth, profitability and cash generation.  * Anticipate enterprise risks and opportunities through scenario analysis and forward-looking insight, enabling faster, higher-quality decisions.  * Own financial target setting, forecasting and governance for Overheads and Cash, partnering with business leaders to deliver performance while continuously strengthening planning discipline and business partnering effectiveness.  * Build a high-performing FP&A organization by attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent, strengthening succession, and holding leaders accountable for performance and potential.  **What can you expect from Mars?** * Work with over 130,000 diverse 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.   #LI-KR2 #LI-Onsite