About Mars, Incorporated 

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

 

Corporate FP&A Team

Location: Veghel, the Netherlands

 

A day in the life of an Associate

The Corporate FP&A Team in Veghel is responsible for financial management reporting for Mars Inc. around the globe. You will be part of the Center of Excellence (CoE) and play a key role in the periodic financial close process and annual forecast/plan submissions. Furthermore, the jobholder is involved in projects to improve the submission process.

 

This team has a very high level of expertise on and is responsible for the functional side of the management reporting system and for a well-trained community of regional experts and users around the globe. Due to the global nature, the jobholder needs to have a helicopter view of Mars, Inc., needs to be able to shift gears quickly and to deal with various cultures and international teams.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all applicable activities and periodical maintenance needed for continuity of period close and plan submission are accurately and timely executed.
• Support associates with Periodical and Plan submission critical questions and oversee / report submission status to Mars Inc. management teams.
• (Co-) lead or participate in change management projects, related to the global and/or regional submission process, the submission requirements or new Mars Organizational Entities. The responsibility in these change projects (lead or participate) depends on the nature and complexity/size of these projects.
• Maintain a consolidation e.g. periodical maintenance & consolidation / revaluation to new exchange rates
• Pro-actively contribute to bring good governance around change processes in place (ambassador, communication, transparency, identify & initiate actions to improve / implement in case of missing governance).
   

What are we looking for?

You absolutely need to have:

• Higher Vocational degree in Finance / Business Economics
• Good understanding of financial statements (understands ‘how to high level read’  P&L, Balance Sheet and KPI’s)
• 2+ years working experience in Finance

We would love to see these skills:

• Good interpersonal skills; able to effectively communicate with people from different teams, different (hierarchical) levels, different units and different cultures.
• Comfortable interacting with senior management
• Fluent in English (verbal and written communication)
• Hands on experience with SAP, Excel, Power BI, Essbase/Hyperion or other management reporting systems

 

What can you expect from Mars? 

• Flexible working that promotes a work-life balance.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package
• The opportunity to learn and develop, with industry-leading learning and development
• An excellent pension, allowing you to focus on now
• Healthcare, providing peace of mind

 

For more information about the job please contact Daan Rijsmus  ( CoE Manager +31611680879). For questions about the process you can contact Hanneke Smith (Talent Acquisition Lead +31611865906).

 

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