Regional Overheads Co-Pilot

Job Description

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®, 5TM, SKITTLES® and UNCLE BEN’S®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet PartnersTM. 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.

After the successful move of the overheads co-pilot to a new role, the role of Regional overheads co-pilot position for Confectionery Europe is vacant.

The purpose of the job is to

• Co-Pilot the EMEA Regional Center ($90M) to deliver its financial shape in alignment with the company’s strategy.
• Deliver insights and recommendations on EMEA region and its Units Overheads development ($1B) how to deliver short and long objectives aligned with the company’s strategy. Support and influence overhead target setting and other investment decisions
• Be a drive belt between Global and Units to ensure new tools and processes are adopted

In this role you will:

• Manage the Financial Shape of the Regional Overheads Center from target setting and alignment of objectives – which are fully aligned to the strategic direction and aspirations of the business – towards delivering actual Overheads results against the budget
• Engage with Regional Stakeholders, including Regional Functional Presidents to explain financial methodologies and performance
• Delivers insights and analysis on financial results and guides future business decisions. This includes periodic and ad hoc financial packages to support Regional CFO
• Supports Regional PMO on Organization related matters with building scenarios, tracking progress and liaise with Corporate Controlling to ensure alignment with Policies.
• Manages operational execution of period closing and planning cycles: review of preliminary periodic results, incoming and outgoing charges and initiate accruals if appropriate; prepares plan loader packages and delivers them to MFS if applicable.
• Identify, recommend and implements process / system improvements to ensure financial processes are effective and efficient in co-operation with MFS, the Regional EMEA Team and Corporate Controlling
• Be the key point of contact for the whole Region about global cross-charges to understand and challenge the targets received, cascade them to units, ensure actuals are correctly posted
• Lead the animation of the overheads community copilot of the Region (for both factories and markets) by organizing periodic calls with 20+ copilots to inform units of Region performance, share best practice, listen to common needs across the Region...
• Develop new tools to monitor overheads either leveraging on new tools (Power BI, Tableau...) or in coordination with the Digital Factory

To do this role you’ll need:

• Have experience as a Finance business partner in a business (market) will be an asset to understand business dynamics. Being “fluent” in Excel and having some appetite to learn about new tools “Power BI” is a must. Being organized, being able to set priorities to manage a large number of activities and stakeholders will be key to succeed in the role.
  
• The job is located in Paddington, a new, modern regional hub for senior leaders. Associates usually work from home 1 day a week on Fridays.