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Finance & Media Reporting Manager (Finance)



Job Description:

Finance & Media Reporting Manager

Franklin, TN

Hybrid (2-3 days a week on-site)

The Media Finance & Reporting Manager is a centralized role which will be responsible for A&CP (Advertising & Consumer Promotion) financial management & media reporting capabilities for the Mars Petcare portfolio of brands. As the Finance & Reporting Manager you will lead all financial responsibilities for Mars Petcare, inclusive of A&CP & Media budget tracking, media PO management, media invoice approvals, etc. This role will also be responsible for developing & enhancing North America Pet Nutrition's integrated media reporting capabilities, with the goal of driving visibility to media performance across the broader organization.

What are we looking for?

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or marketing, or experience in a relevant field required
  • 3+ years' experience in business finance & budget management
  • Minimum 1 1/2 years' experience in media reporting
  • Biddable media (strategy, partners, tactics, etc.) experience preferred
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel experience inclusive of knowledge around pivot tables, v-lookups, nested if functions, etc.
  • Experience navigating and working in PO/Shopping Basket Management Systems (Ariba, SAP, Workday, etc.)
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects with both short- and long-term components
  • Strong communication skills (oral and written)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to build strong relationships and to collaborate effectively cross-functionally
  • Previous stakeholder management experience

What would be your key responsibilities?

  • Provide analysis and insights of period results, periodic and annual A&CP forecasts, while supporting annual operating plans in partnership with Marketing, Shopper Marketing and Finance.
  • Support finance for periodic reviews with Brand Managers, marketing leadership, and Shopper Marketers highlighting insights and providing relevant budget tracking reporting with risks or opportunities to budgets, while ensuring completeness and accuracy.
  • Deliver world class customer service by serving as the first point of contact for finance, as the primary COE (Center of Excellence) A&CP lead.
  • Develop, own and execute robust reporting to track budget performance of A&CP for business partners across Marketing, Sales and Finance.
  • Support finance with managing budget shifts between A&CP budget areas, as well as between Trade/A&CP, to ensure financial accuracy and visibility to business partners.
  • Align budgets across stakeholders consistent with brand and channel priority focus areas, providing perspective across operational and strategic timeframes.
  • Drive efficiencies through creation of automated systems and reporting solutions, to simplify and embed processes, while improving accuracy of A&CP reporting
  • Drive continuous improvement and value creation across all areas of A&CP, with an ROI mindset to deliver financial objectives.
  • Reconcile periodic national media flowcharts delivered by our National Media Agency with financial forecasts to support month close.
  • Manage various media budget processes throughout the year, including exercises like spend reconciliation / reinvestment and negotiated efficiencies.
  • Lead the approval process of National Media Purchase Orders with the AOR (Agency of Record) for marketing leadership and finance approvals across National Media budgets.
  • Lead the COE Brand QBR & bi-annual COE Spotlight reporting processes in partnership with the brand advocate team, including responsibilities such as garnering feedback from the brands, updating QBR template & project management.
  • Partner with media team & AOR to build out & develop real time media dashboarding capabilities to be used by the media team for deriving actionable insights which can then be leveraged for optimization purposes and share-outs with their brand teams.
  • Partner with the Digital Experience (DX) team to integrate reporting capabilities, pairing owned website/traffic data with media metrics to provide holistic end-to-end reporting and allow for optimizations across the user journey.
  • Lead, schedule and manage the full end to end buildouts of our integrated executive-level QBRs in partnership with the recruitment & shopper teams, as well as our AORs.
  • Manage media agency for reporting & finance workstreams
  • Manage key partnership agreements (SOWs, Contracts, Renewals) with strategic partners
  • Manage key partnership agreements (SOWs, Contracts, Renewals) with strategic partners
  • Assist with JBP value add tracking, management & consumption

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 130,000 with 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.

All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Mars does not sponsor employment visas for this role.

This position is not eligible for relocation benefits.

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About Mars: Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN'S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, 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 our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Apply