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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Finance Manager, Digital Technologies - **Company:** Mars - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $134,400.0 - $184,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Computer Literacy, Digital Technology, Power BI, Anaplan, SAP (Applications), Tableau (Software), Information Technology, Data Management - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.mars.com/global/en/job/R162828/Sr-Finance-Manager-Digital-Technologies ## About the Role * 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), or commercial business partnering within a global matrixed organization. * Background in business partnering with focus on managing digital technology portfolios is preferred. * Background from consulting / experience with running transformations or large-scale integrations is a big plus * Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field. MBA or other advanced degree in business or finance preferred * Proven track record of leading financial integration, post-merger harmonization, or large-scale digital transformations within a global consumer goods (FMCG) environment, with specific expertise in managing IT/DT portfolios and designing standardized FP&A processes across diverse business units. * Digital Fluency: Strong familiarity with technology-specific financial concepts, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS) accounting, software capitalization policies, cloud infrastructure economics, and tracking ROIs on multi-million dollar technology investments. * Systems & Data Literacy: Advanced expertise in reporting from / using ERP and planning suites (e.g., SAP, Anaplan) and data visualization platforms (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau). Experience in financial master data cleanup is a plus. * Experience in managing large scale digital productivity / transformation programs in complex, global organizations * Strategic thinker, not afraid to challenge status quo * Navigating Ambiguity: High emotional intelligence and resilience, with the capacity to establish trust, manage multiple stakeholders across time zones, and maintain clarity in a fast-paced, evolving environment. ## Description The Sr. Finance Manager, Digital Technologies will serve as the strategic financial architect for Mars Snacking's combined $1B+ Digital Technology portfolio, driving the harmonization of legacy Mars and Kellanova FP&A frameworks into a unified, high-performing global operating model. This newly established role is designed to deliver comprehensive cost-transparency, unlock commercial synergies, and maximize digital return on investment (ROI). A central objective will be establishing standardized financial processes and creating a 'one-version-of-the-truth' governance framework to support seamless financial planning, analysis, and reporting across our expanded global footprint., * Design, deploy, and govern a unified FP&A and cost-allocation framework for the integrated $1B+ DT portfolio, establish standardized financial processes and KPI dashboards that eliminate redundancies, harmonize ways of working across legacy teams, and actively track the delivery of post-merger synergy targets. * Help coordinate the end-to-end execution of the Annual Enterprise Plan (AEP) and the 5-year Integrated Value Creation Plan (IVCP) across the global DT portfolio. * Consolidate global performance actuals and own variance analysis, translating complex technology cost fluctuations into clear, commercial financial narratives for senior leadership. * Support financial integration efforts to systematically measure performance baselines. * Help standardize, scale, and run robust financial governance frameworks and compliance training in partnership with Controllership, Regional S&F, and Mars Global Services (MGS) to enhance our value delivery framework. * Serve as the segment-wide lead for identifying technology cost savings, tracking synergy realization, and providing financial advisory for macro-initiatives. * Support the financial components of digital transformation submissions * Help manage a collection of DT portfolios, projects, programs, and products to ensure they collectively deliver maximum business value * Improve and manage our framework for digital performance monitoring and reporting and use this to drive resource prioritization and allocation across projects * Continuously identify and implement opportunities for optimization across DT Spend Management * Liaise with Mars Global Services to actively manage the forecasts, cross charges and actuals to ensure accurate financial reporting and tracking ## Related Videos - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best Companies to Work For in Berlin: Top 14 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/188-best-companies-to-work-for-in-berlin-top-14-companies-in-2023) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager)