Royal Canin
Sales Finance Manager
Creve Coeur, Missouri; Franklin, Tennessee; Nueva York, Nueva York
Everything we do is driven by our passion for pets. Across every role and every location around the world, our teams are united by a shared purpose: creating A Better World For Pets. As a truly pet-centric company, we put pets at the heart of everything—from the products we create to the care and expertise we bring to our work. Whether you’re in R&D, manufacturing, customer care, or any of the corporate functions, your contributions make a direct impact on the health of pets everywhere. We’re also deeply committed to the growth and development of our associates, offering opportunities to learn, innovate, and make a difference every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
Success Profile
What makes a successful Sales Finance Manager at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
What I love most about Royal Canin is how pet-centric we are—everything we do revolves around improving the lives of pets. It’s not just about creating high-quality products; it’s about living our purpose every day. At the same time, Royal Canin invests in us as associates, helping us grow, develop our skills, and find real meaning in our work. It’s inspiring to be part of a global team that prioritizes both pet health and personal development.
Christina Sermak-Frankowski People & Organization Director, Learning & Culture
The Sales Finance Manager will partner with Sales Leadership and Sales Account Managers to provide financial direction, guidance and decision support to achieve profitable growth. Responsibilities within this role will include financial modeling, driving P&L improvement, driving share and profitable growth, efficient resource utilization, and leading customer IRRs (integrative reconciliation review) for our pet specialty and ecommerce retailers. It may be needed to analyze complex business information and draw out key messages or gather assumptions for a business activity and financially model a scenario. It is also about being a thinking partner, challenging assumptions, identifying trends and provoking fresh thinking. This role partners across demand functions including Sales, Marketing, SRM, and Customer Supply teams.
What are we looking for?
CIMA or MBA (preferred) or relevant business experience required
5+ years of Trade Investment, Financial Analysis and/or Financial Accounting experience
Relevant knowledge of financial concepts Business Acumen including knowledge of a required market and experience working in Demand Finance
Financial modeling experience
Strong Excel skills and experience with PowerBI
What will be your key responsibilities?
Shape financial strategy and relevant targets for specific customer accounts, learning their mechanics and business models in order to develop and define the P&L.
Lead Customer Integrated Reconciliation Review step in S&OP process and financial forecasting for Retailers.
Provide decision support for ad-hoc activities which financially impact the business or channel. For example, financial modeling of pricing, customer led and/or Mars led initiatives, business case for new pack development & diagnosing the root cause of performance issues.
Work closely with Customer Development/Sales Account Managers through the annual JBP development /sign off.
Lead investment proposals and collaboratively work with Customer Development Managers on any new business in the channel- ensuring pricing, investment levels and range maximize growth & profit for Mars within our pricing corridors.
Deliver and encourage a strong governance culture within the specific account customer.
Ensure adherence to Trade Spend budgets throughout the year and take corrective action where necessary.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work 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.
A strong focus on 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.
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