# Senior Manager, Finance - R&D

Job Description: Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Manager, Finance - R&D to join our Global Snacking FP&A and Business Partnering team. This role will be pivotal in driving the financial performance of our global R&D organization, providing strategic insights, and supporting investment decisions that enable innovation, product development, and long-term business growth. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in financial planning and analysis, financial business partnering, and investment management, preferably within a CPG organization. The R&D Finance Business Partner will serve as a strategic thought partner to R&D leadership, bringing exceptional analytical skills, strong business acumen, a desire to learn the science and innovation agenda, and the ability to collaborate effectively across various levels of the organization. Candidates should possess a strong understanding of R&D investment management, project financial tracking, and productivity/value creation. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to flex perspective to recognize the impact of R&D decisions on the end-to-end business, balancing innovation pri

- **Id**: 3454913
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mars-senior-manager-finance-rd>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T06:28:57Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6053
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Pet Food, Supplies & Care, Confectionery

## Company

- **Id**: 94439
- **Name**: Mars
- **Domain**: mars.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mars>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 64
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.969
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 17
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 134400
- **Max**: 184800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 184800

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T12:38:46Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1; Filings prev 12m: 4; Green card filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 57
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.628
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 184800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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