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Mars

Senior Sustainability Controls Manager

Mars

. Establish robust processes ensuring Mars’s sustainability accounting is adequately executed, documented and auditable .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $192,560 - $264,770 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in establishing and managing sustainability accounting processes, ensuring compliance and audit readiness while effectively leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior leadership.

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Accounting DegreeSignificant Experience In Accounting And AuditingMastery Of Control FrameworksExperience Advising Senior LeadershipProven Ability To Lead Cross-Functional Teams

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Hard Skills
Sustainability AccountingAudit PreparationData SubstantiationControl ImplementationRisk ManagementData AnalysisDocumentation ImprovementCompliance StandardsAudit Trail DevelopmentExternal Verification Coordination
Soft Skills
Influencing Senior LeadershipCoaching Team MembersProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityRelationship Management
Industry Keywords
Sustainability Controls ImplementationExternal AuditorsPublic DisclosuresUtility InvoicesEmission FactorsSupply Chain RecordsCross-Functional CollaborationComplex Technical ConceptsRegulatory BodiesAudit Fieldwork

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Establish robust processes ensuring Mars’s sustainability accounting is adequately executed, documented and auditable
  • Build or coach others to build traceable audit trails
  • Standardize accounting processes
  • Coordinate with external auditors to secure positive outcomes of external verifications
  • Establish processes, systems and controls supporting documented, compliant public disclosures
  • Manage risk of non-compliance
  • Design and implement internal control systems and substantiation requirements
  • Identify gaps in data collection and reporting systems by reviewing the Sustainability Controls Implementation framework
  • Partner with sustainability controllership
  • Execute controls directly or coach team members on effective control performance
  • Conduct data reviews and validate source documents, including utility invoices, emission factors and supply chain records
  • Ensure fully verified evidence supports Mars’s accounting
  • Connect with controllership, sustainability and functional experts at corporate and segment levels
  • Coach associates on SCI controls and activity-data improvements
  • Support the central sustainability accounting team with process and documentation improvements
  • Co-own preparation, readiness and coordination of the external verification process
  • Drive audit preparation through pre-audit gap analyses and issue resolution
  • Advocate for Mars’s accounting treatments and estimation methodologies during audit fieldwork

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Degree in Accounting, Management, Economics or equivalent levels of hands-on experience
  • Significant progressive experience in accounting and auditing
  • Sustainability experience highly appreciated, but not mandatory
  • Mastery of control frameworks, auditing procedures and data substantiation requirements
  • Previous experience in implementing controls highly desirable
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable business strategy
  • Experience advising and influencing senior leadership
  • Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams
  • Experience managing relationships with external partners, consultants, and regulatory bodies
  • Ability to distinguish between what’s relevant and what’s unimportant in complex situations
  • Ability to analyze multiple and diverse sources of information to define problems accurately
  • Comfort dealing with uncertainty and change
  • Readiness to take action on challenges without unnecessary planning

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • An industry-competitive salary and benefits package
  • Company bonus
  • Variable pay
  • Medical and dental benefits
  • Participation in 401k plan
  • Paid time off benefits
  • Learning and development support from day one
  • Access to Mars University
  • Reasonable adjustments during the application and recruitment process for individuals with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or who are neurodiverse