Supervisor, Finance Business Partner

Company

Description:

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily.

We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements.

The global FP&A COE senior analyst drives value for the markets and Corporate through strategic design and execution of best-in-class FP&A activities and transformational leadership. The role is highly visible across Corporate and market finance leadership as a main point of contact for FP&A-related items and is critical for ensuring McDonald’s executes upon its finance transformation journey through evolving our FP&A approach.

Primary Responsibilities of COE Global FP&A Senior Analyst

• Participate in the design, development and management of our global incentive compensation programs.
• Aids in the calculation of incentive compensation payouts and preparation of materials for meetings with Senior Leadership and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
• Responsibility for market planning and projections, driving consistency across markets for a major P&L area (Capital, Franchised Margin, Mc Op Co  Margin, SG&A, Other Op)
• Assist with various responsibilities related to quarterly forecasting and annual plan process of the enterprise, including strong partnership across global and market finance teams, preparation of reporting and communication to leadership on projected results
• Provide ad hoc analytics and modeling in support of critical business decisions and special projects
• Lead process improvement / continuous improvement to work towards future state of COE

Additional Accountabilities and Expectations of COE Global FP&A Senior Analyst

• Investigates unusual drivers of business results and their impact on the incentive compensation programs (both at a Global and Market levels)
• Leads the Target Incentive Plan accrual process
• Responsible for communicating with the market to ensure a solid understanding of significant trends, initiatives, and transactions occurring in market to ensure such items are properly reflected in projection / plan
• Accountable for appropriate roll-up of plan and projection for designated markets, including all process streams, through operating income.
  • Ability to explain / articulate assumptions used in setting the plan and projections for the market, including variances to prior projections and plan
  • Present results to CFO/VP/MD, including reporting to be provided to the markets
• Preparation of market scenario planning / projections
  • Understand flow through impact of different scenarios
• Understand EPB planning system, ensuring all necessary financial information is input accurately for all markets within a process for a certain financial statement line item
• Provides support with various ad-hoc requests and special projects

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting or Finance
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