Supervisor, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job 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 Charities 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 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.

• 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).

• Support the global FP&A COE leads in telling the narrative for market leadership as it relates to the plan and projection for their related markets.

• Lead process improvement / continuous improvement to work towards future state of COE.

• Main point of contact between COE and Market for FP&A activities; responsible for obtaining necessary inputs for plan/projection from the market, and leading conversations with market for one-off or exception adjustments.

• Ensure projection/plan reflects the inputs provided from the business (either the markets or through other means as outlined in our processes).

• 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 different levers markets can pull to drive Op Inc; run market sensitivities and “rules of thumb”.

• Understand flow through impact of different scenarios.

• Understand two Systems (EPB and NA Hyperion), ensuring all necessary financial information is input accurately for all markets within a process for a certain financial statement line item.

• Accountable for cross training and collaboration across the COE for area of responsibility.

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

• At least 3-5 years of experience; previous FP&A, Big 4, or similar experience preferred.

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.

• Executive-level communication skills and presence – ability to level-up the details, identify what’s important, and advise our leadership.

• Proven track record of managing competing priorities and addressing roadblocks –desire to work independently amid ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to interact with all disciplines, levels, and cultures and build relationships.

The expected salary range for this role is $85,014.00 - $ per year

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