Advertising & Promotion Finance Manager
About The Position
The Advertising & Promotion (A&P) Finance Manager is a strategic finance leader and trusted business partner to Marketing and Commercial leadership across the US and Canada Consumer and Flavor businesses. This role goes beyond financial oversight to shape investment strategy, enable data-driven decision making, and drive transformational change in how marketing dollars are allocated and optimized, while ensuring strong financial governance and controls over high volume of marketing investments. The successful candidate will lead a high-performing team, influence senior stakeholders, and champion continuous improvement across planning, forecasting, analytics, and governance processes. This leader will play a critical role in strengthening financial rigor, elevating organizational capability, and ensuring marketing investments generate sustainable growth and profitability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in Finance, Accounting, or business analytics roles
- Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic business partner to senior stakeholders
- Experience leading cross-functional planning processes (Annual Plan, Forecast, Strategic Plan)
- Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- working knowledge of TM1 and SAP/BW preferred
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and drive change
Nice To Haves
- MBA and/or CPA
- Prior people leadership experience (minimum 2 years preferred)
- Experience leading transformation or system/process improvement initiatives
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary finance partner to Marketing Excellence and Marketing Operations leadership, influencing A&P strategy, investment allocation, and ROI optimization.
- Proactively challenge and shape commercial decisions through forward-looking insights, scenario modeling, and risk assessment.
- Lead financial evaluation of strategic marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise growth objectives.
- Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders to support critical decision making.
- Lead cross-functional business planning processes including Strategic Plan, Annual Operating Plan, and quarterly forecasts for A&P.
- Own end-to-end A&P financial performance management, including forecasting, variance analysis, and risk mitigation.
- Establish clear performance metrics and reporting frameworks that drive accountability and transparency.
- Partner with Commercial and Finance leadership to identify trade-offs and reallocate investments to maximize return.
- Champion modernization of A&P analytics, tools, and processes (e.g., automation, dashboarding and forecasting process improvement) to enhance speed, accuracy, and business impact.
- Identify and lead process simplification, automation, and standardization initiatives.
- Strengthen financial governance while enabling agility in marketing investment decisions.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement aligned to McCormick Growth Behaviors and company values.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of finance professionals based in Mexico City, fostering strong business acumen and strategic thinking capabilities.
- Set clear performance expectations and provide ongoing feedback to drive high engagement and accountability.
- Develop succession and capability plans to strengthen the broader finance talent pipeline.
- Model a collaborative, inclusive, and enterprise mindset.
- Ensure a strong and sustainable internal control environment across marketing related spend areas (e.g., advertising, promotions, royalties, and coupons) including SOX compliance, balance sheet integrity and audit readiness.
- Balance risk management with commercial agility to enable smart decision making.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
- Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness
- Tuition assistance
- 401k
- health insurance
- paid time off
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
