Supervisor, Finance Business Partner

McDonald's Corporation • Chicago, IL

5d • $95,538 - $119,423

About The Position

The global FP&A COE senior analyst drives value for markets and Corporate through the strategic design and execution of FP&A activities and transformational leadership. The role is highly visible across Corporate and market finance leadership, serves as a main point of contact for FP&A-related items, and supports McDonald’s finance transformation by evolving its FP&A approach.

The position contributes to global incentive compensation programs and enterprise forecasting and annual planning, with responsibility for planning and projections across a major P&L area for designated markets. It also provides analysis and modeling for business decisions, communicates results and assumptions to senior leaders and markets, and leads continuous improvement toward the future state of the COE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 3 years of experience.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Executive-level communication skills and presence, including the ability to distill details, identify key issues, and advise leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and address roadblocks, work independently amid ambiguity, and operate in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact across disciplines, levels, and cultures and build relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Previous FP&A, Big 4, or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in designing, developing, and managing global incentive compensation programs.
• Assist with calculating incentive compensation payouts and preparing materials for Senior Leadership and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors meetings.
• Manage market planning and projections for a major P&L area, driving consistency across markets. Areas include Capital, Franchised Margin, McOpCo Margin, SG&A, and Other Op.
• Support quarterly forecasting and the enterprise annual planning process, partnering with global and market finance teams and preparing reporting and communications to leadership on projected results.
• Provide ad hoc analytics and modeling for critical business decisions and special projects.
• Lead process and continuous improvement efforts for the COE.
• Investigate unusual business-result drivers and their impact on incentive compensation programs at Global and Market levels.
• Lead the Target Incentive Plan accrual process.
• Communicate with markets to understand significant trends, initiatives, and transactions and ensure they are properly reflected in projections and plans.
• Ensure appropriate roll-up of plans and projections for designated markets across all process streams through operating income.
• Explain market planning and projection assumptions, including variances from prior projections and plans.
• Present results to CFOs, VPs, and MDs and provide reporting to markets.
• Prepare market scenario planning and projections and understand the flow-through impact of different scenarios.
• Use the EPB planning system and ensure financial information is accurately entered for all markets within assigned process and financial statement line items.
• Support ad hoc requests and special projects.

Benefits

• Sabbatical program.
• Tuition assistance.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, prescription drug, mental health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Bonus eligibility based on individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager