Job Description

The Manager of FP&A – Global Legal will be part of the Business Advisory Services team within the Corporate Controller Group and will support the Global Legal team. The role provides financial expertise, direction, and strategic thought partnership to another Global department – _ Global Legal_.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Act as the Finance Business partner to the _Global Legal _department
• Understand, report on, and explain spend drivers within Global Legal departments for Global Legal leadership and Global Finance leadership; this work will require an individual to operate at the executive-level and the lowest level of detail
• Build relationships with both VPs and their teams to create clarity and enable decision-making related to budget, i.e., correlate large amounts of financial data into simple, meaningful cross-functional business discussions
• Act as a key contributor/creator of the McDonald’s Corporate annual budget (once per year, before the year begins) and McDonald’s Corporate forecast (multiple times during the year) – the two processes work together to plan for and manage spend
• Oversee the month-end close process, including issue resolution, budget owner management, variance analysis, and monthly reporting
• Investigate and understand detailed drivers of spending within Global Legal departments, and support strategies to manage and report CAPEX, OPEX, and Project costs with impact to the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.
• Interact, influence, and build strong relationships with all areas of the Corporate Controller Group, Global Legal, and other McDonald’s departments, building open lines of communication and trust
• Assist with special projects as needed (e.g., act as ongoing Finance SME on large workstreams, build cost-benefits analyses, advise on cost savings, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting or Finance
• 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
• A strategic mindset, bias towards action, skepticism of the status quo, and can-do attitude – someone who is not afraid to dig in, uncover problems, and find solutions as a collective team
• Possesses natural curiosity, asking questions when necessary to understand a situation

Additional Information

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