Sr. Manager, Finance

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

 

We are looking to hire a Sr. Manager, Finance immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. 

 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

 

Position Overview

The FP&A Manager delivers insightful and comprehensive financial analysis and reporting to enable Corporate and business-unit leadership to understand SG&A actual performance, financial forecasts, and annual planning processes. This role partners with the Americas CFO, the Americas FP&A Director, and business-unit Finance teams as the primary SG&A liaison, leading complex and interpretive financial analyses to support strategic decision-making. 

The role reports to and collaborates closely with the FP&A Director to ensure alignment and successful delivery of key Finance initiatives. The FP&A Manager provides direct management and oversight of a Senior Financial Analyst to support consistent application of US GAAP, a strong SOX control environment, accruals and capitalization, while driving innovation to deliver faster, more efficient, and sustainable insights for the business. This role is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive and timely understanding of Americas SG&A, ensuring consistency and accuracy in reporting.

 

Key Responsibilities
•    Works collaboratively with business unit leadership to plan, execute and consolidate the SG&A annual planning and forecast processes. This includes identifying opportunities and gaps to plans and helping leadership to drive actions and solves.  Works with FP&A and Commercial Finance teams on assembling, analyzing, and presenting SG&A financial information.     
•    Bridging of actual results to forecast, budget and prior year, as applicable, ensuring all SG&A components are properly recorded and adequately explained and communicated.  Participating actively in projects and ad-hoc analysis/questions related to SG&A divisional reporting.     
•    Develop and maintain strong partnerships with Corporate Finance, Americas Finance, and business unit partners. Understand how business unit results impact SG&A financials and targets while aligning with SG&A leadership on objectives to drive transformation and efficient work processes.     
•    Ensure integrity, financial control, SOX compliance, and proper approvals and accounting treatment in line with policies and procedures for all related key activities    
•    Utilizes coaching and facilitation skills to manage employee relations. Provides regular performance feedback and oversees development/training plans for COE Analyst. Rewards and recognizes performance achievements.     

Required Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline    BA/BS in Accounting or Finance

Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen    8+ years of financial analysis or planning experience. Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and basic proficiency of Power PI & Word required. Excellent analytical, communication and organization skills required. Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of different financial and analytical techniques and the capability to plan own work and respect deadlines. Specific to Business Unit or functional area. Maintains knowledge of the McCormick businesses, it's processes and the industry in which it operates through attendance at company training programs, industry conferences, etc.

2+ years of demonstrated management and supervision experience (preferred).

Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence    Ability to take initiative and w