Senior Financial Analyst, Enterprise FP&A

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 Senior Financial Analyst, Enterprise FP&A 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

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

Position Overview:
The Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) analyst provides reporting and analysis to further leadership’s understanding of actual financial performance and support the annual planning processes (budget and long-term plan). This position provides McCormick consolidated reporting, financial analyses, interpretations, and key metric reporting to management.

 

Responsibilities:

• Consolidate and analyze total McCormick business results throughout forecast, budget, long term plan and Actuals cycles working closely with Corporate FP&A Director, regional FP&A and Corporate business partners.
• Assembling, analyzing, and presenting information as part of the business planning and analysis process to include forecast meetings.
• Work closely with regional finance team to understand business drivers for all forecasts, budget, long term plan and quarterly cycles.
• Bridging of actual results to forecast, budget and prior year, as applicable, ensuring all major P&L components are properly recorded and adequately explained and communicated.
• Participating actively in projects and ad-hoc analysis/questions related to global reporting, sales trends, and gross margin
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• Continually standardizing and optimizing P&L processes/reporting across Global FP&A.
• Develop slides for the Corporate Forecast process, highlighting drivers of business results.
• Compile, report, and analyze complex data streams throughout various business cycles.
• Participate actively in projects and ad-hoc analyses.

 

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis required.
• Experience participating on projects, supporting finance initiatives with the business, preferred.
• Experience with transaction & reporting systems including, but not limited to Hyperion, SAP, Business Warehouse, TM1 or other local systems preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills required.
• Proven knowledge of financial accounting standards and GAAP required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business or an MBA required.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities required.
• Demonstrated ability to make judgments based on analysis of factual information, practice and previous experience/reasonable assumptions required.
• Excellent interpersonal (written and verbal) communications skills with a demonstrated ability to work across functions & cultures and interact with all levels of the organization required.
• Demonstrated ability of being a dynamic self-starter, to work independently and apply sound judgment to solve complex <