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Sr. Financial Analyst

Sr. Financial Analyst

CompanyMcDonald’s
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Salary$87050 – $108810
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting
  • 3+ years’ experience with multi-project financial management and/or financial planning
  • Strong Excel modeling experience required
  • PowerBI/Tableau modeling experience required
  • Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
  • Moderate understanding of technology finance, analytics, and product costing
  • Ability to deliver high-quality outputs quickly, reliably, and accurately
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to anticipate stakeholder needs
  • Self-starter that proactively seeks to streamline/optimize processes

Responsibilities

  • Drive the US Technology annual financial planning process ensuring consistent data collection with details of projects, spend, resources and spread across all US Technology products
  • Zero-based budgeting approach and alignment with overall technology strategy
  • Strong insights to enable leadership decision-making, leveraging PowerBI reporting
  • Manage actual spend and forecast of the US Technology Investment including supporting product budget owners in maintaining their spend and forecast utilizing the US standardized budget template
  • Completing variance analyses to drive monthly financial reviews with leadership
  • Driving thoughtful financial conversations and decision-making through financial storytelling
  • Assist the Department with essential financial activities including reviewing contract approvals and adherence to budget
  • Partnering with our Workforce Solutions team to ensure adherence to invoicing processes
  • Processing manual invoices
  • Managing time entry requirements for technology resources
  • Build trust and rapport with key stakeholders including teams within US Technology, Global Technology, Global Finance, and leadership
  • Maintain detailed knowledge of the key business processes and systems and identify integration, alignment and improvement opportunities
  • Deliver ad-hoc financial analyses at the request of key stakeholders, utilizing various datasets and inquiry methods

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficient with SmartSheet preferred
  • McDonald’s restaurant technology experience preferred