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Sr. Financial Analyst
Company | McDonald’s |
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Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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Salary | $87050 – $108810 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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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