Coe Global Fp&a Lead - Munich, Deutschland - McDonald's Corporation

Beschreibung

Company Description

McDonald's is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily.

As the global leader in the food service industry, our legacy of innovation and hard work continues to drive us.

From drive thru updates to delivery to mobile order and pay, we are innovating quickly and growing. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world.

At McDonald's, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family.

From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good:
good for our customers, people, industry and planet.


Job Description:

The COE Global FP&A Lead is an FP&A expert, driving value for the markets and Corporate through strategic design and execution of best-in-class FP&A activities and transformational leadership.

The role is highly visible across market finance leadership as a main point of contact for FP&A-related items and is critical for ensuring McDonald's executes upon its finance transformation journey through evolving our FP&A approach.

Primary Responsibilities of COE Global FP&A Lead

Market FP&A Main Point of Contact, which includes:

• Planning and Projection lead for a group of markets, including overseeing the preparation of reporting and leading the related messaging and narrative for market leadership
• Lead the interaction with the corporate branch of the COE for a group of markets, which consolidates the information for Corporate Finance leadership (including Corporate Controller, IRO, CFO, etc)
• Major P&L Line-Item Planning Lead, which includes:
• Responsibility for ensuring oversight of proper forecasting methodologies and consistency across markets for a key P&L area (Capital, Franchised Margin, McOpCo Margin, SG&A, Other Op)
• Process improvement / continuous improvement to work towards future state of COE
• Success for the above requires people and organizational leadership; the COE Global FP&A Lead will oversee a team that will drive forward the vision for FP&A

Additional Accountabilities and Expectations of COE Global FP&A Lead

• Main point of contact between COE and Market for FP&A activities.
• Market Finance contact to be determined by market CFO (it could be CFO, director, or a manager).
• Ensure projection /plan reflects the inputs provided from the business (either the markets or through other means as outlined in our processes).
• Thought partner to the markets for drivers behind the variances between actuals and projection / plan (note the responsibility of actual reporting (trial balance submission and related commentary) remains with the market; however, COE provides market contact thought partnership on commentary).
• Responsible for communicating with the market to ensure a solid understanding of significant trends, initiatives, and transactions occurring in market to ensure such items are properly reflected in projection / plan.

The communication with the market and FP&A Lead will be established based on preferences of each market, however, could include:

• Weekly or bimonthly touchpoints between FP&A Lead and market finance contact
• Attendance at certain meetings in market to ensure proper business trends reflected in projection / plan (e.g., monthly BI Comp Sales presentation to CFO, Development updates, etc.)
• Accountable for appropriate rollup of plan and projection for designated markets, including all process streams, through operating income.
• Ability to explain / articulate assumptions used in setting the plan and projections for the market, including variances to prior projections and plan.
• Present results to CFO/VP/MD, including reporting to be provided to the markets.
• Lead and oversee the preparation of market scenario planning / projections.
• Understand different levers markets can pull to drive Op Inc; run market sensitivities and "rules of thumb".
• Understand flow through impact of different scenarios. For example, BI will provide market input on sales driven variances, but FP&A is accountable for the $ impact / flow through to Op Inc.
• Responsible for obtaining necessary inputs for plan/projection from the market, and leading conversations with market for oneoff or exception adjustments (which are expected to be limited).

FP&A COE Major P&L Line-Item Planning Lead

• The FP&A Lead will also be a Major P&L Line-Item Planning Lead and will have direct reports (FP&A COE Senior Analyst and/or Analyst) and require team people leadership skills.
• The Lead is responsible for guiding team members in the successful execution of their roles and overseeing their professional development.
• Understand two Systems (EPB and NA Hyperion), ensuring all necessary f