Commercial Finance Senior Manager

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Senior Financial Manager. This new hire will work at the Global Headquarters, located in Hunt Valley, MD. The Senior Financial Manager will report to a Director of Commerical Finance.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 170 countries and territories, we manufacture, market and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce channels, grocery, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands with trademark registrations include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick.

Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, McCormick is guided by our principles and committed to our Purpose – To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor. McCormick envisions A World United by Flavor where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand. To learn more, visit www.mccormickcorporation.com or follow McCormick & Company on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Commercial Finance Senior Manager will be responsible for providing financial oversight and support for the key activities of the Commercial teams for our North America Flavor business. The successful candidate will be an active business partner with the Commercial teams working toward common goals to drive growth and profitability. This position will be responsible for developing analysis that will provide the foundation for significant business decisions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead financial oversight of the month-end analysis, forecasting and budgeting process including financial review and coordination with demand planning, sales operations, sales, marketing, commercialization, supply planning and supply chain finance
• Lead financial accountability with business partners for gap closing and opportunity action plans
• Lead financial oversight of new products and customer pipeline product opportunities, involving an understanding of Salesforce metrics and projects
• Lead financial insights for ad hoc business requests related to product sales and profitability, customer sales and profitability, and business unit sales and profitability
• Lead analytics/reporting for business units, product lines, segments, key customers, and negotiations of customer contracts.
• Coordinate with Pricing team to understand the impacts and financial requirements in the forecast process for pricing changes.  Provide financial oversight and coordination with the pricing team for target setting and action planning purposes.
• Manage the Sales Incentive Bonus plan by providing leadership in target setting, standard reporting and final pay-out process
• Serve as the key business partner to support the commercial team’s short-term projects and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Lead a team of finance professionals responsible for all aspects of the financial and profitability analysis for Commercial business partners.
• Utilize systems to improve analytics and processes to drive data-based insights. 
• Maintain appropriate internal control environment.

 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting
• 8+ years finance analyst or planning experience
• 2+ years project management experience supporting finance initiatives with the business functions
• 2+ years supervisory experience
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and basic proficiency of Power Point & Word required.
• Excellent analytical, communication and organization skills including presenting to various levels of leadership
• Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of different financial and analytical techniques and the capability to plan own work and respect deadlines
• Demonstrated design and execution of complex financial analytical models
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent prioritization skills in managing mutliple tasks across business leaders
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize projects in fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to make meaningful connections between data sets
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive change management
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to interact with multiple levels of leadership
• Proven team player

 
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA and/or CPA
• TM1 and SAP/BW experience
• PowerBI experience

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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.