Financial Analyst I, Americas Commercial Finance COE - Trade Spend

HUNT VALLEY, MD, US, 21031

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 Financial Analyst I, Americas Commercial Finance COE (Trade Spend) 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

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

 

Position Overview

The Financial Analyst is an integral member of the Commercial Finance team and will be the subject matter expert for critical pricing activities including the execution of updating and maintaining multiple customer price pages, implementing pricing changes in SAP and researching invoice pricing discrepancies while working with the cross functional teams on resolutions.    The Financial Analyst will also support trade spend reporting and analysis, including the management of indirect customer trade spend accruals.

 

Responsibilities

  • Point person responsible for executing and maintaining customer price pages for any changes including but not limited to; pricing actions, new item launches or discontinuations, changes in customer deals, or any other ad hoc price page updates
  • Publish customer price pages in an accurate and timely way to enable sales to communicate with the customer
  • Maintain and update customer specific pricing in SAP
  • Determine root cause of pricing discrepancies and drive resolution and future corrective actions
  • Provide support to Financial Analyst II on Trade Spend reporting, forecasting and analysis
  • Manage accruals for Feeder and Operator Trade Spend including month-end analysis and forecasting, as well as providing insight and support to Commercial and Finance business partners
  • Process Improvement – Continually standardizing and optimizing processes/reporting
  • Participate actively in projects and ad-hoc analyses

 

Key Qualifications

  • Bachelors – Accounting, Finance or Business Management
  • 1-2 years of experience in a financial analyst role
  • 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

  • Strong proficiency in MS Excel required
  • Intermediate proficiency in MS Word and MS PowerPoint required
  • The successful candidate will be very detail oriented, have strong interpersonal and teamwork abilities,

demonstrated grammatical and organizational skills and must be a self-starter, who is able

to work independently

  • Understands available reporting, drill down capabilities, and able to organize data in a way that

adds value to analysis

  • Demonstrated ability to proactively solve problems, multi-task, deliver accurate financial deliverables,

and work in cross functional teams

 

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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. 

 

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Base Salary: $62,090 to $108,600

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:

- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits

- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support

- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans

WHY WORK AT MCCORMICK?

United by flavor. Driven by results.

As a McCormick employee you’ll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. You’ll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself—to have a say in where the company is going and how it’s growing.

Between our passion for flavor, our 130-year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.


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