Senior Manager, Americas Consumer FP&A

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 Senior Manager, Americas Consumer FP&A 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 Manager FP&A provides complex and insightful financial analysis, leadership and reporting in support of Corporate and / or business unit leadership’s understanding of actual performance, financial forecasts, and the annual planning processes (budget and long-term plan). The Manager will also play an active role working with the FP&A Center of Excellence (CoE) in streamlining and optimizing FP&A processes through project level engagement with various teams. This role is division facing and will be the main business partner on all Americas Consumer FP&A related activities with support from the CoE, with a particular focus on the US Consumer P&L. The Manager will be required to build and manage strong relationships across FP&A and Commercial finance teams and gain alignment on determining how to best support priorities and goals.  The Manager has indirect leadership for supporting FP&A COE team members.  Actively identifies ways to eliminate non-value work and looks for ways to innovate new ways to drive insight for the business while adhering to standardized approaches across Global FP&A.

Key Responsibilities
Works collaboratively with business unit leadership to plan, execute and consolidate the annual planning (budget and long-term plan) and forecast processes. This includes identifying opportunities and gaps to plans and helping leadership to drive actions and solves.  Works with the FP&A CoE and commercial finance teams on assembling, analyzing, and presenting financial information.   
Works with the FP&A CoE on global initiatives to advance and improve forecasting and planning processes through process redesign, technology improvements, and/or training of finance staff. This includes developing the process and procedures for utilizing standardized global financial tools and changes in the way the planning or analytical processes are employed.   
Ensure integrity, financial control, SOX compliance, and proper approvals and accounting treatment in line with policies and procedures for all related key activities    
Helps give direction and indirectly manages CoE analyst and supports the talent and capability within the team to include input into the CoE analyst’s talent management processes and employee development.   
Bridging of actual results to forecast, budget and prior year, as applicable, ensuring all major P&L components are properly recorded and adequately explained and communicated.  Participating actively in projects and ad-hoc analysis/questions related to divisional reporting, pricing, COGS, etc.

    
Required Qualifications
Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business (or related)
Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen 5+ years finance experience with a minimum of 3+ years of senior level financial planning / analysis, commercial / sales finance or accounting experience required. 
Experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
In-depth knowledge of FP&A.
Working knowledge of sub-functions across Finance Function (Shared Services, Commercial Finance in Units/Regions, Finance & Treasury, Tax, etc.)
Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of financial and analytical techniques required. 

Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence. Ability to influence and interact effectively with all levels and areas of the organization is required.
Adaptability - Work well under constant pressure and critical deadlines. 
Proven experience to be able to articulate difficult ideas and concepts through concise verbal and/or written communication
Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of financial and analytical techniques
Proven ability to apply discretion and prioritize competing agendas
Proven experience in being able to build and sustain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
Strong technical Finance understanding and business acumen
Proven ability to interpret data, order and assess its value and present the findings to the relevant stakeholders concisely

Other Skills and HPO Competencies    Microsoft Office with strong Excel and Power Point skills

Preferred Qualifications
Level of Education and Discipline    MBA
Certification and/or Licenses    CPA
Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen    
Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence    
Other Skills and HPO Competencies    Working knowledge of SAP Financial modules.
Experience with TM1 or similar financial databases.

Dimensions
This role is a critical and highly visible role with Regional Leadership teams and top finance executives in the Company. The successful candidate will have experience, and be comfortable interacting and presenting, to the highest levels of the organization.  The FP&A Manager plays a pivotal role as the interface to between FP&A and the business. This role is required to build trusted relationships across the finance organization and will be overseeing the production of plans, budgets, forecasts, management reporting and commentary in addition to in-depth fact-based analysis to drive performance. This is a lead role, requiring thorough knowledge of technical financial analysis tools and methods, including an advanced knowledge of critical business issues and their impact on financial results to build a specialist capability able to support the business. Needs to have a deep understanding of trends in the industry, including internal and external factors affecting the business to provide clear direction to the FP&A CoE and business 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: $100,870 - $176,480
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/ McCormick’s Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormick’s
Dividend Program. 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