Sr Financial Analyst, Flavor Solutions

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 Financial Analyst 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

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

Position Overview:
The Flavor Solutions Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) analyst provides reporting and analysis to further leadership’s understanding of actual financial performance and support the annual planning processes (forecast, budget and long-term plan).  This position provides McCormick Flavor Solutions reporting, financial analyses, interpretations, and key metric reporting to leadership.

Responsibilities:
•    Consolidate and analyze McCormick Flavor Solutions business results throughout forecast, budget, long term plan and Actuals cycles working closely with Flavor Solutions FP&A Director, commercial finance, and supply chain finance business partners.
•    Assembling, analyzing, and presenting information as part of the business planning and analysis process to include forecast meetings.
•    Work closely with regional finance team to understand business drivers for all forecasts, budget, and quarterly cycles.
•    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 global and regional financial/strategic reporting, sales trends, and gross margin analysis.
•    Continually standardizing and optimizing P&L processes/reporting across Global FP&A.
•    Develop slides for the Flavor Solutions Forecast process, highlighting drivers of business results.
•    Compile, report, and analyze complex data streams throughout various business cycles.
•    Participate actively in projects and ad-hoc analyses.
  
Qualifications:
•    5+ years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis required.
•    Experience participating on projects, supporting finance initiatives with the business, preferred.
•    Experience with transaction & reporting systems including, but not limited to Hyperion, SAP, Business Warehouse, TM1 or other local systems preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills required.
•    Proven knowledge of financial accounting standards and GAAP required.
•    Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business or an MBA required.
•    Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities required.
•    Demonstrated ability to make judgments based on analysis of factual information, practice and previous experience/reasonable assumptions required.                                                                    
•    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.
•    Demonstrated ability of being a dynamic self-starter, to work independently and apply sound judgment to solve complex problems with incomplete and/or ambiguous information required and to proactively initiate action steps required.
•    Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects at once, work under pressure, apply judgment and ask for aid in prioritizing as applicable required.
•    Experience working with Sarbanes Oxley Controls, preferred.
•    CPA preferred.

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