Sr. Manager, Finance

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 Sr. Manager, Finance 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 FP&A Manager delivers insightful and comprehensive financial analysis and reporting to enable Corporate and business-unit leadership to understand SG&A actual performance, financial forecasts, and annual planning processes. This role partners with the Americas CFO, the Americas FP&A Director, and business-unit Finance teams as the primary SG&A liaison, leading complex and interpretive financial analyses to support strategic decision-making. 

The role reports to and collaborates closely with the FP&A Director to ensure alignment and successful delivery of key Finance initiatives. The FP&A Manager provides direct management and oversight of a Senior Financial Analyst to support consistent application of US GAAP, a strong SOX control environment, accruals and capitalization, while driving innovation to deliver faster, more efficient, and sustainable insights for the business. This role is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive and timely understanding of Americas SG&A, ensuring consistency and accuracy in reporting.

Key Responsibilities
•    Works collaboratively with business unit leadership to plan, execute and consolidate the SG&A annual planning and forecast processes. This includes identifying opportunities and gaps to plans and helping leadership to drive actions and solves.  Works with FP&A and Commercial Finance teams on assembling, analyzing, and presenting SG&A financial information.     
•    Bridging of actual results to forecast, budget and prior year, as applicable, ensuring all SG&A components are properly recorded and adequately explained and communicated.  Participating actively in projects and ad-hoc analysis/questions related to SG&A divisional reporting.     
•    Develop and maintain strong partnerships with Corporate Finance, Americas Finance, and business unit partners. Understand how business unit results impact SG&A financials and targets while aligning with SG&A leadership on objectives to drive transformation and efficient work processes.     
•    Ensure integrity, financial control, SOX compliance, and proper approvals and accounting treatment in line with policies and procedures for all related key activities    
•    Utilizes coaching and facilitation skills to manage employee relations. Provides regular performance feedback and oversees development/training plans for COE Analyst. Rewards and recognizes performance achievements.     

Required Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline    BA/BS in Accounting or Finance

Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen    8+ years of financial analysis or planning experience. Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel and basic proficiency of Power PI & Word required. Excellent analytical, communication and organization skills required. Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of different financial and analytical techniques and the capability to plan own work and respect deadlines. Specific to Business Unit or functional area. Maintains knowledge of the McCormick businesses, it's processes and the industry in which it operates through attendance at company training programs, industry conferences, etc.

2+ years of demonstrated management and supervision experience (preferred).

Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence    Ability to take initiative and work independently. Higher Level Communication of Complex Information - Good communication and diplomacy skills required in order to exchange complicated or sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of content or intended audience. Good interpersonal, problem solving, financial analysis and communication skills required. External auditor interaction or regulatory agency as applicable on occasion, beyond information gathering and sharing. Operates and communicates effectively across multiple functions up to and including Sr Mgmt.

Other Skills and HPO Competencies    Innovative - Develops new solutions to solve business problems and obstacles. Proposes and implements improvements to systems, methods of work and analysis methods and contributes to ensuring that they are continuously adapted to the business requirements. Handling Complexity - Analyze / solve business problems with incomplete or ambiguous information Teamwork – effectively work across business functions

Preferred Qualifications
Level of Education and Discipline    MBA 
Certification and/or Licenses    CPA
Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge, business acumen    SAP/BW/TM1 experience is desirable.
Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence    

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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. 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