FINANCE MANAGER

MISSISSAUGA, ON, CA, L5S 1S7

McCormick Canada continues its long track record of growth and is a respected leader in the spice, seasoning, flavouring and specialty food industry. Our consumer products division serves retail grocery customers and emerging channels with Club House, Billy Bee and McCormick products, while our Custom Flavour Solutions division serves food service distributors and other respected food manufacturers across Canada. McCormick Canada is part of the world leader in spice and seasonings, McCormick & Company Inc.

The Power of People is one of our five pillars. It has been the foundation for McCormick's success for decades. There is something inspiring about working at McCormick. We have created an unusually dedicated workforce by fostering a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values. Without our employees, our success is not possible. Our commitment to our customers, our consumers and our employees is unsurpassed.

McCormick & Co., Inc., a world leader in the spice, flavor & seasonings industry, is seeking a full time Commercial Finance Manager. This new hire will be part of McCormick’s North America Food Away From Home, located at 2155 Drew Rd, Mississauga, ON. The Commercial Finance Manager will report to FAFH North America Finance Director.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Finance Business Partner will drive improved decision making and delivery of business results by providing proactive forward-looking strategic, commercial and market insights to the Commercial business. The Finance Business Partner is the primary Finance interaction point for the commercial business – guiding, supporting, and mentoring the Commercial function to drive performance and deliver financial targets. The Finance Business partner will foster a two-way strategic relationship with the commercial function, constructively challenging and influencing their Commercial partners to deliver results. The Finance Business Partner will play an influential role in relevant management teams and steering group meetings supporting the delivery of initiatives and strategic alignment

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting and Analysis - Provides commentary and insight into business performance to drive understanding of month end results - Facilitates business ownership of the financial result and enables them to understand the actions they need to take to drive improved business performance - Provides commentary and insight to management reports, working with the commercial Finance team and other business stakeholder with relevant commercial, financial and market insights, assessing performance against business strategy and making recommendations on both strategy and operations to enhance financial performance

Business Planning - Facilitate the development of inputs and assumptions with the business for the budgeting and forecasting process, constructively challenging and influencing the business to take ownership and understand the impact of those assumptions - Facilitate the budgeting and forecasting process, supporting the business to own their assumptions and enabling them to understand the impact of those assumptions - Challenge and manage medium and short term plans for the business area with management, which support the overall corporate financial objectives - Works with Commercial to develop and challenge budgets and forecasts that are accurate, realistic, stretching and bought into supported by the FP&A/CoE - Works with business area to evaluate medium term plans – understanding current market position, opportunities for growth and potential barriers and competitor positioning

Pricing and Trade Spend - Work with Commercial Team and CoE on strategic and operational decision making for pricing and Trade Spend - Manages the development of pricing strategy for the business area, including insight and analysis - Provides insight and analysis to the business to maximize returns - Provides commercial insight to support the business in producing and managing promotional plans

Review financial models to assess future profitability of identified opportunities
Thorough analysis and development of new market opportunities based on current customer base and geographical coverage
Provide ad-hoc analyses and project support for initiatives across Commercial and Global Finance Team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting
MBA is a plus
Advanced knowledge of financial systems
SAP/BW/TM1 experience desirable
Significant experience in commercial finance, financial planning, and analysis with experience in CPG preferred
Excellent knowledge of MS Excel, Power Point and Word required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Motivated individual with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to layout the path to significant improvements
Ability to adapt to changing business needs and multi-task changing priorities.
Ability to work additional varied hours as required to fulfill the responsibilities of the position

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Throughout the selection process, accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available upon request. Please notify H.R. if required.

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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