About the Department
US Finance is comprised of financial professionals who lead all aspects of all financial activities, including accounting, economic policy, and business insights for McDonald's USA, LLC. The Pricing, Affordability & Digital Strategy team within U.S. Finance serve as internal strategy consultants providing thought leadership and practical insights to support major strategic growth initiatives such as Strategic Pricing Opportunities, Value & Deal, Digital and Delivery strategies. We share industry trends and convey our performance within the industry, generate quantitative insights to define opportunities to create, optimize, or discontinue initiatives, and help bring to life strategies and tactics that lead to improved business performance and consumer brand perceptions across our network of over 14,000 U.S. restaurants.
About the Opportunity
Based out of our headquarters in Chicago, the Business Insights & Strategy Manager will be responsible for supporting the realization of the U.S. business’ goals for first and third-party Delivery. As a key strategic thought partner, the Business Insights & Strategy Manager will use insights and storytelling to produce optimal long-term financial results. The role will advise cross-functional partners on value driven opportunities outside of Finance, including Marketing, Operations, Technology, Menu Strategy, Global Teams and Franchisees. Externally, the role will interact with Delivery Service Partners – partnering on ways to improve the delivery experience.
Projects include supporting our marketing initiatives through development of national and local promotional calendars, addressing in-store operational trends, and executing business cases for strategic growth initiatives. Other ad-hoc projects can include providing financial analyses in support of the U.S. strategic growth plan and looking at industry/competitive trends to find growth opportunities. Projects will require analyzing the viability of strategic initiatives, providing key insights into restaurant impacts resulting from these initiatives, and ultimately make recommendations based on the business screens established for the initiative. After an initiative has concluded, they will provide the financial results to key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Required Competencies
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