FP&A Business Analyst

FP&A Business Analyst

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to strengthen our National Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role will play a key part in driving data-driven business decisions by building accurate financial models, analyzing performance gaps, and supporting strategic target-setting across McDonald’s China.

This position reports to Team Leader of national financial planning and projection under Head of national FP&A.

Job description

• Business Input & Planning Support: Collaborate with key stakeholders to gather and evaluate business inputs for national financial planning and projection purposes;
• Financial Forecasting: Builds national wide periodic projections using functional input and drives for accuracy and accountability;
• Target Setting & Scenario Analysis: Provides support in setting realistic challenging target in all areas of business planning by evaluating financial feasibility and performing scenario analysis;
• Financial Plan alignment: Assist in preparing and delivering national financial plan presentations to senior leadership, ensuring clear communication of key assumptions, insights, and recommendations;
• Performance Monitoring & Gap Analysis: Monitors, analyzes gaps between actual vs. projected business performance and plan on a monthly basis;
• Strategic Initiative Support: Assists in development, measurement, prioritization and execution of key company (or

business unit/department) initiatives;

• Cost Allocation & Benchmarking: Design and implement fair, consistent cost allocation methodologies for market financial targets and maintain up-to-date expense benchmarks/baseline data to support planning and forecasting;
• Other Ad-hoc Work: Support the team lead with other ad-hoc tasks and projects as assigned, contributing to the overall success of the FP&A team;

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Economics, or Finance related, Master is preferred;
• 3+ years relevant experience in Finance, data/statistical analyst;
• Experience with automating processes using tools/languages such as Power BI, Tableau, Python etc.;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as good command of English;
• Business result-oriented, intercultural sensitivity, quick learner and resourceful self-starter;
• Self-motivated, Positive attitude, Open-minded, Proactive, Accountable;