Position Overview & Specifications
To Apply:
Please submit your CV with a cover letter which answers the following question:
Over the past year, the UK has faced a challenging economic climate resulting in rising costs, impacting both people and businesses across the UK. In what ways do you believe McDonald's restaurants have been impacted by the cost of living crisis?
The Opportunity
The McDonald's Finance Graduate Scheme is open for applications now! The successful person will start in September 2023. This is an exciting time to join the McDonald's Finance Graduate Scheme. The role is a structured, broad three-year rotational scheme specifically crafted for final year undergraduates looking to join a robust Finance team. As part of the scheme you will complete up to 16 exams over a 3-year period, in order to gain accreditation to a chartered accounting body of your choice (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
What will my role be?
The scheme will provide continuous rotational opportunities and is an outstanding opportunity for an aspirational graduate to gain experience across a number of the following areas:
Global Business Services (GBS) Accounting & Finance As an accounting and finance subject matter specialist, you will ensure that all accounting transactions are recorded timely, accurately and with compliance to relevant standards and principles. You will provide support and mentorship across the organisation on all financial matters and seek opportunities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of processes to ensure the robustness of the financial documents and reporting.
Operations Finance As part of the Operations Finance team you will work closely with our community of franchisees to drive the business' long-term strategy, support growth and ensure the future financial strength of the business. You will partner with our Directors of Franchising, working closely to ensure that we understand the financial position of each of our franchisees and where we play a role in influencing this.
Strategic Finance - As part of Strategic Finance you will help drive business growth and strengthen the McDonald's brand by developing strategic growth drivers and proactively managing franchisee sentiment. In particular, the Strategic Finance team supports the development of long-term pricing, delivery, pay and supply chain strategies in partnership with various internal and external stakeholders.
Financial Reporting & Controls As a trusted finance adviser for the entire organisation. Providing in depth financial analysis of how our business has performed and helping drive future decisions to grow our business. You will also be hands on in learning and guiding on technical accounting and reporting standards.
Financial Planning & Analysis As a dilligent financial business partner you will help with the Financial Projection and Planning processes working with the local market and the Global market allowing us to measure and analyse our performance against our targets as well as looking forwards at whats to come, so you can effectively business partner with other departments to help drive the future strategy.
Real Estate Finance You will business partner primarily with our Property department; working together to ensure our new restaurant pipeline is profitable, and ensuring that we obtain optimal real estate deals, to secure the future of sites where we want to trade.
Upon completion of the scheme there are significant opportunities within the Finance team to grow in to a range of increasingly strategic and senior leadership roles. The scheme offers an extraordinary start to a career within Finance, with previous trainees who have finished the scheme going on to hold senior management positions across the business, such as Finance Director, Delivery Director and our Head of GBS Finance.
What Team will I be a part?
The new Trainee will initially rotate through roles within the GBS Finance team, based in Sutton Coldfield (near Birmingham). They will then move to our Head Office in East Finchley, North London where they will complete their training and qualify as a chartered accountant.