Senior Manager, Controller Integration

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.

About the role

The Senior Manager Controllership Integration is a hands-on integration leader responsible for driving the accounting workstreams on one of the largest food-industry combinations in years – the McCormick and Unilever Foods integration – while also serving as a key leader in the broader Controllership integration governance. This role reports directly to the Director Controllership Integration and will oversee various workstreams, manage third-party service providers, and staff augmentation resources. This role has exposure to the global Finance and Integration Management organizations and will present to Finance leadership, including the VP & Controller. The position is fully dedicated to integration activities through close and for a period thereafter, with an eventual transition into the end-state organizational design. This is a hybrid (50/50) role based at our Global Headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated Accounting lead for the financial integration through close and beyond.
• Oversee corporate accounting workstreams, including employee benefit plans, stock compensation, segment reporting, lease accounting, accounting for joint ventures, and variable interest entities.
• Coordinate with external advisors to document technical accounting positions.
• Assess target company accounting policies for conversion from US GAAP to IFRS, and drive conversion activities and alignment to McCormick accounting policies.
• Oversee the process establishment step for each assigned sub-workstream, defining target-state processes, controls, and system requirements in coordination with the Controllership Integration Director and workstream advisors.
• Maintain awareness of internal controls over financial reporting, including coordination with external auditors.
• Partner with other Controllership leads to ensure consistent treatment and reporting where areas intersect with the broader Controllership integration workstreams.
• Maintain coordinated workplans to facilitate program status reporting across workstreams.
• Coordinate day-to-day activity with external advisory firms supporting sub-workstreams, ensuring deliverables stay on schedule and issues are escalated promptly.
• Prepare regular status updates and executive-level readouts summarizing workstream progress.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies to drive proactive resolution across workstreams.
• Facilitate working sessions with workstream owners, advisors, and cross-functional partners to clarify open items and stay on track with key integration milestones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• CPA strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of accounting/finance experience.
• In-depth knowledge of SEC reporting and filing processes.
• Experience supporting M&A integrations.
• Proficiency in US GAAP.
• Demonstrated ability to support and analyze complex accounting/finance processes.
• Experience working with and directing external advisors and third-party service providers.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional workstreams, influence stakeholders across multiple business functions, and communicate effectively with executive leadership.
• Strong communication, program management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; SAP and Hyperion experience/skills a plus.
• Proficiency in IFRS a plus.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

Benefits

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.
• 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.

Pay

Base salary: $103,520 to $181,150. 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.