Specialist, TCO & Recovery

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Date: Dec 4, 2025

Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60607

Company: McDonald's Corporation

Company Description: 

McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries that serve 70 million customers daily. We continue to operate from a position of strength. Our updated growth strategy is focused on staying ahead of what our customers want and realizing further growth potential. Our relentless ambition is why McDonald’s remains one of the world’s leading corporations after almost 70 years. Joining McDonald's means thinking big and preparing for a career that can have influence around the world. 

At McDonald’s, we see every day as a chance to create positive impact. We lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community and family. From support of Ronald McDonald House Charities to our Youth Opportunity project and sustainability initiatives, our values keep us dedicated to using our scale for good: good for our customers, people, industry and planet. We also offer a broad range of outstanding benefits including a sabbatical program, tuition assistance and flexible work arrangements. 

Department Overview

We are seeking an innovative, energetic, and proactive team member to join the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) team within the Global Finance Business Advisory team. You will help support the team that owns the technology product pricing, product cost templates, and communications for a portfolio of technology products/services offered by MCD Global Technology. A vital aspect of this role will be supporting the TCO team in working closely with technology product/service owners assigned to specific product portfolios. You will collaborate with internal teams e.g., Global Technology, Global Finance, Segments, Markets, and other stakeholders to achieve success.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses broad thinking, communicates well, is excel-savvy, curious, organized, goes beyond the numbers, and seeks efficient delivery methods.

 

They will work alongside the other TCO team members to deliver a streamlined, transparent, and equitable technology products pricing strategy for McDonald’s global technology market charges.

Duties

  • Manage relationships with internal business functions (as needed) to compile monthly, quarterly and annual projections to support the overall market recovery.
  • Support the TCO in preparing quarterly projection updates based on the actual trends and known factors.
  • Compile supporting data from multiple sources to analyze monthly variance analysis to plan and projection related to market IT chargeback.
  • Perform month-end close tasks within 5-day period.
  • Maintain various source data templates (i.e. SKU, Product Guide Pricing Calculator, Contact Lists) to enable cost recovery and to produce robust output for management reporting. 
  • Upload plan and projection data in multiple systems, G&A Tool, Oracles ERP, etc.
  • Be part of various projects and system implementation to enable efficient delivery of the outputs.
  • Provide regular updates and raise any risks, issues, actions, or decisions as needed by the TCO team leaders.
  • Support the TCO team in managing technology chargeback-related inquiries via Smartsheet.
  • Work to continuously improve the existing processes and workstreams (streamlining processes, exploring tools, etc.)
  • Other ad-hoc requests, as appropriate.

Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting or a related degree.
  • 1-3 years of related work experience and results-oriented performance.
  • Being an intermediate to advanced user of Excel (i.e., pivot table, look-ups) is necessary.
  • Great written and verbal communication skills - both formal and informal.
  • Broad thinker with the ability to “connect the dots.”
  • Brings ongoing curiosity, organization, and willingness to roll up the sleeves in solving issues & determining resolutions.
  • Knowledge and willingness to work across functions and drive collaboration.
  • Ability to independently own and complete deliverables, often balancing competing and changing priorities.

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this role is $69,679.00 - $87,099.00 per year
 
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.

Compensation

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Long - Term Incentive: No

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Additional Information: 

Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.  

Bonus eligible: This position is eligible for a bonus, calculated based on individual and company performance. 

McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. 

McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment. 


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