Specialist, Accounting Operations
Date: 11 May 2026
Location: London, GB, N2 8AW
Company: McDonald's Corporation
About Us
McDonalds has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the UKs largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.
Department Overview
McDonald’s UK & Ireland is looking for a Specialist, Accounting Operations to join our finance team. In this critical role, you’ll work closely with the Assistant Financial Controller, the UK&I Market Controller, and our third-party providers to deliver accurate, high-quality accounting operations — all while helping drive process improvement across the board.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong technical accounting skills and a passion for operational excellence to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Duties
- Partner with the Assistant Financial Controller to triage escalations and keep operations running smoothly.
- Deliver and support core controllership activities such as A2R (Account to Report), P2P (Procure to Pay), and R2R (Record to Report) with a high level of accuracy.
- Perform key in-Market accounting, audit, and tax activities requiring local presence.
- Act as the day-to-day liaison with our third-party accounting provider, ensuring alignment and efficient service delivery.
- Monitor and ensure the accuracy and quality of outputs from the third-party provider.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for the UK&I market finance team and corporate stakeholders, providing clear communication and operational support.
- Play a role in resolving issues, disputes, and approvals within our Scaled Services model.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Experience working successfully with third-party providers in an accounting or finance setting.
- A mindset focused on continuous improvement and process efficiency.
- Strong attention to detail and solid organisational skills.
- Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A customer-first approach, with a commitment to delivering high-quality service to stakeholders.
- The ability to juggle multiple priorities and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with Oracle Fusion a bonus
At McDonald's, we are People from all Walks of Life...
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonalds and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonalds is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.