Carey Malloy Bendoraitis

• Spearheaded the development of a world-class franchising organization, focusing on strategic partnerships with top-tier franchisees. • Accelerated new store openings by implementing streamlined processes and robust training programs. • Fostered a culture of innovation and collaboration

• Lead finance, treasury, and strategic planning areas to support growth at Hawaiian Bros Island Grill. • Spearheaded fundraising efforts aligning with corporate strategies for sustainable growth. • Developed financial models and strategies to optimize revenue and drive business success.

• Developed and launched a world-class franchise program for Hawaiian Bros Island Grill, driving company growth. • Implemented cost efficiency strategies to enhance building design and standardize processes with development and real estate teams.

Key financial business partner to operating leadership. Lead the financial plan and projection process and provide insights into results. Provide financial analysis and modeling for strategic initiatives, M&A activity, and operational performance. Work closely with marketing to drive pricing strategy and margin improvement.

Responsible for driving the annual strategic planning process, monthly and quarterly projections along with commentary on results. Development of KPIs and initiative reporting, and providing strong business partnering with the brand and business development teams. Direct accountability for the Global Markets P&L and SG&A management. Key member of the leadership team of Global Markets and lead the sales and brand finance team.

Provide strategic oversight and direction for the financial plan and projection process for the largest business segment within McDonald’s corporation, as well as direct accountability for segment G&A and business support teams. Actively partner with key business stakeholders on financial support models as well as identifying opportunities for continuous improvements. Oversee the preparation, analysis, and commentary on financial results and provide insight to senior leadership on financial performance.

In this newly created organization and role within McDonald's, I'm responsible for developing and providing financial business models that demonstrate the sales and income potential that our new Digital initiatives will drive for our markets. This includes areas such as digital commerce, CRM, loyalty, social media hub and other digital and I/T related strategies. We partner with McDonald's markets around the globe to aid in their planning process for these digital strategies and provide recommendations to the sequencing of the initiatives. As finance lead for our global digital team, I partner with leadership to drive our strategic project and financial planning process. I have direct financial oversight of the plan, budgeting, and forecasting process for the team. I work closely with our strategic leads to understand the financial impact of our digital initiatives, timeline of strategies and help to reprioritize funds where necessary. I work directly with key leadership to provide ad-hoc analysis and financial support as needed.

The Chicago region is the 3rd largest market in the country, contributing more than $2b in sales, income greater than $225m, 750+ restaurants, and 220 Owner/operators. As Controller, I was part of the regional leadership team responsible for establishing the strategy and vision for the region. Had financial oversight of the planning, budgeting, and forecasting of sales and income for the region. Work collaboratively across various disciplines within the region including business insights, development, marketing, and field service to evaluate new restaurant growth opportunities, pre/post analysis on marketing initiatives, estimating sales and cash flow impact for operations strategies as well as business modeling on franchisee financial transactions.

I was responsible for the US capital planning team and oversight of restaurant development analysis and reporting. I had oversight over the US capital budget of over $800m and managed a team of 12 staff. I also was part of a core team which developed our vision and execution of remodeling our existing restaurants. I worked closely with our US senior leadership and Owner/Operator leadership to define the requirements of the program and determine the participation arrangement. As part of our national board with Owner/Operators we were able to remodel over 3,000 restaurants over the 5 year period.

Bachelors of Science in Accounting