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McDonald’s Force Builds a Winning Financial Strategy with Esker
LYON, France, and MIDDLETON, Wis. — March 25, 2026 — Esker, the leading AI Automation Suite for the Office of the CFO, today announced that McDonald’s Force, the Economic Interest Group (EIG) responsible for advertising operations for McDonald’s restaurants in France, has transformed its finance operations to manage 150 advertising campaigns per year with just an eight-person Finance team. Through a partnership spanning more than 10 years, McDonald’s Force has leveraged Esker’s automation techno
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