Description:

Applies principles of budgeting and strategic planning to analyze financial operations, prepare/present monthly financial results and recommendations, perform ad-hoc financial modeling as required and support budget and five-year strategic plan development. Also responsible for forecasting, financial planning and reporting requirements for SRI development and company-owned operations and maintaining productive, working relationships with SRI, Finance, and Development leadership. It is important for this role to develop and maintain strong relationships with SRI leadership, shared service functions, and brand functions to ensure effective communication and information sharing. This role will also serve as a subject matter expert for associated reporting tools and systems required to perform the various duties of this role (EPBCS, Oracle Cloud, Proclarity, Cognos, Essbase, AS400, etc.) Essential Functions: • Assist in the development and maintenance of the budget and forecast for company-owned operations, including sales projections, food and paper projections, new and existing labor initiatives, fixed and variable other costs of sales accounts, and consolidation of depreciation and other income accounts to generate store-level profit projections. • Support the budget and forecast process for same-store sales calendarization for SRI and franchise operations, including partnering with market leaders on regional sales goals, negotiation and alignment with franchise field and SRI leadership to commit to annual SSS targets for the business, collaboration with accounting and development on royalty abatements and the development of the franchise royalty budget. • Assist in the development of the budget and quarterly forecast for G&A, including discretionary cost center budgets, building/business costs and headcount planning • Assist in the creation of presentations and supporting data for period business reviews, quarterly forecasts and annual operation plans. • Prepare and distribute monthly labor charts for company-owned restaurants using forecast logic and monthly labor tracking workbooks to SRI team • Assist in the modeling and preparation of presentation materials for development projects including new builds, relocations, remodels, lease renewals and closures • Provide risk management support, analytics and audit requirements as needed • Support SRI with analytics, insight and presentation materials for periodic business reviews, monthly reports and ad hoc requests. • Assist in development of standard and ad-hoc data/analytics requests from Inspire

Requirements:

Education and Work Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or equivalent from four-year college • Minimum 3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Additional Info:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Knowledge of budgeting and accounting; financial modeling skillset a plus • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Effective planning and presentation skills • Ability to handle projects independently • Strong competency in spreadsheet programs (Excel preferred) and financial information systems • Must maintain effective working relationships with other employees and stakeholders Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate clearly, move, and remain in a stationary position. The employee must occasionally transport and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must regularly be able to detect, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, inspect, estimate, observe, and assess items, information, and objects in an office setting. Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. #LI-JA1