Financial Analyst

Overview
Position overview:
You may know us for our delicious cheesecakes...and for being recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For®" 10 years in a row! What you may not know is at The Cheesecake Factory Bakery, our staff members are our highest quality ingredient.
The Financial Analyst will play an integral part in understanding and maximizing financial and operational efficiencies. The position will analyze data and develop reports to help the company understand trends, impacts, and opportunities.
You'll thrive in this position if you are:
A Gold Medal Analyst: you enjoy breaking down numerical data and all other sources of information. You systematically probe for additional information to gain a greater understanding of the problem.
A Communicator: you're capable of translating complex business requirements to a non-technical audience in a clear and concise manner.
Excel Savvy: you're able to take a rough dataset and use Microsoft Excel to turn it into something actionable.
Self-Starting: you have an understanding of current project needs and when it's time to execute on crucial tasks.
Responsibilities
Here's more of what you'll get to do:
Prepare and review key financial reporting schedules for management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
Assist with the period-end close process and reporting.
Prepare complex financial trend and data analysis such as sales trends, financial and expense performance, and other business improvement opportunities.
Assist with product costing including ingredients, packaging, labor, and overhead analysis.
Assist with annual planning process and quarterly forecasts including variance and trend analysis.
Facilitate ongoing improvements to reporting processes and infrastructure.
Ad-hoc reporting, special projects, and other department support as needed.
Qualifications
What we require:
Minimum 2 years of related experience in Financial Planning and Analysis.
Knowledge of finance and accounting principles with the ability to read and interpret financial data.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient in MS Office specifically Excel for spreadsheet modeling.
Strong functional knowledge of an enterprise resource planning system (Oracle, Infor, Ross, etc.).
Ability to work independently and as a team member.
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related area.
What we prefer:
Manufacturing industry experience.
Bilingual in Spanish and English.
About the Company
Recognized as one of the FORTUNE "100 Best Companies to Work For®" every year since 2014, The Cheesecake Factory Bakery operates two facilities that create delicious cheesecakes and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees, and third-party bakery customers. The Bakery is a subsidiary of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated which is a global $3.3 billion public company with 47,500 staff members across more than 300 full-service, casual dining restaurants - including The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Grand Lux Cafe, Social Monk and Fox Restaurant concepts.
We offer a people-centered culture and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, and experiences and encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Cheesecake Factory offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
Compensation Range
$75000 - $85000 /year