Sr. Financial Analyst

The Sr. Financial Analyst reports to the Manager Financial Planning & Analysis, and interacts with financial management, operations, corporate accounting and various levels of corporate and executive management. Supports the overall corporate forecast and budgeting process; helps organize and oversee the collection of budget data; maintains budget system and database; responsible for ongoing forecast/budgeting of Cost of Goods Sold. This position has responsibility for financial analysis, review of actual financial data and special projects under the direction of the Manager.
Key Job Responsibilities: Preparation of a weekly and monthly business review deck that reports key operating metrics and performance indicators.
Maintains and distributes Cost of Food and Paper analysis to help understand how the cost of commodities, paper and distribution costs are performing year over year and versus budget.
Responsible for the overall Cost of Food and Paper annual budgeting process by restaurant. This includes working with the company's outside co-op RSI on attaining future projections for commodities and case costs as well as partnering with Operations on setting food performance goals.
Partner with the Sr. Director of Finance on producing a monthly overall Cost of Food and Paper forecast at the total company level by obtaining monthly updates from RSI on commodity projections.
Produce a monthly delivery analysis by third party provider that breaks down sales and profitability performance.
Responsible for measuring the impact of pricing actions taken by the company and providing to the FLOW (productive labor) team so adjustments can be made to the company labor model.
Assist in the preparation of the monthly reporting package by preparing bridge (waterfall) analyzes measuring overall year over year P&L performance and provide analytical comments on variances.
Perform other ad hoc research and analysis which could include, but not limited to, local value promotion performance and its impact on performance.
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required.
Minimum 2-5 years relevant experience with financial analysis and/or financial planning.
Must be knowledgeable and confident with financial modeling.
Ability to appropriately deal with highly confidential or sensitive matters.
Self-starter, who has strong problem-solving abilities and proven analytical skills.
Possess strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact and communicate effectively across departments within all levels of the organization.
High degree of proficiency with PC applications including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Relevant experience with financial software, reporting or financial planning applications desirable.
Desired skills: Must have the ability to express ideas persuasively and clearly.
Must have good written and oral communication skills with all levels of management both internally and externally.
Must have the ability to reach logical conclusions based on evidence at hand.
Must have the ability to create, be creative, and develop ideas and projects.
Must be able to use independent thinking to make decisions or to render professional judgment.
Must be able to establish an appropriate course of action to accomplish a specific goal.
Must be able to establish procedures to monitor or regulate processes, tasks or the activities of others.