Manager, Field Finance

Din Tai Fung North America•Arcadia, CA

6d•$136,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Din Tai Fung is a globally celebrated, family-owned restaurant brand founded in 1972 and internationally renowned for its iconic Xiao Long Bao. With more than 165 locations across 13 countries including 20 in North America. DTF is Michelin-recognized and admired for its uncompromising quality, authentic flavors, and warm, gracious hospitality. Each location delivers an elevated yet inviting cultural dining experience designed to delight guests on any occasion. The Manager, Field Finance owns the labor model across all Din Tai Fung restaurants and leads finance partnerships for new-region expansion and an assigned existing market. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Field Finance, the role partners with Regional Leadership, Executive Kitchen Managers, General Managers, and People & Culture to keep labor standards current, support new regions with sales and labor ramp modeling, and drive sales and labor productivity in the assigned market. Working alongside FP&A to provide operational color and commentary on controllable expenses for its markets.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field
6+ years of progressive finance / FP&A experience, with at least 3 years supporting multi-unit operations (restaurant, retail, hospitality, or similar)
Experience building or maintaining labor models or labor standards in a multi-unit environment
Strong multi-unit P&L fluency: comparable sales, food & paper, labor (SPLH, hours), prime cost, four-wall margin
Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, INDEX/MATCH or XLOOKUP, pivot tables, sensitivity analysis) and demonstrated experience building structured financial models
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects and presenting to senior leadership
Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into clear narratives for non-finance partners
Self-directed with strong project management skills; able to balance period-end deadlines with longer-term initiatives

Nice To Haves

Experience in a high-growth restaurant operator or multi-unit hospitality environment
Working knowledge of fiscal-period (13-period / 4-4-5) accounting and Same Store Sales methodology
Familiarity with Toast POS, HotSchedules / Fourth, and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or Looker)
SQL or Power Query for self-service data extraction from data warehouse environments (BigQuery a plus)
Exposure to new-unit sales and labor ramp modeling
MBA, CPA, CMA, or CFA progress / completion

Responsibilities

Labor Model Ownership — All Restaurants — Support the ongoing build of the restaurant labor model and serve as its owner going forward. Maintain labor standards and drivers across all restaurants as menu, hours of operation, and formats change, and maintain the HotSchedules and Toast POS integration. Report on labor productivity (CPLH, overtime, premium pay) and schedule adherence to the model. Partner with Operations and People & Culture on labor model changes, trainee / new-hire ramp assumptions, and wage rate planning.
New Region Expansion Partnership — Lead finance partnership for new regions as Din Tai Fung expands, including East Coast markets. Build sales ramp curves and labor / staffing ramp models for new restaurants, track post-opening performance against ramp expectations, surface variances early, and incorporate learnings into future opening models. Establish period review routines and reporting with new-region leadership. (Capex and pre-opening cost ownership sit outside this role.)
Existing Market Business Partnership — Serve as the embedded finance partner for an assigned existing market. Lead period business reviews with Regional Directors and Area Managers, coach GMs on reading their P&L, and quantify the financial impact of operational decisions (staffing models, menu mix, hours of operation, R&M spend). Translate financial results into clear, operator-friendly narratives and action items.
Field Finance Ad-hoc Analysis & Projects — Lead ad-hoc analyses and projects supporting field operations, such as restaurant and regional performance deep-dives, daypart and channel performance, staffing and operating-hours decisions, and other questions raised by Field Finance and Operations leadership. Build durable models and templates that can be reused across the field finance function.
Annual Budget & Forecast — Build restaurant-level annual budgets and rolling forecasts for sales and labor for new regions and the assigned market in coordination with FP&A, and provide labor model-based assumptions for all restaurants. Develop bottom-up assumptions on traffic, check, hourly wages, and controllable costs; partner with Operations on commitments and risk / opportunity calls.
Period Close Support — Controllable Expense Commentary — Partner with FP&A to provide operational color on controllable expense variances for new regions and the assigned market. Investigate restaurant-level drivers behind labor, food, paper, supplies, and R&M variances, validate explanations with Operations, and ensure period reporting reflects the operating reality in the restaurants.

Benefits

Competitive Pay & Benefits
Employer Contribution for individuals and eligible dependents' medical insurance
Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Commuter Spending Accounts
401(k) Plan with company match
Employee Assistance Program
Discounts through BenefitHub
Employee Meal Discounts
Paid Time Off (PTO) to support work-life balance (accrued based on length of service)
Paid Sick Leave (PSL) to care for your health or loved ones
Quarterly Wellness Days - extra time off to recharge every season
Bonus Eligible
Opportunities for growth; we love promoting within