Senior Director, FP&A and Feasibility - Finance Business Partner

Nando’s • Washington, DC

5d • $155,000 - $195,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Nando’s is hiring a Senior Director, FP&A and Feasibility to help shape the financial future of its North American restaurant business. Reporting directly to the CFO, the role partners with Operations, Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, Real Estate, and executive leaders to strengthen enterprise planning, improve business performance, and support a commercially focused finance organization.

The position combines operational finance partnership, strategic financial analysis, planning and forecasting, and restaurant feasibility. It owns financial planning for a multi-million-dollar restaurant business and develops models for business decisions, including new restaurant investment returns. Success means influencing better business decisions, translating analysis into actions, and serving as a trusted advisor who supports profitable growth and Nando’s long-term strategy.

The role is based in Washington, D.C., with a schedule of five days fully onsite at the Restaurant Support Office. Travel to regions where Nando’s operates is required. The stated compensation range is $155,000–$195,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive Financial Planning & Analysis experience.
• Experience in a business partnership role.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex financial modeling.
• Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with business leaders to translate financial and operational data into recommendations that drive business performance and decision-making.
• Experience building executive-level financial presentations and decision-support materials.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make recommendations based on incomplete data and information.
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead cross-functional planning, budgeting, forecasting, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Experience using technology and AI-enabled tools to enhance business analysis and planning.
• Ability to travel to regions where Nando’s operates.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting multi-unit restaurant, retail, hospitality, or other consumer-facing businesses.
• Understanding of restaurant economics, including labor management, inventory planning, food cost, productivity metrics, and unit-level profitability.
• Feasibility experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic business partner to Restaurant Operations and cross-functional leaders.
• Analyze restaurant-level performance and recommend ways to improve sales, margins, labor productivity, food costs, and overall profitability.
• Identify business-case needs and provide financial insights and recommendations to improve long-term business performance.
• Develop dynamic financial models to support strategic and operational decisions, including pricing, menu innovation, sales, marketing campaigns, technology initiatives, new restaurant development, and capital allocation.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and monthly financial results analysis for a multi-million-dollar restaurant business, partnering with Operations to translate plans into profitable growth.
• Benchmark financial results against the industry to support financial planning.
• Create executive- and board-level presentations with financial analysis and recommendations.
• Model incentive-plan designs and validate financial metrics.
• Build financial models to assess the return on invested capital of new restaurants.
• Partner with Real Estate and Operations to align on key assumptions used in underwriting assessments.
• Travel to regions where Nando’s operates to strengthen ties between Finance and Operations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• PTO accrued each pay period.
• Paid Sick & Safe Leave in accordance with applicable laws.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of up to 4% after one year of service.
• Reimbursement for wellness, technology, and meals from Nando's.
• Career growth and development opportunities within a growing brand.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior