Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A

Inspire•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As Inspire Brands transforms into a dominant multi-brand global restaurant company, the development of a mature Corporate Finance organization is pivotal. The Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will work closely with the Manager, Corp. FP&A and Director, Corp. FP&A in developing consolidated financial models, performance reporting, and analysis that supports major corporate decisions of the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors. This support includes not just financial planning activities such as executing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting, but also acting as a true Finance Business Partner to the organization. Inspire Brands is a rapidly changing and growing company, and those with an appetite for a steep learning curve will thrive in this company, and in this role in particular. This role sits onsite in our Atlanta Support Center five days per week.

Requirements

4-Year degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
2-4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
Comfort with ambiguity and tolerance for a dynamic set of tasks and priorities.
Comfort with evolving reporting processes and criteria required in an integrating company.
Strong track record as a proven team player.
Excellent analytical and communication skills.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities, often with time constraints.
Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Proven ability to build and fine-tune financial models to support forecasting, business analysis, and financial metric reporting.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting and / or CPA.
3+ years of financial planning and analysis and/or multi-brand experience in a matrixed organization.
Experience with completing cross-functional deliverables, including willingness to request and aggregate inputs from broader organization.
Experience with Enterprise Planning and Reporting software such as Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Financial Management, including use of SmartView.
Experience with Business Intelligence analysis and presentation tools, including Tableau, Power BI and SharePoint.
Experience with completing cross-functional deliverables, including willingness to request and aggregate inputs from broader organization.

Responsibilities

Consolidate monthly business performance data and complete variance analyses for all reporting segments/brands for presentation in monthly business reviews.
Share related reports with stakeholders across the organization in a timely manner in accordance with corporate deadlines.
Preparation and collection of information from Brand FP&A teams to produce periodic forecasts, assessing trends for plausibility and key changes.
Work closely with Treasury and Accounting teams to provide cash flow forecasting.
Participate annually with the Brand FP&A teams to ensure their plans are captured appropriately, and the results of the process are clearly communicated.
Participate in the long-range planning process, partnering with business leaders to develop 5-year plans, including pro-forma financial statements, sensitivities, and valuation analyses.
Support business needs and requests from Finance leadership to help drive enhanced insights to improve business performance and reporting accuracy.
Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and quality of team deliverables that are often shared with the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors.
Provide excellent service to our business partners, fellow Finance team members, and other team members throughout the Support Center.
Frequently identify and enact ways to improve our day-to-day operations and output so we can spend more time working with our Business Partners to help them be more successful.