Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

P.F. Chang's • Scottsdale, AZ

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

P.F. Chang’s is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join its Financial team at the Global Support Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. This role supports financial planning and analysis across sales, cost of goods, marketing initiatives, budgeting, forecasting, executive communications, and process improvement. The analyst develops sales planning processes and tools; combines business performance, promotional plans, industry data, and Marketing input into financial outlooks; and works with Purchasing and Culinary teams to forecast demand, reduce waste, evaluate menu and recipe changes, and improve profitability. The position also partners with Marketing to assess the financial impact of promotions, pricing, and menu changes, coordinates FP&A inputs for monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, and prepares presentations for senior leadership. Additional duties include developing automated tools and processes and providing analysis and recommendations for projects and ad hoc requests.

This is primarily an office-based position at the P.F. Chang’s Global Support Center in Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. The current expectation is to work onsite at least three days per week, with additional onsite presence as business needs require. Candidates must currently live in the greater Phoenix area within reasonable commuting distance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of experience in FP&A, finance, or a related area.
• Strong computer knowledge, including financial systems and database applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, data warehousing, data mining, business intelligence, and other systems.
• Ability to assimilate data from disparate systems to perform financial analysis.
• Demonstrated understanding of business operations, including the ability to analyze business trends and detailed data and perform root cause analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively and present results to audiences at various levels throughout the organization.
• Flexibility and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assignments and assist with ad hoc projects as needed.
• Must currently reside in the greater Phoenix area within reasonable commuting distance of the Scottsdale office.

Nice To Haves

• Restaurant or retail industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive processes and tools for compiling weekly, monthly, and annual sales plans.
• Synthesize business performance, promotional plans, industry data, and Marketing input to create and communicate an informed financial outlook.
• Work with the Purchasing team to forecast demand and coordinate with the Culinary team to identify and execute opportunities to reduce waste.
• Benchmark store performance against other stores and the industry.
• Evaluate the financial impact of menu changes and recipe updates on product mix and cost of goods sold, and recommend ways to optimize profitability.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and benchmarks for food cost, waste, product usage, and inventory performance to identify improvement opportunities across restaurants.
• Partner with Marketing to measure and capture the financial impacts of promotional activity, pricing actions, menu changes, and other activities.
• Coordinate FP&A inputs to the overall P&L planning process for monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, reviewing assumptions for reasonableness against business conditions, industry trends, performance targets, and long-term initiatives.
• Organize FP&A inputs into concise, cohesive presentations for senior leadership on monthly results, forecast updates, initiative performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop tools and systems, automate processes, evaluate existing processes, and implement improvements.
• Develop and present value-added analyses, actionable insights, and recommendations for projects and ad hoc requests.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a 401(k), starting on the first of the month following the hire date.
• 20 days of paid vacation and sick time per calendar year for full-time Global Support Center team members, prorated for new hires.
• 12 company-selected paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays per year.
• Annual bonuses based on company performance.
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related programs.
• Preloaded Lucky Cat Meal Card for use at corporate-owned P.F. Chang’s locations.
• Employee discounts.
• Financial assistance through the Lucky Cat Fund during hardships for qualifying team members.

What This Job Offers

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