Senior Financial Analyst (Hybrid)

Rewards Network • Chicago, IL

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Celebrating 41 years in business, Rewards Network has helped restaurants increase their revenue, traffic, and customer engagement through our innovative financial, marketing services, and premier dining rewards programs. We connect diners to fantastic restaurant experiences by offering unique card-linked offers. Our offers leverage advanced technology and powerful data analytics, providing value to our restaurants, diners, and strategic partners' loyalty programs. At Rewards Network, you will find a passionate and diverse group of professionals that enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems, and taking ownership of not only their own careers and success, but the success and continued growth of the organization. We take pride in partnering with the world's most powerful loyalty programs to bring full price paying customers and better ways to access working capital options to local restaurants. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you can maximize your potential. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team! The team serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, driving financial decision-making, long-term value creation, and operational excellence across the company. We are seeking a highly analytical, commercially minded, and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst to serve as the primary finance business partner for the Marketing and Partnerships teams. In this highly visible role, you will drive business growth by analyzing consumer marketing offers, incentives, and go-to-market strategies and providing data-driven recommendations that balance the company’s financial goals with the needs of its partners, members, and restaurants to create value for all stakeholders. This role requires innate curiosity, an analytical mindset, strong technical capabilities, and excellent communication skills to discover, communicate, and create transformative business value.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, consulting or related analytical roles
• Experience supporting Sales, Partners, Marketing, or Strategic initiatives
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and business analysis skills
• Expertise to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable executive-level recommendations
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, complex, and evolving environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pricing strategy, offers designing, promotion and campaign performance analysis, revenue and margin optimization, customer segmentation, profitability analysis, product portfolio optimization, market share analysis, and/or other advanced quantitative analyses to drive data driven business initiatives
• Strong combination of finance, computer science, or data analytics expertise, with hands-on experience in Power Query, SQL, DAX, Python and PowerBI
• Advanced business or finance credentials (MBA or CFA preferred)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leaders and teams across Marketing, Partnerships, Finance, and Accounting as the go-to, trusted financial advisor
• Develop scalable reporting, dashboards, and analytics that improve visibility and afford actionable insights
• Prepare executive-level analyses and recommendations for the leadership team including strategic reviews, investment proposals, and key business initiatives
• Create and maintain automated, driver-based, financial offer models that optimize offer performance across offer activation, revenue, and costs
• Own the offer economics and budgeting process, ensuring financial viability, profitability, and maximizing business value

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off and company holidays
• Generous dining reimbursement when you dine with our restaurant clients
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Two medical plan options- Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HSA with company match for HDHP participants)
• Partnership with Rx n Go, offering certain prescriptions for free
• Dental plan options and a vision plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans
• Short Term and Long Term disability
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance
• Employee Life Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed