Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A
About The Position
The Senior Financial Analyst, Development leads financial analysis and underwriting for Din Tai Fung’s new restaurant development pipeline, from site selection through post-opening performance review. Reporting to the Director, FP&A, the role builds unit-level pro formas and investment-return analysis for proposed sites; partners with Development and Construction to track construction costs and tenant-improvement build-out spending against budget; incorporates demographic and sales-forecasting data into site models; and models the financial impact of lease structures and renewals. The role also partners with the G&A leader on departmental spend analysis and owns budgeting and capital forecasting for new restaurant openings. This is a hybrid role based at Din Tai Fung’s Restaurant Support Center in Pasadena, California. Approximately 5–10% travel is expected, primarily to active development and construction project sites across existing and new markets. The position may include other job-related duties assigned by the supervisor. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and able to provide documentation of legal authorization to work in the United States.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of experience in Corporate Finance, FP&A, or real estate/development analysis.
- Demonstrated experience building unit-level pro formas and evaluating investment returns, including IRR, NPV, Cash-on-Cash, and payback period, for new-site development.
- Working knowledge of restaurant development metrics, including Sales-to-Investment Ratio, Average Unit Volume (AUV), occupancy cost ratios, and Four-Wall EBITDA.
- Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and sensitivity analysis; demonstrated experience building structured financial models.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with Development, Construction, Marketing, or Operations teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for non-finance stakeholders.
- Self-directed, with strong organizational and project-management skills and the ability to manage multiple analyses and deadlines concurrently.
- Must be at least 18 years of age and able to provide documentation of legal authorization to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a multi-unit restaurant, retail, or hospitality operator.
- Experience with commercial real estate lease structures, including percentage rent, CAM, and kick-out clauses, and lease-versus-buy analysis.
- Experience incorporating demographic, traffic-count, or competitive-density data into sales-forecasting models.
- Working knowledge of fiscal-period accounting, including 13-period or 4-4-5 accounting.
- SQL or Power Query experience for self-service data extraction from data warehouse environments.
- MBA, CPA, or CFA progress or completion.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a day-to-day finance partner to the Development team across active and pipeline restaurant projects.
- Partner with Development and Construction on cost benchmarking and bid evaluation to help reduce construction costs.
- Monitor tenant-improvement allowances, kitchen equipment procurement costs, and permitting variances against original site budgets and total capital expenditure.
- Build unit-level pro formas to evaluate proposed corporate or franchise sites, estimating new-restaurant AUV, payback period, Cash-on-Cash returns, IRR, and NPV; assess lease-versus-buy trade-offs.
- Conduct pre- and post-opening analysis comparing actual restaurant performance with underwriting assumptions to validate site-selection paybacks and improve future underwriting.
- Partner with Marketing and Data Science to incorporate demographic data, traffic counts, competitive density, and cannibalization metrics into site-level sales forecasts and financial models.
- Model the financial impact of lease renewals, percentage-rent structures, and kick-out clauses for underperforming locations.
- Monitor occupancy cost ratios, including rent, CAM, property taxes, and insurance as a percentage of sales, against target ranges.
- Partner with the G&A leader on departmental spend analysis, variance tracking, ad-hoc reporting, and maintaining the zero-based budgeting process for assigned departments.
- Build and maintain budgets and rolling capital forecasts for new restaurant openings.
- Track capital spending against approved project budgets and partner with Development and Accounting to keep capital tracking and reporting aligned with project timelines and costs.
- Communicate financial analysis and recommendations in writing and live presentations; collaborate with FP&A, Accounting, Development, Marketing, and Operations.
- Operate Excel, PowerPoint, and company financial reporting and capital-tracking systems.
- Travel occasionally to active development and construction sites for project reviews.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits.
- Employer contribution toward medical insurance for individuals and eligible dependents.
- 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), accrued based on length of service.
- Paid Sick Leave (PSL).
- Quarterly Wellness Days.
- Bonus eligible.
- Opportunities for growth and internal promotion.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
