As Inspire Brands transforms into a dominant multi-brand global restaurant company, the development of a mature Technology organization is critical to our success. This exciting role will provide essential Financial Planning and Analytical support with a specific focus on Technology analytics for the company. The role will involve not only financial planning activities such as executing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting, but also delivering insights into software and contract labor trends and costs, and ensuring that Technology leaders have the data and analysis needed for informed decision-making.

As Inspire Brands continues to grow and evolve, those with a strong analytical mindset, a passion for working with Technology leaders, and an appetite for a steep learning curve will thrive in this dynamic and fast-paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:   

• Budgeting:  Lead first-pass execution of the G&A and Direct-to-Fund budget process with a specific focus on headcount planning and analysis, software spend, and contract labor management. Partner with business leaders to ensure accurate cost projections are captured and managed, aligning operational spend with strategic goals. Communicate the results of the process clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Monthly analyses: Lead first-pass monthly variance analyses for G&A and Direct-to-Fund costs, including headcount and non-headcount spend. Provide explanations for material variances, ensuring that insights are shared for use in monthly business reviews and to help identify trends or areas for improvement.
• Forecasting:  Collaborate with Technology teams to collect and analyze spend data for periodic forecasts. Assist in projecting headcount trends and associated costs for both employees and contractors, along with non-headcount software and other professional fees spend, ensuring alignment with business goals and operational requirements.
• Ad hoc analyses: Support Technology leadership with ad hoc spend analyses, delivering insights that help drive spend optimization and cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and propose improvements planning and reporting processes. Identify efficiencies in data collection and analysis to provide more time for strategic business partnership and decision support.
• Diligence:  Ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and quality of all headcount-related deliverables, maintaining data integrity in all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting activities.
• Customer Service:  Provide excellent service to business partners, fellow Finance team members, and other teams throughout the organization. Work collaboratively to ensure the best possible insights and support are provided for headcount and staffing decisions.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Required: 4+ years of experience in Planning & Analysis.
• Preferred: 2+ years of Multi-brand corporate or Shared Services experience.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES:

• Comfort with ambiguity and tolerance for a dynamic set of tasks and priorities.
• Strong track record as a proven team player.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Strong finance, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage time and multiple projects, often with time constraints.
• Strongly preferred:  Experience with Enterprise Planning and Reporting software such as Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Financial Management, including use of SmartView. 
• Strongly preferred:  Experience with Business Intelligence analysis and presentation tools, including Tableau, Power BI and SharePoint.

DIRECT REPORTS:

• None

 

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.

We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.