Issue timely and complete financial statements and MD&A
Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs, drive top line growth and improve financial performance
Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
Manage the production of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts
Manage the strategic financial planning and multi-year outlook processes
Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
Complete all debt reporting
Complete cash positioning and cash forecasting analyses
Assist in the development of Board of Directors’ materials and PE owner’s requests
Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
Develop financial models, conduct benchmarking, and process analysis
Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
Identify trends, advise company, and recommend actions to a senior management based on sound analysis
Track and determine financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with forecasts
Reconcile transactions by comparing and correcting data
Develop tools and dashboards that enable the organization to manage business analytics activities more efficiently through financial modeling
Identify and interpret trends and patterns in market and competitive dynamics that highlight both opportunities and threats to the business.
Build accurate forecasting (bottoms-up)/budgeting tools and monitor performance relative to plan
Identify key opportunities and risks with financial models
Prepare businesses cases and build “what if” scenario models
Prepare ad-hoc analysis on core products, marketing trends and franchisee performance metrics
Effectively manage core FP&A processes for the CFO and Brand President(s)
Develop strong relationships with key cross-functional partners to ensure organizational alignment and the ability to quickly capitalize on opportunities and resolve operational issues
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance (required)
MBA Preferred
Ability to work independently to drive implementation of small and large-scale process improvements
Basic knowledge of foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives and hedging strategies
Competency in legal/credit documentation
Minimum of 5 to 7-years Financial Analysis experience (required)
Effective analytical skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel required, including pivot tables, v-lookups and macros. Familiarity with SQL preferred, but not required.
