Senior Manager - Development Reporting & Forecasting(Remote Eligible)

Inspire Brands; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the restaurant industry is seeking a Senior Manager for Development Reporting and Forecasting. This role is pivotal in managing reports and forecasts for Domestic Franchise Development, ensuring data accuracy, and communicating insights to leadership. The ideal candidate will lead a small team, modernize reporting processes, and support long-range planning activities. Strong project management and communication skills are essential, along with a background in finance or data science.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience with Franchise Development-related reporting.
• 3+ years’ experience with a Retail or Restaurant chain franchisor.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support budgeting and forecasting functions.
• Modernize Development reporting and maintain dashboards.
• Prepare and present findings to senior leadership.

Skills

Project Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Master’s in Business/Finance/Accounting

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Alteryx

SQL

VBA

Job description

The Senior Manager, Development Reporting and Forecasting leads the strategy, execution, transformation, and continuous improvement of reports and forecasts of key Domestic Franchise Development information flows. The outputs of these reports are mission critical to enabling Inspire’s goals for Net Unit Growth and Remodels across all brands. The role is also responsible for communicating key outputs to leadership across the organization through a variety of methods, including contributing to Development presentations for Inspire executive leadership, various Brand leadership teams, and the Board of Directors. In addition to reporting, this role will be central in developing forecasting recommendations for Development KPIs throughout the year and for Inspire’s Long-Range Plan.

This role is responsible for ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of Development data, involving extensive collaboration with stakeholders across the Domestic Franchise Development function (including Construction, Real Estate, and Franchise Services) and with cross-functional stakeholders such as ICR, International Development, Finance, Legal, Data & Analytics, Development IT Team, and Brand Operations. This role will oversee and execute a wide array of reports that provide transparency to ensure new site and remodel deliverables are correctly accounted for throughout key Development systems that feed into various enterprise-wide systems supporting business performance reporting at the highest levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Budget & Forecast Coordination: Lead and support the Domestic Franchise Development budgeting and forecasting functions (for non-financial KPIs such as restaurant openings, commitments, remodels); track actual vs. budget/forecast; perform data reconciliation and maintain ongoing monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
2. Reporting Transformation & Maintenance: Lead the modernization effort for Development reporting, including designing, building, and maintaining dashboards, reports, and data visualizations in partnership with the Development IT Team to effectively communicate insights and priorities related to sites, openings, qualifications, closures, remodels, and other Development processes.
3. Long Range Planning: Support and lead Development Long Range Planning activities, including managing the new restaurant pipeline and the Restaurant Optimization Process (ROP) for existing assets, including data reconciliation.
4. Decision and Data Quality Support: Make informed, independent judgments based on data quality and information viability.
5. High-Level Communication: Assist in creating executive presentations with accurate data; prepare and present findings, commentary, and recommendations to senior leadership as required.
6. People Leadership: Manage and mentor a small team of specialists and analysts supporting reporting, reconciliation, and administrative functions.
7. Change Management: Lead training and communication efforts related to development reporting, dashboards, tools, and processes.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Required Minimum: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Data Science, Analytics, or similar.
• Preferred: Master’s in Business/Finance/Accounting, Development, Real Estate, or Construction.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION:

• Required Minimum: 1-2 years’ experience with Franchise Development-related reporting, forecasting, analytics, and/or financial management, including fluency with Net Unit Growth metrics.
• 3+ years’ experience with a Retail or Restaurant chain franchisor.
• Preferred: Candidates with 1+ years’ experience at Inspire Brands.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, or ABILITIES:

• Proven experience in preparing data for reporting, including reconciliation across systems and formats.
• Expert project management and organizational skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive process improvements cross-functionally.
• Advanced knowledge of data quality, governance, and compliance best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders to deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills, including presentation and high-level reporting.
• Proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES:

• Familiarity with data tools like Alteryx, SQL, VBA.
• Experience with data visualization platforms such as PowerBI, Tableau.
• Knowledge of Salesforce reports and dashboards.
• Familiarity with platforms used by the Development team (e.g., Tango/GDI, Lucernex, Sitewise, FRM).