Shared Services Financial Analyst

Inspire; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Brands seeks a Finance Business Partner to deliver robust financial planning and analytics across the Shared Services organization. You will own the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting, partnering with G&A and business leaders to drive clarity and performance.

This onsite role at the Atlanta Support Center requires strong Excel, PowerPoint, and BI skills, plus the ability to navigate ambiguity and collaborate cross-functionally.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
• Required: 3+ years of experience in Planning & Analysis
• Preferred: 1+ years of Multi-brand corporate or Shared Services experience
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint and Word expertise
• Experience with Hyperion Planning/Financial Management and SmartView
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau/Power BI/SharePoint

Responsibilities

• Budgeting: Execute the overall G&A process for the annual budget and communicate results
• Forecasting: Assist in the preparation and collection of information for periodic forecasts
• Ad hoc analyses: Provide insights to improve business performance and identify efficiency opportunities
• Process Improvement: Identify and propose ways to improve day-to-day operations
• Diligence: Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and quality of deliverables
• Customer Service: Provide excellent service to business partners and Finance team members

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Time management

Team player

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Hyperion Planning

Hyperion Financial Management

SmartView

Tableau

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

As Inspire Brands transforms into a dominant multi-brand global restaurant company, the development of a mature Shared Services organization is pivotal. This exciting role will provide critical Financial Planning and Analytical support to all Shared Services functions. This support includes not just financial planning activities such as executing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting, but also acting as a true Finance Business Partner to the organization. Ensuring our Shared Services leaders have the information and guidance they need to be successful is our aim as Finance Business Partners, and this role plays a critical part in bringing that to life.

Inspire Brands is a rapidly changing and growing company, and those with an appetite for a steep learning curve will thrive in this company, and in this role in particular.

This role sits onsite 5 days per week in our Atlanta Support Center.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting: Execute the overall G&A process for the annual budget, partnering with the business to ensure their requests are captured and managed appropriately, and the results of the process are clearly communicated Monthly analyses: Complete monthly variance analyses for G&A spend and provide explanations of material variances for use in monthly business reviews
• Forecasting: Assist in the preparation and collection of information from Shared Services teams in order to produce periodic forecasts
• Ad hoc analyses: Support business needs and requests from Finance leadership to help drive enhanced insights to improve business performance and identify efficiency opportunities
• Process Improvement: consistently identify and propose ways to improve our day-to-day operations so we can spend more time working with our Business Partners to help them be more successful
• Diligence: Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and quality of team deliverables Customer Service: Provide excellent service to our business partners, fellow Finance team members, and other team members throughout the Support Center

Education & Experience Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting
• Required: 3+ years of experience in Planning & Analysis
• Preferred: 1+ 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, project / capital assessment, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven 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

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.