Corporate Financial Performance Analyst, FP&A - Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Overview:

The Financial Planning & Analysis (“FP&A”) team at Chick-fil-A exists to improve business decisions across the organization by supporting the allocation of capital to its most productive use through historical analysis, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnership.

 

This position supports the FP&A team, and many stakeholders across the business, by curating data, calculations, and insights related to the financial performance of Chick-fil-A’s franchised restaurants and corporate assets.

As a FP&A professional, this person is dedicated to enabling confidence in decision making through analytical findings and meaningful relationships. As a lead analyst, this person will assume responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of pertinent data sets, as well as the tailored communication of results and observations informed by such data. This position will require technical capabilities in the fields of internal research and data management, as well as advanced knowledge of finance and accounting concepts. These proficiencies will be utilized for consultation and collaboration with FP&A colleagues and a variety of consumers within the business who rely on financial insights.

 

In addition to working with FP&A, the Corporate Financial Performance Analyst will work closely with adjacent accounting and data engineering teams to ensure the timely completion of data compilation and reconciliation processes. This analyst will serve as a FP&A representative within cross-functional teams and working groups and will be a main point of contact for feedback and questions related to corporate financial performance information that is published and circulated to stakeholders throughout the business. In addition to facilitating the proper level of education and context for all stakeholders, this position will be responsible for reviewing and documenting key feedback, improvements, and troubleshooting interventions related to financial performance data sets.

 

The primary focus of this role is related to the Chick-fil-A’s U.S. restaurant portfolio; however, the position will also serve as a leader for the evolution of processes and calculations related to the financial performance of other Chick-fil-A concepts and business lines. Alongside other FP&A subject matter experts, this position will be responsible for researching and utilizing the most pertinent sources of data, in effort to continually improve and expand the breadth and depth of corporate financial performance insights.

 

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities:

• Run and maintain processes and calculations for production of corporate financial performance data sets, including source data compilation, application of financial logic (e.g. cost allocations), financial reconciliations, and process efficiency management.
• Prepare and regularly update output products, such as reconciliation workbooks, formatted data tables, data visualizations, dashboards, presentations, etc.
• Communicate with Corporate Accounting colleagues to ensure all sources and inputs are up to date, as well as to troubleshoot financial reconciliation issues as needed.
• Partner with FP&A colleagues to communicate and collaborate with Chick-fil-A data engineers, ensuring calculations and workflows are executed in an efficient, accurate, and transparent manner.
• Review monthly financial results with immediate FP&A team, noting key observations, trends, and anomalies.
• Serve as a FP&A representative within cross-functional committees and teams, reporting on financial results and using financial acumen to provide simple interpretations and narratives for a variety of stakeholders.
• Utilize fundamental finance concepts to consult with colleagues throughout the business regarding the corporate financial performance of business assets, including certain financial metrics/analyses like Operating Profit, Cash Flow, Return on Invested Capital, Payback Period, Net Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return.
• Support the continued innovation and improvement of corporate financial performance information, including the expansion of current processes (focused on the Domestic restaurant business) to include other concepts and business lines.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Relevant experience with: Financial Analysis, Financial Due Diligence, Corporate Accounting, Financial Data Management, or Valuation
• Experience with financial statement compilation, modeling, and analysis, including intercompany activity and corporate cost allocations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience/familiarity using: Alteryx, Tableau, Oracle EPM, Oracle ERP
• 3-5 years’ experience
• CPA and/or CFA

Minimum Years of Experience:2Travel Requirements:5%Required Level of Education:Bachelor's DegreePreferred Level of Education:Master's DegreeMajor/Concentration:Accounting/Finance