Sr. Lead Analyst, Treasury - Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Overview:

The Treasury Financial Risk Analytics (Capital Markets) team strives to be ambassadors who take calculated risks to provide value-added analysis and maintain a Center of Excellence bounded by forward thinking and integrity.  We aim to tell stories that bridge the gap between data and decision making.  Our team is responsible for mitigating the financial risk for the company. The Financial Risk Analytics team manages credit risk, interest rate risk, commodity risk, currency risk, liquidity risk, payment risk, market risk, bank risk, operational risk, vendor financial health risk, fraud risk, working capital, and economic market risk.

 

The Chick-fil-A Financial Risk Sr. Lead Analyst will lead data intensive projects to help manage and mitigate financial risk for the company.  This corporate treasury role will focus on complex problem-solving by leveraging financial data to complete analysis related to forecasting, financial metrics, process automation, lease versus buy exploration, net present value & return on investment metrics, annual review of weighted average cost of capital (WACC) analysis published company-wide, bank risk, assess vendor financial health for existing strategic vendors and all new vendor relationships, economic market risk, as well as additional cash flow modeling projects.

 

The Financial Risk Analytics team is responsible for all existing and new debt issuance and maintaining relationships with various banks, Credit Rating Agencies, Private Placement Investors (30+ Insurance Companies), and other external parties. This role will help maintain investor relation duties by aiding in development and enforcement of IR related policies, scheduling banking/investor related events, building financial & business update presentations to help manage communication with banks, private placement investors, and Credit Rating agencies; ensure compliance with all legal agreements and associated covenants and reporting requirements, responding to incoming questions and data requests from various investor groups and providing relevant data while also protecting the brand; and maintaining deal sites (Intralinks, SyndTrak). Analysis completed within this role will have internal stakeholders across the organization including but not limited to: Corporate Financial Reporting, FP&A, Treasury, Corporate Procurement, and Accounts Payable, as well as external stakeholders and therefore this role requires developing relationships business and industry wide.

 

The Financial Risk Analytics team also manages Dynamic Discounting, Supply Chain Finance, and static ERP payment terms in order to expedite payments to strategic vendors while also being a good steward of the Company's cash balances and working capital. This role will conduct analysis to help determine appropriate payment terms by industry and payment channel. Building trust and influence among Accounts Payable, Corporate Procurement, and Legal is paramount.

 

This role requires a thorough understanding of Microsoft Office tools but also allows for personal growth in various corporate financial aptitudes.

 

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:

• Manage the short-term investment portfolio, making decisions based on the individual’s expertise in that area
• Makes recommendations on changes to the investment, commodity, & FX hedging policy
• Leads the lease vs purchase analysis process with our leasing partners and being able to negotiate both terms & conditions and pricing independently
• Partnering with Supply Chain in evaluating methods to minimize our risks to the fluctuation in the movement of commodity prices making recommendations on hedging our commodity risk
• Evaluating options to minimize the risk of the movement in foreign currency based on market expertise and good understanding of monetary risk to the company
• Leading the Financial Risk work with Corporate Procurement, Legal, and Accounts Payable on working capital related payment questions and projects.
• Conducting analysis and making recommendations regarding Dynamic Discounting, Supply Chain Finance, and future early pay programs in order to show care to our vendors while being a steward of our liquidity and working capital
• Managing the debt compliance and financial reporting process for the company on a quarterly basis with both our credit banks and our private placement investors
• Managing reporting requirements for Credit Rating Agency; building relationships companywide to assist in procuring data necessary to address Rating Agency questions and updates
• Leading the effort on performing vendor financial health analysis to help the company make decisions based on what vendors/suppliers are more financially sound
• Contributing and editing the content for the economic report sent to senior leaders within Chick-fil-A
• Conducting annual review and analysis of company wide Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and partnering with FP&A to agree on the rate to be used by the company in business case decisions
• Assist in Investor Relations type duties by preparing financial and business updates to be shared with Sr. Bank Group, Private Placement investors, and other external stakeholders
• Makes recommendations on IR policy and what data should be released externally vs projected internally
• Partnering with FP&A to provide updates on debt issuance plans and interest rate market updates to inform the Long Range Plan
• Acts as a representative for Treasury on cross functional team: articulate the impact of a decision on another group and negotiate our position on a particular subject or idea, acts as main liaison to external & internal partners, & designated and “known” as subject matter expert on financial risk related topic
• May represent the Financial Risk Analytics team in outside forums such as AFP, bank seminars, cross company projects, and conferences

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to complete work and make recommendations with minimal supervision
• Able to represent Financial Risk Analytics and articulate our current position on debt and interest rate risk strategy both internally & externally
• Possess the skills and knowledge to speak with CFO’s and controllers of other companies in discussing the financial health of that company independently
• Ability to underwrite income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement of a company in order to gauge potential associated risks
• Ability to lead a presentation or discussion of a topic with Senior Financial Services leadership
• General understanding of financial derivatives such as interest/FX/commodity swaps, swaptions, collars, forwards, etc.
• Solves a range of complex problems and analyzes possible solutions using existing solutions and identifying when enhancements or changes to current processes may be needed 
• Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of responsibilities to other functions and prioritizes and manages time accordingly
• May lead and actively participate larger projects independently maintaining an openness to other perspectives using constructive evaluation and sharing of diverse ideas and thoughts
• Translate data into actionable strategies making recommendations on options or next steps
• Ability to negotiate contracts & agreements with minimal supervision
• Significant experience with Excel required
• Experience with Tableau a plus
• Experience with Alteryx a plus
• Experience with Bloomberg terminal a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• CTP Certification

Minimum Years of Experience:4Travel Requirements:10%Required Level of Education:Bachelor's Degree