Financial Analyst, Enterprise Workforce Planning

Job description

As Inspire Brands transforms into a dominant multi-brand global restaurant company, the development of a mature Shared Services organization is critical to our success. This exciting role will provide essential Financial Planning and Analytical support with a specific focus on headcount analytics for the company. The role will involve not only financial planning activities such as executing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting, but also delivering insights into workforce trends and costs, and ensuring that Brands and Shared Services leaders have the headcount data and analysis needed for informed decision-making. In this position, you will serve as a key Finance Business Partner, providing actionable insights related to headcount planning, staffing needs, and workforce efficiency. Your support will be instrumental in helping leaders optimize their teams and resources. You will play a critical role in ensuring that the right workforce strategies are in place to enable the organization to meet its objectives. As Inspire Brands continues to grow and evolve, those with a strong analytical mindset, a passion for workforce planning, and an appetite for a steep learning curve will thrive in this dynamic and fast-paced environment. This position sits within our Atlanta based Global Support Center with an expectation to be onsite 80% of the time. RESPONSIBILITIES Budgeting: Support the execution of the G&A budget process with a specific focus on headcount planning and analysis. Partner with business leaders to ensure accurate headcount projections are captured and managed, aligning staffing needs with financial goals. Communicate the results of the process clearly to relevant stakeholders. Monthly analyses: Assist in completing monthly variance analyses for headcount-related costs, including salaries, benefits, and workforce efficiency. Provide explanations for material variances, ensuring that insights are shared for use in monthly business reviews and to help identify trends or areas for improvement. Forecasting: Collaborate with Brands and Shared Services teams to collect and analyze headcount data for periodic workforce forecasts. Assist in projecting staffing levels and related costs, ensuring alignment with business goals and operational requirements. Ad hoc analyses: Support the Finance leadership and business teams with ad hoc headcount-related analyses, delivering insights that help drive workforce optimization and cost-efficiency opportunities. Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and propose improvements to headcount planning and reporting processes. Identify efficiencies in data collection and analysis to provide more time for strategic business partnership and decision support. Diligence: Ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and quality of all headcount-related deliverables, maintaining data integrity in all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting activities. Customer Service: Provide excellent service to business partners, fellow Finance team members, and other teams throughout the organization. Work collaboratively to ensure the best possible insights and support are provided for headcount and staffing decisions. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. Required: 2+ years of experience in Planning & Analysis Required: 1+ years of experience in Headcount 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, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage time and multiple projects, often with time constraints. 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 Power BI and SharePoint. DIRECT REPORTS None 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.