Purpose: The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is responsible for leading business and financial analysis for F&B and retail business, conducting analysis to identify cost optimization and efficiency opportunities, managing budget targets and periodic/quarterly forecast processes, leading analysis for strategic and tactical initiatives of the operations group, interacting with senior field management to facilitate operations decision making process.
Essential Functions:- Supports financial and business analysis for F&B and/or retail business
- Conducts analysis to identify cost optimization and efficiency opportunities, prepares associated actions plans and follows up on their execution
- Independently prepares ad hoc business analysis to proactively anticipate potential business opportunities and challenges
- Prepares analysis to explain business performance, also on a pro-forma and normalized basis
- Supports budget setting process and quarterly/periodic operations forecasts; supports planning system development and completeness
- Manages preparation of business key performance indicators, with particular focus on industry and traffic trend evolution (e.g. capture)
- Provides support to Corporate Finance and Business Analytics teams as well as to other departments in terms of financial analysis
Reporting Relationship: The Manager of FP&A reports to the Director of FP&A
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment: - Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 5 years:
- In a technical role: Requires 5 years of experience engaged in delivering financial analysis programs
- A bachelor's degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 2 of the 5-year requirement
- An MBA or a master's level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 1 year of 5-year requirement
- In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience
- Specialized Training:
- Training that leads to an in-depth understanding of the SAP Financials and/or other Enterprise Resource Planning systems experience (Anaplan / Hyperion / Business Warehouse experience preferred)
- Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits:
- Requires advanced Excel and financial modeling skills (VBA, Power BI, Power Query strongly preferred)
- Proven experience in managing, transforming, and analyzing large, complex data sets to drive actionable insights
- Business acumen and also has the mindset required to understand the long-term implications of FP&A planning and to advance the organization's goals
- Demonstrated history of understanding the needs of the business, stakeholders, the employee population, and individual circumstances
- Demonstrated history of creating and maintaining positive work environments through working with team members to achieve common goals
- Location/Travel:
- This position is based at the North America Support Center in Bethesda, MD
- This position may require up to 10% travel to airport locations
