Senior Restaurant Performance Analyst

Specialty Restaurants Corporation: Jobs

$110K — $125K *
Hospitality & Recreation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis or hospitality analytics, preferably in multi-unit operations.
  • Strong financial and analytical acumen, capable of building models and succinctly explaining them.
  • Proficiency with BI and reporting tools like Tableau and Power BI; familiar with POS data.
  • Deep understanding of restaurant economics including prime cost and food/labor percentages.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex data effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze restaurant performance and identify strategies to enhance profitability.
  • Develop margin improvement strategies focusing on sales growth and cost management.
  • Create reporting tools and dashboards for informed decision-making by leadership.
  • Collaborate with Operations and teams to develop actionable improvement plans.
  • Prepare performance insights and presentations for business reviews and meetings.
  • Work with Data and Technology teams to enhance reporting automation and analytics.
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses to support business priorities and strategic initiatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits including vacation pay, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Lifestyle Spending Account supporting various personal needs like gym memberships and childcare.
  • Weekly lunches provided on site during certain days.
  • 401k with employer match after one year of service.
  • Education Assistance Program for professional development in hospitality-related fields.
Full Job Description
Senior Restaurant Performance Analyst

The Senior Restaurant Performance Analyst plays a critical role in driving restaurant performance by transforming operational and financial data into actionable insights that improve profitability and support strategic growth. Working cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, and support teams, this hands-on role develops analytical tools, evaluates business performance, and partners with restaurant leaders to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and drive data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Top-notch Benefits:
  • Competitive salary in the range of $110,000-$125,000 annually depending on experience
  • Benefits including vacation pay, medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Lifestyle Spending Account, this benefit supports you and your family in numerous ways such as through gym memberships, child care, groceries, student loans & more!
  • Weekly lunches provided on site Mondays-Wednesdays
  • Company dining package with allotted spending amount each month
  • Variety of Supplemental Benefit Plans for life's unknowns
  • 401k with annual employer match after 12 months
  • Employer paid life Insurance throughout the length of employment
  • Paid/Floating holidays for 10 major holidays
  • Education Assistance Program (EdAP) for hospitality related education growth
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to assist with work life balance
  • Management Referral Program with up to a $4,000 payout for qualifying management positions


Job Duty
  • Analyze restaurant performance, unit economics, and four-wall margins to identify opportunities, risks, and actionable strategies to improve profitability.
  • Develop and maintain margin improvement strategies focused on sales growth, labor optimization, productivity, and cost management while protecting guest and team
  • member experience.
  • Build and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, scorecards, and financial insights that enable leaders to make informed business decisions.
  • Partner with Field Operations and cross-functional teams to translate operating results into clear recommendations and actionable improvement plans.
  • Prepare performance insights and presentation materials for Period Business Reviews,
  • Quarterly Business Reviews, and restaurant-level meetings.
  • Collaborate with Data and Technology teams to improve reporting automation, self-service analytics, and the practical application of emerging tools and technologies.
  • Identify trends, opportunities, and performance gaps across company-owned restaurants and provide strategic recommendations to support operational excellence.
  • Conduct ad hoc analysis and special projects to support evolving business priorities and strategic initiatives

What You Bring
  • Strong financial and analytical acumen - you can build the model and explain it on one slide
  • A builder's mindset: comfortable creating structure where little exists today, not just running an established process
  • Fluency with restaurant economics (prime cost, food and labor %, sales per labor hour, menu mix, COGS variance) is a strong plus
  • Hands-on with BI, AI and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and comfort working with POS and operational data
  • A clear, credible communicator
  • High accountability, intellectual curiosity, and the courage to dig deep and push back when necessary


Education/ Experience:
  • 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, restaurant operations, hospitality analytics, or a related field; experience supporting multi-unit operations preferred.

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