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.

• 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.

• 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

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