Senior Manager – Development Reporting & Forecasting(Remote Eligible) Position Available In Fulton, Georgia

The Senior Manager, Development Reporting and Forecasting leads the strategy, execution, transformation, and continuous improvement of reports and forecasts of key Domestic Franchise Development information flows. The outputs of these reports are mission critical to enabling Inspire’s goals for Net Unit Growth and Remodels across all brands. The role is also responsible for communicating key outputs to leadership across the organization through a variety of methods, including contributing to Development presentations for Inspire executive leadership, various Brand leadership teams, and the Board of Directors. In addition to reporting, this role will be central in developing forecasting recommendations for Development KPIs throughout the year and for Inspire’s Long-Range Plan. This role is responsible for ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of Development data, involving extensive collaboration with stakeholders across the Domestic Franchise Development function (incl. Construction, Real Estate, and Franchise Services) and with cross-functional stakeholders such as ICR, International Development, Finance, Legal, Data & Analytics, Development IT Team, and Brand Operations. This role will oversee and execute a wide array of reports that provide the transparency needed to ensure new site and remodel deliverables are correctly accounted for throughout key Development systems that in turn feed into various enterprise-wide systems that support business performance reporting at the highest levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Budget & Forecast Coordination:

Lead and support the Domestic Franchise Development budgeting and forecasting function (for non-financial KPIs such as restaurant openings, commitments, remodels); actual vs. budget/forecast tracking; data reconciliation and maintenance of regular ongoing monthly, quarterly, and reporting.

Reporting Transformation & Maintenance:

Lead the holistic modernization effort for Development reporting, including designing, building, maintaining dashboards, reports, and data visualization (in partnership with the Development IT Team) to effectively communicate insights and prioritization to stakeholders, in support of upcoming sites, new restaurant openings, qualification, closures, remodels and other related Development processes

Long Range Planning:

Support and lead Development Long Range Planning (LRP) activities, including new restaurant pipeline and the Restaurant Optimization Process (ROP) for existing assets, including data reconciliation.

Decision and Data Quality Support:

Make informed, independent judgments based on data quality and viability of information.

High-Level Communication:

Support the creation of executive-level presentations with accurate and reliable data. Prepare and present findings, commentary, and recommendations to senior leadership as required

People Leadership:

Manage and mentor a small team of specialists and/or analysts with a variety of reporting, reconciliation, and administrative support functions

Change Management:

Lead the training and communication related to development reporting and associated dashboards, tools, and processes

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

Required Minimum:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Admin., Finance, Data Science, Analytics, or similar

Preferred:

Master’s in Business/Finance/Accounting, Development, Real Estate, or Construction

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION

Required Minimum:

1-2 years’ experience with Franchise Development-related reporting, forecasting, analytics, and/or financial management, including fluency with Net Unit Growth-related metrics 3+ years’ experience with a Retail or Restaurant chain franchisor

Preferred:

Candidates with 1+ years’ experience at Inspire Brands

REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or

ABILITIES

Proven experience in preparing data for reporting purposes, including reconciliation across multiple systems and formats Expert project management and organizational skills Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to drive process improvements cross-functionally Advanced knowledge of data quality, data governance, and compliance best practices Ability to manage multiple projects across various stakeholders and deliver timely results Ability to interface and maintain excellent professional relationships Business and financial analysis and budgeting skills Excellent oral and written skills, including formal presentation experience and the ability to prepare high-level reporting for stakeholders and Executive Teams. Expert MS skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, OR ABILITIES

Familiarity with data preparation and querying tools (e.g., Alteryx, SQL, Microsoft VBA) Familiarity with data organization and visualization platforms (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau) Familiarity with reports and dashboards in Salesforce Familiarity with other platforms used by the Development team (e.g., Tango/GDI, Lucernex, Sitewise, FRM) 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. 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 across nearly 60 global markets. In an industry facing increasing disruption, our leaders saw an opportunity to build a restaurant company unlike any other – one that brings together differentiated yet complementary brands and aims to make them stronger than they would be on their own. Found inherently in the purposes of our family of brands, we identified a common thread between our restaurants – the capacity to inspire. From guest experience to career development to community well-being, Inspire plays a role in the lives of millions of people every day. Our brands are diverse, distinctive, and fan favorites. In a sense, you could say we seek those who provide something different than the norm.