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FP&A Specialist, Restaurant Analytics (100% Remote) at Origin Staffing FP&A Specialist, Restaurant Analytics (100% Remote) at Origin Staffing in NORTH WALTHAM, Massachusetts Posted in 2 days ago.
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work-from-home Job Description:
We are seeking a sharp FP&A professional to help build the financial planning, reporting, and analytics engine for a newly acquired franchise restaurant business within a growing investment and operating platform. This is a high-ownership role for someone who loves digging into the numbers, building scalable tools, partnering with operators, and turning complex restaurant performance data into insights that leadership can act on. Company / Team
/ Position highlights: Confidential search supporting a newly acquired franchise restaurant platform Business operations across the U.S. High-visibility role with regular exposure to senior leadership Opportunity to help build the FP&A foundation for a complex multi-unit restaurant and franchise business Broad ownership across budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, KPI reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc analytics Lean, entrepreneurial environment where strong performers can have real impact quickly Great fit for someone who wants meaningful ownership rather than a narrow corporate finance seat Broad responsibilities: Build and maintain financial models, budgets, forecasts, and rolling projections Analyze performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods Perform variance analysis across sales, labor, food costs, controllable expenses, G&A, royalties, franchise fees, margins, and other key operating drivers Partner with accounting during month-end close to review results, investigate variances, and prepare management commentary Create reporting packages, dashboards, and templates that improve visibility into unit-level, brand-level, and consolidated performance Analyze restaurant and franchise KPIs including sales trends, traffic, average check, labor productivity, food cost, unit economics, and profitability Partner with finance leadership, accounting, operations, and cross-functional teams to connect operational activity to financial impact Help build scalable FP&A processes, reporting routines, and analytical tools for a newly acquired business Support acquisition integration, profitability improvement, pricing, cost control, labor trend, and growth-related analyses Prepare clear, actionable insights and materials for leadership reviews and operating discussions Qualifications:
3-6 years of FP&A, financial analysis, corporate finance, accounting, or related analytical finance experience Strong Excel, financial modeling, P&L, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis skills Experience building models, reports, dashboards, or processes in a lean or evolving environment Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into practical business insights Comfort working closely with accounting, operations, finance leadership, and non-finance stakeholders Restaurant, franchise, hospitality, multi-unit retail, consumer, or PE-backed experience preferred Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
