What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at Scooter's Coffee?
Location
This position is considered Office-First. An office-first employee is an employee within the Greater Omaha Metropolitan Area whose default work location is a designated office and has office presence at least four days per week, specifically, Monday through Thursday. An office-first employee may at times perform work outside of a designated office location based on personal or professional need, at the discretion of their supervisor. Scooter’s Coffee is headquartered in Omaha, NE. The successful candidate lives in Omaha, NE. Relocation is not available for this role.
Description
The Financial Analyst will assist the Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis with financial consulting and strategic support to the senior management team. They will play a vital role with supporting the optimal decision-making in the financial aspects of vertically integrated and consolidated business units, and the associated franchise system. Primary responsibilities include forecasting, financial reporting, analysis, process improvement, and project management. The Analyst will contribute to key deliverables including board presentations, month-end financials, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis, the annual budget and subsequent re-forecasts, operating plan variance analysis, and in-depth business unit financial support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, labor, expenses, and capital expenditures
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reporting and analysis
- Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives
- Enhance labor modeling and forecasting
- Support cash and balance sheet forecasting
- Support analysis of corporate-owned stores’ P&Ls
- Support analysis of marketing programs, menu pricing, product rollouts, and new projects
- Perform financial analysis for supply chain and production business unit
- Assist with the implementation of a new ERP and MRP system
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Minimum of 3 years experience in financial planning and analysis
- Advanced skills in Excel. Database experience a plus
- Ability to communicate across all levels and departments
- Ability to maintain a high level of engagement and collaborate with team members
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Strong attention to detail
Job Level Competencies – P2
- Possesses solid professional knowledge and expertise; assignments, projects, and programs are of limited scope and complexity; makes decisions within specific guidelines
- Typically supports and contributes to a professional field within a team, function, or workgroup
- May be fully accountable for programs and projects on a small to moderate scale
- Contributes as a team member, such as monitoring of timeliness and accuracy of operations
- May provide guidance/direction to lower-level staff
- Established knowledge of professional principles and skills and organization policies, practices, and procedures
- Applies knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures
- Identifies and resolves clearly defined problems and seeks assistance in resolving more advanced problems
- Reviews data to identify and resolve missing or incomplete information, inconsistencies, or anomalies in routine research or data
- Makes decisions within specific guidelines
- Exercises independent judgment within established procedures and/or protocols; typically communicates issues and progress weekly
Disclaimer
The functions and skills described here are general in nature and represent the type of work performed, but they do not constitute an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities performed on the job.
