Coordinator ll, Sr. Analyst Financial Planning
Job Description
Panera is looking for an individual with a strong interest in finance or financial planning to serve as a member of its team responsible for planning, forecasting, and business analysis efforts. This role will be a key contributor to the forecasting and planning process for our bakery cafes, helping to project café revenues, expenses and profitability while also providing value-add reporting and analytics on business performance trends.
Personal competencies for success include the ability to dynamically handle multiple competing priorities, the ability to work independently to develop financial modeling and data analysis skills, outstanding teamwork and collaboration skills, excellent communication and relationship skills, a positive "can-do" attitude, good judgment, and intellectual curiosity.
If you have strong quantitative abilities, a keen attention to detail and enjoy applying those skills to solving complex business problems, we'd like to hear from you. We will ask you to leverage your talent and experience to contribute meaningfully to our business and culture; and we'll give you the information, tools, and mentors you need to succeed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Serve as part of the team which supports all of Panera’s key initiatives, analyzes ongoing business performance and produces financial plans and monthly, quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasts in one of the following areas:
- Participate in monthly and quarterly, as well as annual and multi-year financial forecasts, working with broader organization to develop key assumptions leveraging a variety of datasets
- Deliver impactful reporting and analysis on business performance to a wide range of audiences, from café operators to executive team members
- Leverage new and emerging tools and technology to drive reporting improvements, with the ability to provide meaningful insights at a regular cadence
- Support cross functional teams executing key company initiatives, providing reporting, analysis and business acumen in support of decision making processes
- Develop end-to-end financial analyses in support of strategic initiatives, and synthesize conclusions and develop recommendations based on outcomes
- Adapt quickly to changing organizational and team priorities - be ready to jump in and complete ad hoc analyses within tight deadlines
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in either a corporate finance or planning role, an accounting firm, investment banking or consulting
- Understanding of and experience with key financial concepts, including but not limited to the financial statements, cash flow, net present value, and return on investment
- Excellent communication skills bother verbal and written. Ability to simplify complex projects and present key details/conclusions
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and other analytical software, experience with data visualization and reporting tools a plus (PowerBI, Tableau, etc). Familiarity with enterprise planning tools also a plus (Anaplan preferred)
- Ability to understand Panera’s business model through metrics and analysis that drive to insight and action.
- Personal commitment to excellence and appetite for success
- Great sense of judgment and humility to ask for advice
- Attention to detail, willingness to roll up your sleeves, and drive to “get it right”
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What We Do
Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes.
We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist.
We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need.
We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests.
Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.
