Financial Analyst

Job Summary

The Financial Analyst provides financial support to the Papa John’s International Food Service (PJFS) division.  This support will occur via modeling, planning, and analysis.  Innovative and adaptive thinking about processes, procedures and results is required.  This position will have a full view of the PJFS P&L and will have exposure to senior leadership within the Food Service division and overall corporation.

Duties and Responsibilities (other duties as assigned)

• Produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and provide related analytics for PJFS.
• Develop and support PJFS in all planning cycles (AOP/budget, forecast, etc.); variance analysis against forecast and budgets; and work closely with business partners to analyze actual results and identify trends.
• Use financial expertise to define key investment metrics to provide comprehensive decision support and prioritization guidance, target performance levels/KPIs, review data visualization dashboards to support to track performance against pre-determined metrics.
• Support continuous cost improvement; month end review, including developing insights on financial trends.
• Support PJFS pricing process, including but not limited to volume, price, and margin analysis, costing models, etc.
• Works with General Accounting on monthly journal entries
• Identify, recommend, and implement changes in methods or procedures to improve the efficiency of areas owned by this position.
• Standard management and executive level presentations and reports.

Education, Experience & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• One (1) to three (3) years’ experience in financial analysis, reporting and/or budgeting at a corporate level preferred.

Functional Skills

• Working knowledge of accounting/financial theory and practice.
• Demonstrated financial modeling, analytical and research skills.
• Proficient PC skills and experience with financial applications – Excel, Word, Power Point and Access
• Working knowledge of budgets helpful. 
• Advanced Excel skills, including the use of functions and the ability to present detailed information in a concise manner
• Experience with financial applications (Hyperion Financial Management, Essbase, PeopleSoft Financials, Tableau)

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Our Values

• EVERYONE BELONGS – We believe connectedness and belonging are the essential ingredients to our success.
• DO THE RIGHT THING –We are relentlessly focused on quality and integrity and make the right choices, even when it's difficult.
• PEOPLE FIRST – To craft positive experiences for our customers, we take care of each other first.
• INNOVATE TO WIN – We champion and challenge for a better way in all we do.
• HAVE FUN – We find joy, create meaningful impact and celebrate the journey together

Our Core Competencies

• CUSTOMER CENTRIC - We leverage data and insights to craft a customer experience that builds relationships, cultivates trust, and delivers excellence
• RESULTS DRIVEN – We focus on measurable outcomes by remaining optimistic, tenacious, and persistent even in the face of challenges.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT –We champion for better through strategic risk taking, experimentation and challenging the status quo.
• BIAS FOR ACTION – We courageously lead, drive towards decisions, and maintain agility to meet the demands of our dynamic industry.
• WINNING TOGETHER – We work together to unlock our full potential by actively collaborating and contributing in a cross-functional capacity

Papa Johns is an equal opportunity employer.