Senior Financial Analyst, Growth - sweetgreen

The Senior Financial Analyst, Growth will play a critical role in driving the Company's future growth pipeline.  This position will be fully dedicated to building financial models for all future new stores, new real estate formats, as well as renovations and remodels.  The role will consist of measuring various format options and determining the ideal return on investment based on specific buildout, revenue, and operating assumptions.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Growth will be responsible for: 

• Forecasting revenue and profit/loss statements for new real estate and/or alternative revenue stream opportunities that support specific market growth strategies
• Lead ad-hoc research projects to better understand customer behavior, size growth opportunities, and create financial models for new initiatives
• Utilize Sitewise Analytics to model revenue projections for new store opportunities across the U.S.
• Leverage Sitewise Analytics to assist with market planning roadmap, whitespace analysis, site evaluation, and demo/psycho analysis
• Own the Company's revenue regression model; key thought leader in understanding which variables have the most significant impact on the Company's revenue trend line (competition, positioning, trade area, demographics, psychographics, format, income levels, etc.)
• Prepare executive level presentations for monthly Market Planning and Capital Committee meetings
• Advise Executive Team on strategic initiatives and priorities for both organic and inorganic (M&A) growth
• Assess acquisition and lease takeover opportunities through market research and financial modeling

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in finance, real estate, management consulting or corporate development
• Restaurant industry or multi-unit experience is preferred
• Experience with detailed sales (regression) forecasting and modeling
• Successful background in analyzing & building operating P&Ls and long-range discounted cash flow models
• Experience data mining in EPM systems such as IBM Planning Analytics and/or Oracle Hyperion Financial Management
• Other desired systems experience includes Buxton and/or Sitewise or other mobile data tracking software program

Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field. MBA preferred.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to travel up to 10% of work schedule

What you'll get:

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food
• To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose
• A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back
• A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally
• Free sweetgreen swag

Come join the sweetlife!

About sweetgreen

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, our 3,500 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we're committed to leaving people better than we found them. We're in the business of feeding people, and we're out to change what that means.

sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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