The Capital Planning team’s purpose is to drive maximized returns on Inspire Brands’ cash spend through project governance, strategic priority alignment, leadership and analysis. This role supports Capital Planning’s purpose through partnering with project owners and brands to manage, evaluate, and forecast financials in order to provide valuable insights that support strategic decision making, specifically: actualize expense; validating invoice coding; validating accounting GL entries; updating monthly forecast; monthly/quarterly variance analysis commentary. **RESPONSIBILITIES** + Manage the overall capital reporting process for annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly and weekly reporting and ad hoc analyses within relevant scope; ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of team deliverables as well as implementing opportunities to enhance processes and tools. + Building & evaluating financial decision-making support related to digital/ecomm, data analytics, and restaurant technology investments including business case development, sensitivity analysis, and recommendation + Support and manage reporting and analysis activities related to approved & inflight projects within the scope of the functional team + Support the financial analysis of strategic initiatives through creation / maintenance / automation of both cost and value tracking templates + Coordinate with Finance and Accounting to ensure that spend associated with approved projects are captured correctly in the General Ledger, AOP, and quarterly forecasts + Provide monthly variance analysis & narrative for budget vs. actuals. vs. forecast for relevant projects + Perform and evaluate financial analyses (DCF, IRR, NPV, ROI) to translate strategic value to P&L impact + Prepare various “ad-hoc” analyses as requested by management. + Communication with cross functional teams will include significant coordination with Information Technology, Commercial Services, and Brand Leadership teams + Assist in consistent effort to increase communication across the enterprise + Report progress towards value creation targets in collaboration with the Commercial Services & Brand Finance groups + Support the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in preparation of presentations related to strategic initiatives for the Board as well as internal Senior Management. Ensure the accuracy of all information and confirm that outputs meet our very high standards. + Work in ambiguity with a goal of creating and establishing processes that will be utilized by other team members as Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). **EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS** + _Minimum_ : Bachelor’s degree in finance, industrial engineering, economics, strategy, or a related business field. + _Preferred:_ Advanced education in strategic planning, business, or finance **EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION** + Required: 6+ years of relevant work experience including business strategy, project management, financial / project analysis and / or FP&A experience. + Strongly preferred: Prior project management, and / or strategic planning experience. + Preferred: Restaurant/retail experience. **REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES** + Focus on accuracy and strong attention to detail. + Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. + Understanding and working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and analysis. + Sound knowledge of accounting and accounting principles. + Strong finance, project / capital assessment, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills. + Proven ability to operate with competing priorities, often with considerable time constraints. + Preferred: Experience with relational databases including Oracle and Access. + Preferred: Experience with MACROS + Strongly preferred: Experience with Business Intelligence analysis and presentation tools, including Tableau, Power BI and SharePoint. **DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY** + Process decisions + Strategic initiative recommendation support **DIRECT REPORTS** + 1-2 direct reports + Total organization of 6-8 employees ​ Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide. We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.