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”