Executive Compensation Sr. Analyst

Inspire Brands is seeking an Executive Compensation Senior Analyst to play a critical role in designing, analyzing, and administering executive compensation programs for a large, growing multi-brand restaurant company. This role supports the development of competitive, performance-driven, and governance-aligned compensation strategies for senior leadership, ensuring public readiness level scrutiny and regulatory compliance.

This position partners closely with HR leadership, Finance, Legal, and senior executives to deliver data-driven insights, compensation modeling, proxy disclosure support, and executive compensation governance best practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Executive Compensation Strategy & Program Design

• Support the design and administration of executive compensation programs, including base salary, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, equity or equity-like awards, and executive benefits
• Conduct market benchmarking
• Develop competitive pay analyses aligned with company growth strategy and public readiness
• Model compensation scenarios, including performance-based outcomes

Governance & Best Practices

• Assist in preparing executive compensation frameworks aligned with leading market and public company best practices
• Support Compensation Committee materials and presentations
• Monitor emerging trends in executive compensation, governance and incentive design

Analytics & Financial Modeling

• Build and maintain executive compensation models tied to financial performance metrics
• Conduct dilution analysis and equity burn rate modeling
• Support equity plan administration and share reserve forecasting
• Analyze pay-for-performance alignment

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure executive compensation programs comply with applicable tax, legal, and regulatory requirements
• Implement strong controls, documentation, and review processes
• Maintain documentation and audit readiness for compensation programs

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Finance during budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Partner with Legal and Finance to prepare compensation disclosures
• Partner with brand leadership to ensure alignment across multiple operating brands

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• 4 Year Degree / Bachelor’s

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION

• 4 years progressive experience in executive compensation, total rewards, or related fields
• Experience in complex, multi-unit, or multi-brand public-company organizations preferred
• Experience supporting Compensation Committees preferred

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise
• Experience with equity administration platforms
• Familiarity with proxy disclosure and public company reporting requirements
• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities
• Ability to interpret financial statements and performance metrics
• High business acumen and understanding of performance-based compensation
• Strong executive presence and ability to work with senior leadership
• Discretion and ability to manage highly confidential information
• Detail-oriented with strong governance mindset
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment

 

Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 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.