Finance Sr Manager

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Job Description The Senior Finance Manager serves as a strategic partner to Operations leadership, driving financial performance through advanced analysis, forecasting, and decision support. This role goes beyond reporting by influencing business strategy, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring strong financial discipline across the portfolio. The Senior Finance Manager provides leadership to both finance and operations teams, while developing scalable processes, strengthening financial controls, and guiding long-term planning initiatives. Job Responsibilities: - Own and lead the month-end close process, including deep variance analysis against forecast, budget, and prior periods, with clear insights and action plans - Drive weekly and monthly performance reviews across food, labor, and direct costs, proactively identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across locations - Conduct advanced root cause analysis on revenue, cost drivers, and EBIT performance, and translate findings into operational recommendations - Provide financial leadership and oversight to unit bookkeepers and finance support teams, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and strong internal controls - Act a...