Senior Business Performance Analyst at Specialty Restaurants in Costa Mesa, CA, USA

Job description

• The Senior Restaurant Performance Analyst plays a critical role in driving restaurant performance by transforming operational and financial data into actionable insights that improve profitability and support strategic growth. Working cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, and support teams, this hands-on role develops analytical tools, evaluates business performance, and partners with restaurant leaders to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and drive data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Analyze restaurant performance, unit economics, and four-wall margins to identify opportunities, risks, and actionable strategies to improve profitability.
• Develop and maintain margin improvement strategies focused on sales growth, labor optimization, productivity, and cost management while protecting guest and team
• member experience.
• Build and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, scorecards, and financial insights that enable leaders to make informed business decisions.
• Partner with Field Operations and cross-functional teams to translate operating results into clear recommendations and actionable improvement plans.
• Prepare performance insights and presentation materials for Period Business Reviews,
• Quarterly Business Reviews, and restaurant-level meetings.
• Collaborate with Data and Technology teams to improve reporting automation, self-service analytics, and the practical application of emerging tools and technologies.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and performance gaps across company-owned restaurants and provide strategic recommendations to support operational excellence.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis and special projects to support evolving business priorities and strategic initiatives

Requirements

• Strong financial and analytical acumen - you can build the model and explain it on one slide
• A builder's mindset: comfortable creating structure where little exists today, not just running an established process
• Fluency with restaurant economics (prime cost, food and labor %, sales per labor hour, menu mix, COGS variance) is a strong plus
• Hands-on with BI, AI and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and comfort working with POS and operational data
• A clear, credible communicator
• High accountability, intellectual curiosity, and the courage to dig deep and push back when necessary
• 3–5 years of experience in financial analysis, restaurant operations, hospitality analytics, or a related field; experience supporting multi-unit operations preferred.

Skills

Required

• Strong financial and analytical acumen
• Builder's mindset
• Clear, credible communicator
• High accountability
• Intellectual curiosity

Benefits

• Competitive salary in the range of $110,000-$125,000 annually depending on experience
• Benefits including vacation pay, medical, dental and vision insurance
• Lifestyle Spending Account, this benefit supports you and your family in numerous ways such as through gym memberships, child care, groceries, student loans & more!
• Weekly lunches provided on site Mondays-Wednesdays
• Company dining package with allotted spending amount each month
• Variety of Supplemental Benefit Plans for life's unknowns
• 401k with annual employer match after 12 months
• Employer paid life Insurance throughout the length of employment
• Paid/Floating holidays for 10 major holidays
• Education Assistance Program (EdAP) for hospitality related education growth
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to assist with work life balance
• Management Referral Program with up to a $4,000 payout for qualifying management positions