Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Overview

At BJ’s Restaurants, we serve our award-winning craft beer, a Southern California twist on deep dish pizza, the world-renowned dessert – the Pizookie, and much more. BJ’s is a $1 billion public restaurant company and a growth concept with a winning track record of introducing new on-trend menu offerings and opening new restaurants. We offer guests a high-energy, contemporary setting to enjoy special moments with gold standard service.

Now is your chance to join our talented team that delivers a differentiated menu and experience to guests across the U.S.

We’re seeking a strategic and driven Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead our company-wide forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning efforts. This high-impact role partners closely with the CFO and executive leadership team to provide critical financial insights, guide strategic initiatives, and influence key business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, a bias for action, and a passion for continuous improvement.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to help shape the future of a growing public restaurant brand, we’d love to meet you.

• Own the company-wide financial planning process, including annual budgeting, long-range planning, and monthly forecasts across all revenue and cost centers.
• Maintain detailed financial reporting to support operational performance at the restaurant level.
• Lead restaurant-level sales forecasting and labor modeling, incorporating macroeconomic and industry trends, historical performance, seasonality, promotional cadence, and other key drivers.
• Monitor and analyze performance vs. plan, providing variance analysis, root cause identification, and recommendations to improve profitability.
• Oversee development of consolidated P&L views, segment-level financials, and KPI reporting to support board presentations, earnings call preparation, and investor relations.
• Partner with operations, marketing, supply chain, and HR to align financial plans with business strategy and ensure accurate forecasting of sales, labor, COGS, and controllables.
• Track and interpret key industry and consumer trends, benchmarking BJ’s against competitors to identify risks and opportunities.
• Manage and mentor a team of analysts, establishing scalable FP&A processes and delivering clear, actionable insights to leadership.

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA is a plus
• 8–12+ years in finance or FP&A roles, including prior management experience; proven track record of scaling finance functions.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Power Point
• Experience in the restaurant, retail or hospitality space is a plus
• Flexibility to work in an agile environment with changing priorities
• Must be extremely detail oriented, organized and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Have a natural curiosity about the business and be comfortable questioning things that do not make sense

USD $ - USD $ /Yr.