Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

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This role owns enterprise FP&A, long‑range planning, unit economics, and the strategic finance partnership that underpins meaningful decisions across the company. It does not oversee controllership, treasury, tax, or investor relations; instead, it works hand‑in‑glove with those functions to ensure a unified financial point of view reaches the boardroom, the analyst community, and our operators.

• Enterprise Financial Planning: Serve as the principal FP&A partner to the Chief Financial Officer; build, run, and continuously evolve the annual operating plan, quarterly reforecast cycles, monthly close commentary, and the multi‑year long‑range plan.
• Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a true business partner to the executive team, translating operational ambition into financial commitments and translating financial constraints into operational priorities.
• Unit Economics & Operating Performance: Drive deep, repeatable analytics around price/mix/traffic, labor productivity, food and paper, four‑wall margin, AUV ramp curves, cohort performance, and channel profitability, surfacing the insights that drive same‑Shack sales and margin expansion.
• Long‑Range & Strategic Planning: Lead the Strategy & Enterprise Planning function; develop the multi‑year financial framework that connects strategy, capital plan, P&L outlook, and shareholder expectations, including scenario, sensitivity, and risk‑adjusted views.
• Board, Earnings & Investor Narrative Support: Partner closely with the head of Investor Relations to develop the financial narrative for earnings, guidance setting, Investor Day, and Board materials; ensure FP&A produces decision‑ready analyses for every quarterly cycle and major external event.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Build a best‑in‑class FP&A organization, creating the bench of next‑generation finance leaders; act as career sponsor and coach, and ensure thoughtful coverage planning during team transitions and leaves.
• Systems, Tools & Process Excellence: Continually upgrade planning systems, reporting cadences, and the financial data model; champion modern tooling (Workday, Workday Adaptive Planning, Tableau, Snowflake) and embed a single financial language across the enterprise.
• Cross‑Functional Finance Partnership: Partner closely with Controllership, Treasury, Tax, and Investor Relations to ensure FP&A outputs are auditable, defensible, and consistent with external disclosures and capital structure decisions, without owning those functions.
• Culture & Values: Model and reinforce Shake Shack’s values and Enlightened Hospitality in every interaction; bring high standards, optimism, and a bias toward action to a publicly traded, growth‑oriented business.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related quantitative field required.
• 12+ years of progressive corporate finance experience, with a clear track record of FP&A leadership at scale.
• 5+ years managing managers within a finance organization, including building, mentoring, and retaining high‑performing teams.
• Public company experience required; demonstrated ability to support earnings, guidance, Board reporting, and SOX‑relevant FP&A processes.
• Deep expertise in long‑range planning, unit‑economic modeling, and ROI analytics for capital‑intensive growth businesses.
• Proven success serving as a credible thought partner to senior executives and operating leaders, with the executive…