FP&A Manager

Position Title: FP&A Manager

Department: Finance

Reports to: Director of Finance

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Date Reviewed: February 2026

Location: Position is based in GTA and requires 2-3 days a week in office (Mississauga). This may change as the company policy in remote work evolves.

At Nando's, we want to be the most loved restaurant brand in North America, sharing the spirit of Nando's PERi-PERi with everyone who chooses to access it. We will redesign and build a business that thrives as it answers fully it is consumers' needs
-and endures over time through genuinely putting people at the heart of what we do. We will lead with our values and act with care, compassion, and kindness. By doing this, we will Change Lives Together, every day and everywhere.

OBJECTIVE

The FP&A Manager will be responsible for drawing actionable insights from different data sources to support Nando's growth. This role will be instrumental in all financial and business planning activities, including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, predictive modeling, and data and insights analysis. The Manager will be expected to foster a sense of endless curiosity and camaraderie among the team, while also independently managing work streams for a wide variety of internal clients to influence the organization through proactive, actionable analytics and reporting.

This position will require an individual who has a unique combination of strong analytical skills, with an emphasis on research, financial planning, and data science. The Manager will be responsible for defining the future of the data, insights, and analytics team and for supporting Nando's business through data-driven decision-making processes. As with all members of the Nando's family, the FP&A Manager will be expected to wear multiple hats, seek out opportunities to make Nando's and themselves better every day, and in general, be a good team player!

The essential functions of this position are mapped out below:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

Financial Planning

• Manage the continued development of the company's budget, forecast, and annual operating plan including the upkeep of internal models
• Develop 5-year strategy and operating plans by partnering with functional leaders in the organization, CFO and CEO
• Produce of presentations and decks for the executive team and board of directors

Data and Insights

• Act as an internal consultant by collaborating with stakeholders to identify research questions, establish hypotheses, determine metrics to be assessed, and interpret the results of analyses to drive insight
• Manage all phases of projects, including consulting with clients, developing research/project plans, data collection, analysis and presentation
• Drive innovation by asking challenging questions of internal client teams and guiding them with data
• Serve as the face of insights and analytics within Nando's by developing strong relationships with key stakeholders and supporting cross-functional business initiatives
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, labor, expenses, and capital expenditures
• Monitor performance indicators, to include highlighting trends, analyzing causes of unexpected variance, proposing solutions and optimization strategies, and participation in implementation
• Leverage tools and existing data to develop robust quantitative models and analytical insights that support business initiatives
• Identify appropriate analytical tools and methods and use advanced knowledge of business analysis to perform a range (basic to highly complex) of quantitative analyses and predictive modeling
• Collaborate with Marketing to synthesize and analyze key local and national efforts to drive transactions, sales, and profitability

Reporting

• Analyze sales and business trends and help prepare actionable weekly and monthly analytics & reporting packages for Nando's leadership team
• Help in the completion of data warehouse to include data sources, validation, and business rules to produce automated reports, dashboards, and data views
• Provide reporting and other tools as requested to support data-driven decision-making across all levels of the organization

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, data science, or related field; MBA or other related Master's degree preferred
• 7+ years' experience in FP&A with 3+ years' experience in a FP&A Manager or similar role
• Experience in root cause analysis, correlation analysis, test vs control analysis, demographic segmentation, and benchmarking
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data manipulation and statistic functions
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Where Scape, SQL, or relational databases
• Ability to extract, aggregate, normalize and mine data sets for analysis
• Exceptional presentation and communications skills with an emphasis on the ability to communicate complex concepts simply and effectively a wide variety of audiences
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