Sr. Manager, Finance

Sr. Manager, People Finance role at Restaurant Brands International

Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with nearly $45 billion in annual system-wide sales and over 32,000 restaurants in more than 120 countries and territories. RBI owns four of the world's most prominent quick‑service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, POPEYES®, and FIREHOUSE SUBS® – and is committed to growing these brands through shared best practices, employee and franchisee relationships, and a global scale.

The Senior Manager, People Finance serves as a strategic finance partner to HR and Finance leadership, providing analytical insight, financial rigor, and decision support related to global people compensation expenses. This role ensures leaders have accurate, forward‑looking, and actionable information to drive financially sound decisions that support talent attraction, retention, and motivation while meeting enterprise financial goals.

As a core member of the RBI People Package team, the role owns key elements of people cost analytics including variance analysis, forecasting, KPI development, performance deep dives, and analytical tool creation. The Senior Manager will work closely with cross‑functional partners across Finance, HR, and Total Rewards to deliver high‑quality insights, scalable processes, and continuous improvements to how people costs are planned, tracked, and managed globally.

• Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis of global people compensation expenses, identifying key drivers, risks, and emerging trends across geographies, currencies, and employee populations.
• Translate complex people cost analytics into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for HR and Finance leadership.
• Proactively identify and evaluate savings opportunities, efficiency improvements, and risk mitigation actions related to compensation and workforce costs.
• Own and manage people cost forecasting, planning, and reporting models to support month‑end close, rolling forecasts, and annual budgeting cycles.
• Partner with HR, Total Rewards, and Finance teams to assess headcount, turnover, compensation changes, and incentive impacts on financial outcomes.
• Design, standardize, and maintain key people cost KPIs to ensure consistent performance tracking and decision‑making across the enterprise.
• Develop and enhance financial models, analytical tools, and dashboards to improve accuracy, scalability, and usability of people cost insights.
• Identify and implement automation and process improvements (e.g., through Excel, Alteryx, Power Apps, or similar tools) to reduce manual effort and increase analytical capacity.
• Ensure data integrity, transparency, and documentation across people finance processes.
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to senior HR and Finance leaders, providing independent analytical perspectives and scenario‑based insights.
• Prepare executive‑ready monthly and quarterly materials with clear narratives, visualizations, and recommendations.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to align financial outcomes with talent and workforce strategies.
• Handle highly sensitive compensation, equity, and employee data with a high degree of discretion, integrity, and professional judgment.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies, and governance standards related to people cost reporting.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, or workforce/people finance roles with ownership of forecasting and executive‑facing analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling and large dataset analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous questions and synthesize insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience conveying financial concepts to non‑financial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and coordinate across teams.

Preferred

• Experience with Alteryx, Power Apps, or other low‑code data transformation and…