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Financial and Operational Analyst

Vaco
$50.00 - $65.00 / hr
United States, Texas, San Antonio
Oct 25, 2025
Interim Senior Financial / Operational Analyst (Restaurant Performance & Multi-Unit Analytics)

Duration: 3-6 months
Function: Operational analytics supporting unit-level performance across new and existing restaurant markets
Focus Areas: Multi-unit performance analysis, menu/pricing analytics, labor deployment, and market-level profitability

Role Overview

This role will serve as an interim senior resource supporting enterprise-level restaurant performance analytics while an internal team member is temporarily assigned to a strategic project for the Atlanta and East Coast markets. The analyst will partner closely with planning and analytics leadership to evaluate unit performance, identify operational improvement opportunities, and provide data-driven recommendations on pricing, sales mix, menu optimization, and labor efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct multi-unit operational performance analysis across new and existing markets, with emphasis on volume, pricing, margin, and guest mix.

  • Evaluate menu performance and regional buying behaviors (e.g., Atlanta market sales mix preferences) to guide pricing and product strategy.

  • Provide analytics supporting unit labor productivity, equipment utilization, throughput, and in-restaurant process effectiveness.

  • Develop insights that connect operational drivers (quantities, pricing, and margins) to financial outcomes at the unit level.

  • Partner with restaurant services, real estate, and planning teams on performance trends pre- and post-opening of new markets.

  • Translate complex datasets into actionable recommendations for market-level optimization and profitability improvement.

  • Present findings to leadership with clear visual narratives, logic, and methodology.

Required Skills & Experience
  • 5-7+ years of experience in FP&A or operational analytics, ideally with multi-unit environments (restaurant, retail, hospitality, supply chain, manufacturing, or distribution).

  • Proven ability to perform operational analytics, not just P&L financial analysis - tying data back to behaviors in the unit (menu mix, labor flow, throughput, etc.).

  • Advanced Excel skills working with large data sets (testing required).

  • Strong understanding of statistics and applied analytical methods.

  • Experience with Dataiku or similar data analytics / FP&A software (highly preferred).

  • Background supporting marketing or consumer behavior analytics is a plus.

  • Restaurant industry experience is highly preferred.

Ideal Profile

The ideal candidate is a commercially minded analyst with hands-on experience evaluating performance at the unit level, who understands how pricing, consumer preferences, and operational deployment impact margins. This is not a pure finance role - it is a hybrid of FP&A, operational analytics, and market strategy.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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