Job Description
Church’s Texas Chicken Employee Job Description Job Title: Director, FP&A Reports To: Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasury Department: Finance Location: Atlanta, GA Revised: April 2026 J ob S u mm a r y: The Director, FP&A partners across the organization to develop growth plans, analyze financial performance, and deliver insights that improve profitability for Church’s Texas Chicken. This role is responsible for consolidated business reporting and analysis, leading budgeting and forecasting consolidation processes, leading support center G&A planning and tracking, planning and forecasting capital spending, assessing returns on capital projects, developing and maintaining the company’s long-range planning model (LRP), and supporting strategic initiatives through executive-ready materials and ad hoc decision support. The Director, FP&A coordinates inputs across the FP&A team to prepare consolidated reporting, summarize results, and develop executive presentations for leadership, board, and strategic planning meetings. The role also monitors overall company performance, supports G&A expense management, and provides financial partnership to leaders across the business. Additionally, this role drives the budgeting, forecasting and returns tracking for capital projects and leads the multi-year LRP model. Key Duties/Responsibilities: Serve as a financial and analytical business partner to key business leaders to support delivery of G&A targets. Collaborate with Finance team members to align on best practices, standardize reporting, and continuously improve planning and analysis processes. Drive the budgeting, forecasting and returns tracking for capital projects. Develop and maintain the company Long Range Plan, updating each forecast and budget cycle and as needed for strategic and ad hoc requests. Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support for leadership requests and strategic initiatives. Perform and direct other financial analysis duties as assigned. Position Requirements (Education, Qualifications, Experience): Bachelor’s degree required 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A, budgeting/forecasting, and performance analysis. Independent, curious, and analytical thinker Ability to identify and correlate data across separate systems Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills; able to work effectively across functions and levels. Ability to coach and manage activities of others Detail-oriented Preferred: prior restaurant (or multi-unit retail) experience and experience with Hyperion/Oracle (ie ePBCS or Essbase) planning (or similar tools). Competencies: Critical Thinking – Defines and resolves a situation or problem by analyzing issues involved, weighing options, and evaluating alternatives; maintains objective attitude; approaches situations and problems systematically; uses observation, experience, reflection, and/or reasoning to drive business forward. Influencing Others – Persuades and aligns stakeholders to accomplish goals; responds effectively to objections; uses tact when expressing ideas or opinions; translates complex analysis into clear, accurate, and actionable messages. Initiative – Take action proactively; addresses issues or opportunities without supervision; focuses on desired results and accomplishments; demonstrates clear purpose, enthusiasm, and a “can-do” attitude. Innovative and Creative – Looks for ways to improve oneself, the job, the project, the system, and the organization; challenges conventional practices, generates new ideas to create novel solutions to problems. Managing Execution – Manages multiple projects and effectively prioritizes tasks and goals; uses goals to guide actions and create detailed action plans; organizes and schedules people and tasks; utilizes resources effectively to meet goals. Negotiating – Presents issues or ideas in a clear and influential manner; maintains an open-minded and non-judgmental attitude; listens to others’ views and empathizes. Relationship Management – Initiates and develops relationships with others; demonstrates credibility; confronts conflict quickly and professionally; inspires confidence in others. Strategic Thinking – Brings perspective to critical and complex issue