Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

About Specialty Restaurants

For more than 65 years, Specialty Restaurants has created unforgettable dining experiences at iconic restaurants and event venues across the United States. With a portfolio of destination dining concepts, we're known for exceptional hospitality, remarkable food, and breathtaking locations.

As we continue to grow, we're investing in innovative ways to serve our guests beyond our restaurant doors.

 

The Senior Restaurant Performance Analyst plays a critical role in driving restaurant performance by transforming operational and financial data into actionable insights that improve profitability and support strategic growth. Working cross-functionally with Operations, Finance, and support teams, this hands-on role develops analytical tools, evaluates business performance, and partners with restaurant leaders to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and drive data-informed decision-making across the organization.

 

Top-notch Benefits:

• Competitive salary in the range of $110,000-$125,000 annually depending on experience
• Benefits including vacation pay, medical, dental and vision insurance
• Lifestyle Spending Account, this benefit supports you and your family in numerous ways such as through gym memberships, child care, groceries, student loans & more!
• Weekly lunches provided on site Mondays-Wednesdays
• Company dining package with allotted spending amount each month
• Variety of Supplemental Benefit Plans for life's unknowns
• 401k with annual employer match after 12 months
• Employer paid life Insurance throughout the length of employment
• Paid/Floating holidays for 10 major holidays
• Education Assistance Program (EdAP) for hospitality related education growth
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to assist with work life balance
• Management Referral Program with up to a $4,000 payout for qualifying management positions

 

Job Duty

• Analyze restaurant performance, unit economics, and four-wall margins to identify opportunities, risks, and actionable strategies to improve profitability.
• Develop and maintain margin improvement strategies focused on sales growth, labor optimization, productivity, and cost management while protecting guest and team
• member experience.
• Build and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, scorecards, and financial insights that enable leaders to make informed business decisions.
• Partner with Field Operations and cross-functional teams to translate operating results into clear recommendations and actionable improvement plans.
• Prepare performance insights and presentation materials for Period Business Reviews,
• Quarterly Business Reviews, and restaurant-level meetings.
• Collaborate with Data and Technology teams to improve reporting automation, self-service analytics, and the practical application of emerging tools and technologies.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and performance gaps across company-owned restaurants and provide strategic recommendations to support operational excellence.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis and special projects to support evolving business priorities and strategic initiatives

What You Bring

• Strong financial and analytical acumen - you can build the model and explain it on one slide
• A builder's mindset: comfortable creating structure where little exists today, not just running an established process
• Fluency with restaurant economics (prime cost, food and labor %, sales per labor hour, menu mix, COGS variance) is a strong plus
• Hands-on with BI, AI and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and comfort working with POS and operational data
• A clear, credible communicator
• High accountability, intellectual curiosity, and the courage to dig deep and push back when necessary

 

Education/ Experience:

• 3–5 years of experience in financial analysis, restaurant operations, hospitality analytics, or a related field; experience supporting multi-unit operations preferred.

 

 

 

All job offers are contingent upon successfully passing a background check.

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