Financial Analyst

Applegreen USA Welcome Centers Central Services is hiring a Financial Analyst to join the US FP&A team. The role is based in Demarest, NJ and supports reporting, planning, forecasting, and analysis for Commercial, Operations, IT, and Facilities stakeholders, helping ensure financial information is delivered with accuracy and on time.

This position plays a key part in turning large data sets into clear insights, from budget preparation and variance analysis through executive monthly reporting and capital project modeling.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts, including variance analysis.
• Translate summarized budgets into site-level, brand-level, and account-level data using advanced allocation methodologies, including seasonality curves and week-over-week growth trends.
• Build complex financial models for Commercial, Operations, and Facility projects.
• Create executive-ready presentations with clear, compelling visuals that improve storytelling and decision support.
• Use advanced Excel skills for reporting, including data analysis and optimization.
• Synthesize large data sets using Power BI.
• Analyze financial data to identify key performance drivers using Smartview and EPM.
• Prepare monthly leadership presentations with financial reporting, insightful commentary, and variance analysis.
• Assist Head Office leadership with reporting and analysis of monthly expenses and variances.
• Partner with Finance Business Managers and the Head of Transformation to analyze direct site costs, including identifying cost outliers and savings opportunities.
• Manage statistical account loads into ERP systems (PDI/EPM) and labor systems (UKG) and validate data.
• Prepare financial models for capital projects for Investment Committee approval, including returns analysis (ROCE, Payback) and post-mortem analysis.
• Provide analytical support for initiatives that drive business improvements and for ad hoc projects.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree.
• 2-3 years FP&A experience in a financial analyst role or similar.
• Retail, wholesale, or quick-serve restaurant experience is a plus.
• Advanced ability to develop complex financial models.
• Strong analytical capability to interpret, challenge, and interrogate data and financial systems.
• High or expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Functions, Pivot Tables), Power BI, Smartview, and Oracle EPM.
• Strong capability to create PowerPoint presentations with visuals that support decision making and actionable KPI insights.

Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• Smartview
• Oracle EPM
• ERP systems (PDI/EPM)
• UKG
• PowerPoint

Benefits

• Hybrid work: 3 days per week at the Glen Rock, NJ office location and 2 days per week remotely.
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) with Company Match
• 10% Annual Bonus
• Earned Wage Access – Pay on Demand
• Education Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Pet Insurance

Additional Key Skills & Attributes

• Adaptability in a rapidly growing organization that continues to evolve.
• Ability to execute with high quality and at pace.
• Motivation, enthusiasm, commitment, and interest in developing a career with Applegreen.
• “Can do” attitude with a positive, solution-focused mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage and build relationships across all levels.
• Self-starter mindset with strong collaboration as part of an interdependent team across the organization.