Senior Technology Analyst, Financial Systems

At CAVA we love what we do, and we try and make every day as fulfilling as the last. We make it deliciously simple to eat well and feel good every day. We are guided by a Mediterranean heritage that has been perfecting how to eat and live for four thousand years. We prioritize authenticity, curiosity, and the pursuit of excellence in everything we do. We are working towards something big, together.

We foster a culture built on five core values:  

• Generosity

First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others

• Constant

Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious 

• Act

with Agility: We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt 

• Passion

for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility

• Collective

Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose

 

Senior Technical Analyst, Finance Systems

As part of our commitment to operational excellence, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Technical Analyst to enhance and support our Finance systems. This key role is responsible for the technical design, configuration, data integrity, and optimization that support our Accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis departments. This role will ensure the platforms are scalable, reliable, and aligned with business needs.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in restaurant or hospitality industries, deep knowledge of financial systems, and the ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders to translate operational requirements into scalable technical solutions. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, analytical thinking, and systems integration experience.

 

What You’ll Do:

 

Business Partnership and Requirements

·         Partner with Accounting & FP&A business stakeholders to understand processes, pain points, and future-state requirements.

·         Facilitate discovery sessions, document business requirements, and translate them into functional and technical specifications.

·         Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce manual work, improve data quality, and strengthen controls.

·         Serve as a subject matter expert for finance systems, integrations, reporting, and related business processes.

·         Support process design across areas such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, budgeting, forecasting, close, project accounting, etc.

Solution Delivery

• Support

the implementation and optimization of ERP, project accounting, fixed assets, financial planning, and related finance applications.

• Participate

in solution evaluation, fit-gap analysis, configuration, testing, data conversion, deployment, and post-production support.

• Work

with implementation partners, contractors, managed service providers, and internal technology teams to deliver approved solutions.

• Develop

process flows, data mappings, interface specifications, test scripts, training materials, and support documentation.

• Coordinate

end-to-end testing, including integration, regression, user acceptance, and release testing.

• Support

the transition from project delivery to sustainable operational support.

Integrations, Data, and Reporting

• Analyze

and support integrations between finance systems and other enterprise platforms, including point-of-sale, workforce management, supply chain, banking, procurement, reporting, and data warehouse solutions.

• Partner

with data and reporting teams to improve financial data availability, accuracy, timeliness, and usability.

• Support

API-based integrations and reliable data movement between operational systems and reporting platforms.

• Investigate

data discrepancies and coordinate root-cause analysis across applications and integrations.

• Support

reporting improvements while maintaining appropriate separation between systems of record and systems of analysis.

Application Operations and Support

• Provide

advanced functional and technical support for finance applications.

• Monitor

application performance, integrations, scheduled jobs, and critical business processes.

• Troubleshoot

production issues, identify root causes, and coordinate timely resolution.

• Manage

incidents, defects, enhancements, and service requests through established support processes.

• Participate

in release management, change control, environment management, and quarterly or periodic release testing.

• Maintain

system documentation, configuration records, support procedures, and knowledge articles.

Controls, Security, and Compliance

• Support

application controls, access management, segregation of duties, audit requirements, and financial data integrity.

• Partner

with Finance and Internal Audit to address control gaps and support remediation activities.

• Ensure

solutions follow CAVA’s technology, security, architecture, and change-management standards.

• Participate

in disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational risk activities as applicable.

Vendor and Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate

with software vendors and implementation partners to resolve issues and deliver enhancements.

• Assist

with vendor meetings, issue escalation, roadmap discussions, and service reviews.

• Track

project deliverables, risks, dependencies, decisions, and action items.

• Communicate

clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior business stakeholders.

 

The Qualifications:

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s

degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• 5+

years of experience supporting enterprise finance, ERP, financial planning, or related business applications.

• Experience

with NetSuite ERP required.

• Experience

gathering requirements, analyzing business processes, and translating needs into technology solutions.

• Experience

supporting integrations, APIs, data mapping, testing, and issue resolution.

• Strong

understanding of finance and accounting processes, including the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, period close, and financial reporting.

• Demonstrated

experience working with cross-functional teams, vendors, and implementation partners.

• Strong

analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability

to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

·         Position requires 4 days in office at our Washington DC or Plano TX headquarters.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience

supporting an ERP implementation, Finance Transformation program, or major system modernization initiative.

• Experience

with demand planning, or financial planning applications.

• Experience

supporting restaurant, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, or other multi-location environments.

• Familiarity

with Tableau Cloud, Databricks, reporting tools, and enterprise data architecture.

• Experience

with middleware, integration platforms, REST APIs, SQL, or other data and integration technologies.

• Knowledge

of financial controls, SOX requirements, audit support, and segregation-of-duties concepts.

Core Competencies

• Business

and technology partnership

• Finance

and accounting systems expertise

• Requirements

and process analysis

• Solution

delivery and systems integration

• Data

quality and analytical thinking

• Problem

solving and root-cause analysis

• Clear

written and verbal communication

• Collaboration

and stakeholder management

• Ownership,

accountability, and continuous improvement

 

Physical Requirements:

·         Ability to maintain stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment

·         Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details

·         For certain positions, must be able to occasionally move or transport items up to 50 pounds 

·         Ability to communicate with others and exchange information accurately and effectively

·         Constantly positions self and move about to support ordinary restaurant or food production support or office operations, as applicable

·         Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner  

 

What We Offer: 

• Competitive

salary, plus bonus and long-term incentives* 

• Next

day pay!  

• Unlimited

PTO, paid parental leave, plus paid opportunities to give back to the community

• Health,

Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Pet Insurance plus more! 

• 401k

enrollment with CAVA contribution

• Company-paid

STD, LTD, Life and AD&D coverage for salaried positions* 

• Free

CAVA food 

• Casual

work environment

• The

opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand

 

*Indicates qualifying eligible positions only

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