Walters Hospitality

Role Description The Senior Financial Analyst reports to the VP of FP&A and will own core FP&A workstreams: - Budgeting - Forecasting - Variance analysis - Venue-level P&L - Executive reporting Supports the company's active M&A program: - Acquisition modeling - Due diligence - Post-close integration finance Serves as a power user and light administrator of our finance technology stack, building dashboards and maintaining reporting infrastructure. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field. - 3-5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, or Big 4 transaction services. - Advanced financial modeling skills: three-statement models, driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, and deal/returns modeling. - Hands-on experience as a power user of an ERP and/or CPM platform (Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Planful, Adaptive, or similar). - Proficiency with a BI/visualization tool (Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or similar). - Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data manipulation. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings and recommendations to senior leadership. - Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver under month-end and deal-driven deadlines. Requirements - MBA, CPA, or CFA (or meaningful progress toward). - Experience supporting M&A transactions in a buy-side or sell-side capacity. - Background in multi-unit hospitality, events, food and beverage, or consumer services. - Working knowledge of SQL for extracting and validating data from source systems. - Experience with Sage Intacct or a similar mid-market ERP at the report-building or configuration level. - Track record of contributing to finance or reporting build-out in a high-growth or PE-backed environment. Benefits - Compensation: $90-$110K base + bonus potential Work Environment - This is a remote position, with occasional (~1x/quarter) travel to team meetings and venue locations. - May require occasional extended hours during system implementations, month-end close, or other critical business periods.

Role Description Are you a self-starter who gets energy from owning programs end-to-end? The kind of person who thrives when you are trusted to figure it out, run with it, and put your fingerprints on how a company grows? If so, keep reading. Walters Hospitality is a high-growth hospitality company behind 45+ stunning event venues across four regions, where weddings, milestone celebrations, and once-in-a-lifetime moments happen every weekend. We are growing fast, both within our current footprint and into new markets. Behind every great event is a great team, and behind a great team is a great talent operation. We are looking for our first dedicated Talent Acquisition Manager to build that operation with us. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role reporting directly to our Director of Team Member Experience. Your primary recruiting focus will be hiring our Venue Sales Specialists, the team that books the weddings, milestones, and corporate events at the heart of our business. Beyond that, you will be a one-person talent powerhouse with the autonomy to build, the resources to win, and meaningful exposure to senior leaders during venue acquisitions and new market launches. What You’ll Do - Build the Recruiting Engine: Own full-cycle hiring for our Venue Sales Specialists (15 to 20 per year). Build proactive pipelines, run a sharp candidate experience, and deliver hires that win. - Launch New Markets With Us: Build the recruiting playbook for opening new venues and entering new markets. As we grow, you will be the person standing up our recruiting muscle on the ground. - Quarterback Our Vendors: Own the relationships with HireClix (our recruitment marketing agency), LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and any new partners we add. Negotiate, optimize spend, and track ROI like it is your money. - Run Our ATS and Reporting: Be the internal expert on our applicant tracking system. Build clean workflows, fix what is broken, and pull the data leadership needs to make smart decisions. Keep us compliant on multi-state hiring rules as we expand. - Coach Hiring Managers: Train, equip, and empower our venue and regional leaders to interview better. Build scorecards, run interview prep, and become the expert they all want on speed dial. - Own Our Talent Programs: Take full ownership of our Predictive Index platform (we will train you) and our Employee Referral Program. Make both into engines that drive better hiring across the company. - Partner With Senior Leaders: Work closely with our Director of Team Member Experience and gain meaningful exposure to our executive team during venue acquisitions and new market launches. Your work shows up where the big decisions get made. Qualifications - A self-starter who does not wait for direction. You see what needs to happen and you make it happen. - A polished communicator. Whether you are writing an offer letter, calming down a stressed hiring manager, or working alongside senior leaders on a high-stakes hire, you sound credible and confident. - Tech-fluent. You can pick up a new ATS, sourcing tool, or AI assistant in an afternoon. You actively look for ways tech can make you faster. - A marketer at heart. You know recruiting is sales in reverse, and you build candidate experiences people brag about. - High-energy. You are the kind of person who walks into a room (or a Zoom) and people feel it. - Comfortable up and down the org. You can flex up to a CFO conversation and down to a candidate working a Saturday wedding shift. Requirements - 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in hospitality, retail, restaurant, events, or another multi-location industry. - Strong track record hiring sales or revenue-generating talent. - Hands-on experience running an ATS and partnering with vendors like LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and recruitment marketing agencies. - Excellent written and verbal communication. Comfortable working closely with senior executives. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. - Must be eligible to work in the United States. Walters Hospitality participates in E-Verify. Bonus Points - You are bilingual in English and Spanish. - You have recruited across multiple states and know the differences (pay transparency rules, ban-the-box, salary history bans). - You know sales hiring inside and out, ideally with exposure to Topgrading or the Who method. - You have worked in events, weddings, hospitality, or venue operations. - You have owned employer branding or recruitment marketing in a prior role. Benefits - 85 percent employer-subsidized medical, plus dental and vision insurance. - 401(k) plan with 4 percent match. - Unlimited PTO. - Device and phone stipend. Company Description Walters Hospitality is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.

Job DetailsJob Location: Denton, TX - Denton, TXPosition Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $110,000.00 - $125,000.00 Salary/yearJob Category: Walters CorporateSenior Analyst – Business Data & Systems (REMOTE) Walters Hospitality is one of the premier wedding and hospitality companies in the United States, owning and operating 40+ venues across Texas and Georgia. Our vertically integrated platform encompasses venue operations, catering, bar services, lodging, construction and design, and a curated vendor collective. As we scale, we are investing heavily in the data infrastructure and financial systems that will power our next phase of growth. Position Summary: The Senior Analyst, Business Data & Systems is a newly created role that sits at the intersection of financial analysis, business intelligence, and IT systems management. Reporting to the VP - FP&A, this individual will serve as the primary owner of Walters’ financial technology stack and data infrastructure, while simultaneously functioning as a hands-on data and financial analyst who transforms raw data into actionable insights for leadership. This is a high-impact position for someone who is equally comfortable configuring databases and API integrations as they are building executive dashboards or presenting variance analyses to the CFO. The ideal candidate brings a blend of IT/data engineering expertise and financial acumen, and thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where they can help shape the company’s data strategy from the ground up. Key Responsibilities: Financial Systems & IT Infrastructure Management Own and administer the company’s financial technology ecosystem, including Sage Intacct, Planful, Celigo, Calendly, Tripleseat, Ramp, Corrigo, and Paycom. Manage and optimize integrations between systems via Celigo, ensuring seamless and accurate data flow across the organization. Serve as the internal subject matter expert and first point of contact for all financial systems issues, configurations, and enhancements. Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of future data and analytics infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake, Sigma, Power BI) as the company matures its data capabilities. Develop and maintain system documentation, data dictionaries, and standard operating procedures for all financial technology platforms. Partner with external vendors, consultants, and implementation teams to execute system rollouts and upgrades. Provide strategic recommendations to the VP of FP&A and CFO on technology investments, system architecture, and the company’s data roadmap. Data Analysis & Business Intelligence Design, build, and maintain reporting dashboards that synthesize data from multiple systems into unified, executive-ready views. Perform regular and ad hoc financial and operational analyses, including revenue trends, cost analysis, venue-level profitability, and key performance indicators across the portfolio. Create and deliver data-driven presentations and reports for executive leadership and venue operations teams. Develop and maintain financial models that support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes in collaboration with the broader FP&A team. Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities in data that drive business decisions and operational improvements. Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across all reporting outputs through robust validation and reconciliation processes. Strategic Data & Technology Leadership Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (operations, sales, marketing, construction) to understand their data needs and translate them into scalable reporting solutions. Champion a data-driven culture across the organization by improving data literacy, access, and self-service reporting capabilities. Stay current on emerging trends in financial technology, data engineering, and business intelligence relevant to the hospitality industry. Contribute to the long-term data strategy, including data governance, security, and scalability planning as Walters Hospitality continues its rapid growth. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or a related field. 5+ years of progressive experience in a role combining financial/data analysis with IT systems administration or data engineering. Demonstrated experience administering or implementing financial systems such as Sage, NetSuite, or comparable ERP/CPM platforms. Hands-on experience with integration platforms (Celigo, Workato, MuleSoft, or similar iPaaS tools) and managing data flows between enterprise applications. Strong proficiency in SQL and at least one data visualization/BI tool (Tableau, Power BI, Sigma, or similar). Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills, including complex financial modeling, pivot tables, and data manipulation. Proven ability to build executive-level dashboards and reports that communicate complex data clearly to non-technical audiences. Proven success as a project manager. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings and strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in the hospitality, events, food and beverage, or multi-unit services industry. Relevant professional certifications such as Sage Intacct Certified, Snowflake SnowPro, Tableau Desktop Specialist, Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst, or similar. Experience with cloud data platforms and modern data stack tooling. Familiarity with Python or R for data analysis and automation. Track record of building data infrastructure from the ground up in a high-growth or entrepreneurial environment. Core Competencies: Analytical Rigor: Approaches problems with intellectual curiosity and a commitment to data-driven decision-making. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to structure analyses from scratch. Systems Thinking: Sees connections between disparate platforms and data sources. Understands how changes in one system cascade across the technology ecosystem. Ownership Mentality: Takes full accountability for the company’s data infrastructure and reporting outputs. Proactively identifies issues and drives solutions without waiting for direction. Communication: Translates technical concepts into business language. Equally effective presenting to the CFO and troubleshooting an integration with a vendor support team. Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-growing company where priorities shift, systems evolve, and the ability to learn quickly is essential. Compensation: $110-$125K base + bonus potential Qualifications