At Planet Fitness, our mission has always been to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, judgement free environment. We are proud to be one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States, and we’re grateful for the amazing Planet Fitness team that supports our 2,000+ clubs and millions of members every day.

Our Planet Fitness team is comprised of dynamic, dedicated and talented individuals who represent our values of integrity, transparency, passion, respect, and excellence (while having fun!) in everything they do.

Joining the PF family means being part of a company that cares about bettering the health and wellbeing of our communities. It means being a part of a supportive, engaging workforce with an inclusive culture that values diversity and creates an environment where everyone can feel they belong. It means encouraging professional growth and development. It means making true, lasting connections with your co-workers with celebrations, team building activities and engaging corporate events! It means creating a positive impact in our local communities through our Judgement Free Generation® philanthropic initiative. It means being part of a brand that you can be proud of!

For the past 25 years, we’ve helped millions of people in their fitness journey and revolutionized the industry along the way. And we’re just getting started!The PF Headquarters Information Systems team is searching for a Technology Operations Analyst/Administrator. About the Role:

As our Technology Operations Analyst/Administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring the various administrative and financial aspects of the technology organization are well-defined and well-executed. In this role you will work closely with the technology executive team to establish the proper controls and routines across the department and will handle the day to day administrative and operational deliverables. Your responsibilities will vary but will largely be focused on departmental operations, vendor operations, and financial operations. Specific goals include establishing departmental routines to drive efficiencies and ensuring compliance, enhancing the vendor management processes to improve scoping and expand tracking of third-party work, and to oversee the financial controls and routines within the department to ensure visibility to all technology spend.

In addition, you will be responsible for keeping the department in control through new routines, process, documentation, and frameworks and for reporting status to the technology management team on a regular basis. The successful candidate will have experience in similar roles and will be an excellent communicator, very well organized and methodical, and able to work independently yet easily takes direction from leadership and accomplishes tasks as assigned.

In this role you will:

Provide thought leadership and disciplined execution of the administrative and financial operations of the technology department

Establish standardized, best practice technology vendor management routines and disciplines, including

Work closely with the technology management team on statements of work to ensure they are consistent and complete across all engagements

Facilitate and oversee the conversion of statements of work into purchase orders for new and recurring technology spend

Secure and process new vendor documentation such as NDAs, new vendor forms, and W-9s

Implement new cost and resource tracking mechanisms with key vendors and service providers

Establish routines and provide oversight throughout the department to improve processes, drive efficiencies, and ensure compliance

Obtain/consolidate SOX documentation and evidence as assigned

Coordinate the publication of quarterly release notes across all technology programs to drive standardization and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completeness

Create departmental reporting and establish a schedule of activities that will be used to manage risks, budgets, and dependencies across the technical programs

Manage the ongoing technical financial tracking and planning, including

Act as the liaison to the Finance department working closely to ensure technology project tracking aligns to accounting requirements – look for ways to further improve and streamline the recurring processes

On a monthly basis, process accrual reporting and internal labor tracking reporting

Work closely with the technology management to draft technical memos and documentation that supports the financial accounting processes

Manage the annual department budget and forecasts, aligning the technology roadmap with projected spend

Process invoices with Accounts Payable after securing approvals and applying against approved, coded, purchase orders

About You:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience

3+ years of experience working in a similar administrative and financial role

Possesses a solid understanding of enterprise technology concepts, systems, processes, and organizational models

Experience with performing a range of functions including process definition, technical documentation, reporting, budgeting, vendor management, and process improvement

Demonstrated knowledge and experience in contract compliance, purchasing, and supply chain strong preferred

Proven experience in managing program budgets with a solid IT financial accounting understanding and application to software development and enterprise technologies

Conversant in technology and accounting with the ability to identify and apply the right frameworks to planning, measuring, and managing technology spend

Broad expertise with the effective application of business software (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook email and online calendar systems, web browsers, and internet applications

Experience with IT productivity tools such as Confluence, Jira, Slack, and Smartsheet

Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills

Adaptable with a focus on disciplined execution to ensure quality of deliverables, adherence to standards and continuous improvement of people, process, and tools

Comfortable indirectly leading and influencing resources, as well as directly owning tasks and troubleshooting issues

Ability to work collaboratively and independently and can easily take direction and priorities as assigned

Experience working in a franchisor/franchisee company environment a plus

More Reasons to Join Planet Fitness:

Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits package

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Childcare allowance

Generous vacation/holiday pay

Volunteer days off

Onsite gym complete with locker rooms and Black Card area

Free Black card and amazing exercise incentives

Cafe' that serves delicious, healthy breakfast and lunch options

Company-sponsored social events