Summer Associate

Summer Associate

Fort Wayne, IN

Job Summary

Delight Restaurant Group is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Summer Associate to join our team for Summer 2025. This internship is an exciting opportunity for a current college student to gain real-world experience by contributing to strategic financial analysis and supporting business initiatives across our organization.

This paid internship will provide hands-on experience working directly with senior leaders and analysts on key projects that influence company growth and performance. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, analytical, and enthusiastic about using data to drive business decisions in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial & Business Analysis (70%)

• Assist in preparing financial models and data visualizations to evaluate operational performance, investment decisions, and margin improvement opportunities.
• Support restaurant-level benchmarking projects, identifying trends across markets and brands.
• Collaborate with the Finance and Accounting teams to tie out P&L line items and investigate key cost drivers.
• Analyze commodity pricing trends (e.g., beef, chicken, packaging) and their impact on financial outcomes.

Strategic Projects & Initiatives (30%)

Requirements & Qualifications

Additional Details

About Delight Restaurant Group

Delight Restaurant Group is a growth-oriented restaurant company with a strong focus on running excellent operations by investing in people and facilities. We operate 230+ Wendy’s and Taco Bell restaurants with $525+ million of revenue across 8 states including : Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.

Our mission is to be the leading restaurant franchisee in the world.

Delight has raised and donated over $5.0 million for charitable organizations.

Delight’s Philosophy

GREAT PEOPLE are at the core of our business. We pride ourselves in running a meritocracy where success is recognized and rewarded. We look to promote our team from within and make examples of people every day as they achieve their professional goals. We are committed to the TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT of our team so we can execute STRONG SYSTEMS that allow us to run great operations and have DELIGHTED CUSTOMERS. This results in GROWING RESTAURANTS that allow us to invest in new development and acquisitions which create further OPPORTUNITY for our team.

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Position Information

Company : Delight TB Indiana Management LLC

Position : Summer Associate

Status : Seasonal

Shift : First (Day)

Req # : 10579498

Date Posted : April 30, 2025

Location : 7719 Southtown Crossing, Fort Wayne, US, IN, 46816

Job Category : Area Management