Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
As Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you’ll ensure tight control of unit economics, a clear read on performance each week, and a finance engine that scales with our dining room energy. You’ll partner with leadership to drive strategy, safeguard profitability, and create systems that empower our operators to win.
Requirements:
Major Responsibilities:
- Own the company-wide financial plan and ensure a clear line of sight from strategy to store results.
- Build a simple, reliable reporting rhythm with visibility into sales, prime cost, cash flow, and capital—close to real time.
- Shape and drive the annual plan, quarterly forecasts, and weekly flash reviews with clean variance calls and clear next actions.
- Improve unit economics by focusing on sales mix, cost of goods, labor leverage, and controllables.
- Lead capital planning and new-unit underwriting with development and operations—protecting returns as we grow.
- Modernize systems and data. Select and implement tools for accounting, inventory, labor, and dashboards that scale with the brand.
- Enforce and strengthen controls, policies, and audit readiness without slowing the business.
- Build and lead a sharp, service-oriented finance team that operators trust and rely on.
- Serve as a key partner to the CEO and leadership team; prepare board-ready materials and investor updates.
Requirements:
- 10+ years in finance/accounting with meaningful CFO experience in multi-unit restaurants or hospitality.
- Proven track record of improving unit economics at scale and delivering accurate, timely reporting.
- Fluent in restaurant math: sales mix, prime cost, labor models, inventory & yield, capital planning.
- Thrives in a high-energy brand with strong guest experience and an even stronger culture.
- Builder mindset: designs systems and playbooks that are simple, repeatable, and trusted.
- Clear, confident communicator with the polish to work with founders, leaders, and investors.
Physical Demands:
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Must be able to work in a climate controlled, office environment.
- Ability to read and write in English in order to process paperwork and follow up on any actions necessary.
- Must be able to frequently stand, walk, give & receive oral communication, bend, squat and reach above shoulder level.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time, type and organize.
- Manual dexterity needed for keyboarding and other repetitive tasks.
- Must be able to lift/carry up to 20 lbs.
Disclaimer:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned, at any time with or without notice.