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Amazing Brands · 22 hours ago

Chief Financial Officer

Amazing Brands is a founder-led, multi-brand restaurant platform seeking a Chief Financial Officer to build financial leverage and decision velocity as the company scales. The role involves direct ownership of financial operations, including accounting, payroll, budgeting, and technology economics, while partnering closely with operations and IT.

Food & Beverages
Hiring Manager
David Goldman
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Responsibilities

Oversight of Senior Controller and accounting operations
Accuracy, timeliness, and scalability of financial reporting
Payroll strategy, accuracy, compliance, and labor cost visibility
Alignment across Paycom, labor reporting, and financial systems
Full ownership of annual budgets and reforecasts
Lead rolling forecasts and long-range financial planning
Partner with Operations, IT, and Development on budget discipline
Ensure spend aligns with strategic priorities and ROI
Liquidity planning, working capital discipline, and cash controls
Banking relationships and cash visibility during growth
Financial oversight of corporate-owned new store development and construction
CapEx budgeting, cost tracking, and ROI / payback discipline
Early identification of cost overruns and timeline risk
Underwrite new opportunities including: Corporate-owned new store openings, Market expansions, New concepts or brand extensions, Strategic partnerships, Build and pressure-test pro formas and return profiles
Own finance systems strategy across: Restaurant365, Sage, Paycom, POS platforms (Toast, Aloha, or similar)
Work alongside IT to evaluate, budget, and prioritize: Technology platforms, Data warehouses, BI tools, AI and automation initiatives
Ensure technology and AI investments are: Budgeted, ROI-driven, Scalable, Operationally adopted
Budget accuracy and discipline
Quality of underwriting on new corporate-owned growth
Predictability of margins, labor, and cash flow
ROI from technology and AI investments
Financial infrastructure that scales regionally and nationally
Trust and effectiveness with Operations and IT

Qualification

Multi-unit restaurant experienceBudget ownershipTechnology fluencyFinancial reporting accuracyCash managementAIAutomation initiativesOperational disciplineCollaboration with ITStrategic partnershipsLeadership experience

Required

Has scaled corporate-owned, multi-unit restaurant businesses
Is comfortable in a founder-led environment
Has a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality
Partners daily with the COO, Operations, and IT
Uses technology, data, and AI as leverage—not buzzwords
Ownership over delegation
Operator-first thinking
Founder-compatible
Ops-embedded
Technology-literate and budget-disciplined
Oversight of Senior Controller and accounting operations
Accuracy, timeliness, and scalability of financial reporting
Payroll strategy, accuracy, compliance, and labor cost visibility
Alignment across Paycom, labor reporting, and financial systems
Full ownership of annual budgets and reforecasts
Lead rolling forecasts and long-range financial planning
Partner with Operations, IT, and Development on budget discipline
Ensure spend aligns with strategic priorities and ROI
Liquidity planning, working capital discipline, and cash controls
Banking relationships and cash visibility during growth
Financial oversight of corporate-owned new store development and construction
CapEx budgeting, cost tracking, and ROI / payback discipline
Early identification of cost overruns and timeline risk
Underwrite new opportunities including corporate-owned new store openings, market expansions, new concepts or brand extensions, strategic partnerships
Build and pressure-test pro formas and return profiles
Own finance systems strategy across Restaurant365, Sage, Paycom, POS platforms (Toast, Aloha, or similar)
Work alongside IT to evaluate, budget, and prioritize technology platforms, data warehouses, BI tools, AI and automation initiatives
Ensure technology and AI investments are budgeted, ROI-driven, scalable, operationally adopted
Budget accuracy and discipline
Quality of underwriting on new corporate-owned growth
Predictability of margins, labor, and cash flow
ROI from technology and AI investments
Financial infrastructure that scales regionally and nationally
Trust and effectiveness with Operations and IT
10–20 years of progressive finance leadership
Significant multi-unit, corporate-owned restaurant experience (required)
Prior CFO or VP Finance role in an operating business
Experience owning budgets across Ops, IT, and Development
Strong technology, data, and AI fluency
Comfortable in founder-led environments

Benefits

Significant performance-based bonus
Potential equity participation

Company

Amazing Brands

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Amazing Brands is focused on acquiring, reimagining and growing the most craveable, delectable, mouthwatering food and beverage concepts in the world.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
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