Chief Financial Officer

Atlas Franchise Management•Scottsdale, AZ

25d•$225,000 - $275,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Atlas Group is hiring a Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function through an institutional equity recapitalization, a senior-lender amendment and covenant reset, the acquisition and integration of 12 Minnesota restaurants, and further growth toward more than 150 Jimmy John’s restaurants and a potential additional brand. The role reports to the Chief Executive Officer and is based at the company’s Scottsdale, Arizona headquarters in a hybrid arrangement, with regular travel to the markets. The CFO oversees the Controller, FP&A, accounts payable, and payroll, as well as outside accounting and tax advisors and capital-markets advisors. The CFO will own the senior-lender relationship, covenant reporting and amendment, equity process and subsequent investor relationship, resolution of legacy balance-sheet obligations, acquisition underwriting and integration, and monthly financial reporting to the lender, franchisor, and investor. The role will rebuild period close and reporting controls, manage multi-state sales tax compliance, and maintain the finance schema and financial-analysis tooling in the company’s data platform. The CFO will partner with operations on the committable program, lead budgeting and cash forecasting, and lead the finance team and outside advisors. Success in the first eighteen months includes closing the equity raise and retiring legacy obligations, signing the lender amendment and maintaining covenant headroom, integrating Minnesota on Atlas reporting and cost standards, delivering monthly reporting within ten days of period close, and underwriting and closing a subsequent acquisition. Compensation is a $225,000–$275,000 base salary depending on experience, a year-one milestone bonus of up to $150,000, a 40% target bonus thereafter, and twelve months’ severance protection in the first twenty-four months. A long-term incentive will be discussed at offer. The position is to start immediately.

Requirements

Ten or more years of progressive finance leadership, including at least three years as CFO, VP Finance, or equivalent in a multi-unit restaurant, retail, or franchise business.
Direct experience leading a senior-lender amendment or covenant reset as the borrower’s finance lead.
Hands-on experience with a capital raise or recapitalization, including data room, diligence, term-sheet negotiation, and closing.
Fluency in credit-agreement mechanics, including EBITDA definitions and add-backs, fixed charge coverage, rent-adjusted leverage, mandatory prepayments, and consents.
Experience integrating acquired restaurant groups onto a common chart of accounts.
A record of fixing period close and reporting controls in a business where both needed improvement.
Experience with multi-state sales and use tax compliance.
SQL skills.

Nice To Haves

Franchisee experience in a national QSR system, including familiarity with franchisor reporting feeds, royalty and ad-fund mechanics, and transfer processes.
Experience structuring preferred equity from the company side, including liquidation preferences, cash and PIK dividends, ratchets, and participation.
Experience adding a second concept to an established single-brand platform.
CPA or equivalent.
Experience with a Supabase- or Postgres-based reporting stack.

Responsibilities

Own the senior-lender relationship, including covenant certificates, reporting packages, the lender amendment through signing, and acquisition consents.
Prepare and defend covenant calculations using the written credit-agreement definitions and agreed add-back schedule, and manage the transition from historical treatment.
Run the equity process with the CEO and capital-markets advisors, including the data room, management presentation, diligence responses, preferred-equity term-sheet negotiation, closing mechanics, lender consents, and KYC.
Serve as the investor’s primary finance contact after closing, preparing board materials and monthly reporting and managing dividend, sweep, and buyback analysis.
Build and own an integrated financial model covering operating cases, quarterly covenant projections, sources and uses, and investor returns.
Rebuild period close so reporting ties to the ledger and the ledger ties to the bank; institute vendor-invoice accrual completeness checks, franchisor sales-feed reconciliations, and a restatement log.
Deliver monthly reporting from the ledger to the lender, franchisor, and investor within ten days of period close.
Own multi-state sales tax compliance, including collection, remittance, and reconciliation of collected tax to liability each period.
Maintain the finance schema and financial-analysis tooling in the company’s data platform in coordination with internal engineering.
Lead financial diligence and integration for acquired restaurants, including chart-of-accounts mapping, seller pro forma reconciliation, labor and food-cost normalization, and 100-day plan tracking.
Underwrite the acquisition pipeline on a common basis readable by the lender and investor.
Partner with operations on the committable program and report weekly progress against the bank-case plan.
Own the budget at bank-case margins, maintain the budget case alongside it, run the weekly cash committee, manage the thirteen-week cash forecast, and rank vendor payments.
Lead the finance team and outside advisors, establishing accountability for the numbers produced by the team.
Represent the CEO’s position with the lender, franchisor, and investor when needed, and communicate material concerns to the CEO and board early.