Chief Financial Officer, Unbridled Companies

Chief Financial Officer

Cañon City, Colorado
· Full-time, on-site
· Reports to the Founder

The role in one sentence: Come build the financial home for a family of companies that are trying to do good by doing well. You will live in Cañon City, care for the numbers the way we care for people, and help every brand outside our brands feel supported, empowered, and ready for what is next.

Unbridled Companies is the hub. Our brands stay close to their craft, and they plug into shared finance, people, and infrastructure so they do not have to build those functions from scratch. Our mission is Doing Good by Doing Well. We practice a 20/20/60 model: 20 percent to philanthropy through Unbridled ACTS, 20 percent reinvested for the future, and 60 percent to the people and partners who do the work.

This role sits at the hub, not inside a single brand. You will serve our hospitality companies, our real estate holdings, our newer operating businesses, our wealth company, and Unbridled ACTS when they need you. You will also stand up finance for brands we have not launched yet. Our live events companies keep their own finance team. You do not need that industry background.

What you do need is the judgment of a seasoned financial leader who can learn a new business quickly and treat each one with respect.

This is a hands-on CFO seat. You will have support, including an Assistant Controller on the hospitality side, and you will still be close to the work: the close, the cash, the conversations with operators, and the relationship with our founder. We are looking for someone who is both expert and kind. Someone who can hold a high standard without making people feel small.

This role is based in Cañon City, at 425 Main Street. We work in person because the businesses are here, the people are here, and the best decisions happen when we can sit down together. If Cañon City can become home for you, we would love to talk.

Cañon City is one of Colorado's better-kept secrets, at the gateway to the Royal Gorge. The Arkansas River runs through town. There is gold-medal fly fishing, climbing at Shelf Road, historic Main Street, and a community that takes care of its own. Hotel St. Cloud is the four-star address on the block. It is a real mountain-town life paired with a real operating job.

You will lead finance for a multi-entity group of operating companies. That means clean books, reliable reporting, thoughtful cash management, and a benefits program worthy of the people who work here. You will partner with brand leaders who know their craft better than they know a balance sheet. Your job is to make the numbers understandable, timely, and useful, and to protect the health of the whole while each brand does its work.

• Own accounting and reporting across multiple legal entities, bank accounts, and brands.
• Maintain a consistent chart of accounts and accurate intercompany activity.
• Lead a dependable month-end close and deliver clear monthly financial packages.
• Manage cash: short-term forecasts, payables, receivables, and timing of major obligations.
• Build and maintain financial models, including cash forecasts and brand-level profit and loss statements.
• Review weekly operating results with brand leaders (labor, cost of sales, and other key drivers).
• Support project and property accounting, including budgets, vendor activity, and lender or banking requirements.
• Oversee payroll review and backup so compensation, time, and related taxes are accurate.
• Manage credit cards, banking relationships, insurance payments, and other recurring financial commitments.
• Coordinate with outside CPAs so tax filings are complete, timely, and based on clean records.
• Help open the books for new brands: entity setup, banking, accounting system, payroll path, and reporting.
• Improve systems and processes as the group grows. Experience with common small-business and hospitality tools is helpful; the ability to learn and implement them is required.

By December 31, 2026, you will lead the redesign and launch of the Unbridled Companies benefits package. That work…