Franchise Accountant

Step into a high-visibility accounting role where your work directly supports successful franchise owners across the U.S. and Canada. As a Franchise Accountant on our One Finance team, you will own full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of City Wide franchise locations and become a trusted financial partner to entrepreneurs and leaders.

This on-site, full-time position is ideal for a detail-oriented accountant who enjoys both heads-down work and client-facing interaction, and who wants a path to grow into senior, supervisory, or controller-level opportunities over time.

• Deliver full-charge accounting services for a portfolio of City Wide franchise locations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and consistent financials that franchisees rely on to make decisions.
• Take ownership of daily and monthly accounting: customer billing (contract and non-contract), vendor payments, accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking activity, credit card reconciliations, and balance sheet reconciliations, with expectations for high invoice accuracy and 100% monthly completion.
• Support payroll processing and sales/use tax reporting across multiple states and provinces, and drive a smooth month-end close (journal entries, accruals, reconciliations) within 5 business days.
• Prepare accurate monthly financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow) for each assigned franchise and support annual budgets and rolling forecasts with the Franchise Controller and franchise owners.
• Build dashboards and reporting using tools like Solver and Power BI to give franchisees clear, actionable insight into trends, profitability, and cash flow.
• Act as a primary accounting resource to franchise owners and their teams, responding within defined service-level timelines, joining financial review meetings, and supporting external audit and information requests.
• Spot opportunities to improve internal controls, reduce errors, streamline workflows, and support ERP and reporting automation projects that make life easier for both the finance team and the franchises.

• Month-end close completed within 5 business days on a consistent basis.
• High billing accuracy and timely completion of reconciliations each month.
• Fast, professional resolution of accounting inquiries and audit requests within agreed timelines.
• Positive feedback from franchise owners and contribution to overall franchise scorecard metrics, including People, Franchise Satisfaction, Revenue Growth, and EBITDA.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.
• 2+ years of hands-on, full-cycle accounting experience; experience with multi-entity, franchise, or client-based accounting is a strong plus.
• Strong ERP skills (Microsoft Dynamics/Business Central ideal), with additional exposure to Solver or Power BI considered a bonus.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas) and comfort working with large data sets.
• A
  service
  -oriented mindset, strong communication skills, and confidence working directly with business owners.
• Meticulous attention to detail, a passion for accuracy, and a natural curiosity to improve processes and challenge “the way it’s always been done.”

• Direct impact:
  Your work helps franchise owners understand their numbers, grow their businesses, and take care of their teams.
• Variety and challenge:
  Support multiple locations, each with unique dynamics, while building deep expertise in multi-entity accounting.
• Growth potential:
  Develop skills in ERP systems, analytics tools like Power BI, and franchise finance, opening doors to senior accountant and controller paths.
• Collaborative environment:
  Join a finance team that values continuous improvement, knowledge-sharing, and supporting each other through busy close cycles.

If you’re ready to move beyond a typical back-office role and become a key financial partner to growing franchise businesses, apply today for the Franchise Accountant position.

City Wide Franchise offers a competitive compensation structure to include bonus and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance,…