Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Our client is a boutique, design-forward hospitality group in active growth mode across the Phoenix, Tucson, and Gilbert markets. The group is known for creating immersive, high-end dining and social concepts rooted in strong design, hospitality, and culture — not fast-casual, formulaic operations

.
The company is scaling quickly, with several new full-service restaurant and social club concepts opening over the next several months, plus an active acquisition of an additional multi-unit restaurant business generating over $5 million in revenue. Backed by a growing group of private investors, the group is targeting $7 million in project funding to support this next phase of growth, moving from a single flagship concept into a true multi-brand portfoli

o.
The culture is built around sustainable leadership: a 50-hour workweek standard for staff (not a 60-70 hour grind), profit sharing, and real ownership potential on both the property and concept side for the leaders who help build the busine

ss.
This role is being created so ownership can step back from day-to-day financial oversight and focus on high-level strategy, land deals, and future growth. The Controller will own the financial side of the business as it moves through an active growth phase — several new restaurant openings underway, plus an additional acquisition in progress generating over $5 million in reve

nue.
This is a hands-on, systems-driven role, not a bookkeeping position. The Controller will build and maintain the financial infrastructure that lets ownership and investors trust the numbers as the company scales from a single flagship concept into a true multi-brand portfolio. Direct experience with Restaurant 365 is required — this is a systems-oriented organization, and Excel-only backgrounds will not be a

fit.
This is an opportunity to build the financial backbone of a company in the middle of real, well-funded expansion, with direct access to ownership and a clear path to grow alongside the bus

iness.
Be

• nefits:
  
  Health insurance (medical, dental, and
• vision)
  Mental health days / dedicated wellness time off, separate from stand
• ard PTOProfit
• sharing
  
  Ownership potential on property and/or concept side for key
• leaders
  50-hour workweek standard supporting sustainable, healthy lea

dership
Day in t

• he Life:
  
  Own day-to-day accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting across a growing multi-concept p
• ortfolio
  
  Manage all financials in Restaurant 365, including reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting accuracy across current and newly opened l
• ocations
  
  Build and maintain cash flow forecasts and budgets, flagging risks or shortfalls to ownership pro
• actively
  
  Prepare investor-ready financial reporting and support ownership in communicating financial performance to the invest
• or group
  
  Manage accounts payable/receivable, payroll coordination, and vendor payment processes across l
• ocations
  
  Support financial due diligence on new restaurant openings and business acquisitions, including modeling projected per
• formance
  
  Partner with regional and location leadership on labor cost, food cost, and other KPI tracking to protect
• margins
  
  Establish and enforce financial controls, approval processes, and reporting standards as the company adds new l
• ocations
  
  Coordinate with outside accountants, auditors, and legal/tax advisors a
• s needed
  
  Help build out finance department infrastructure and processes as the organization grows beyond a single-concept o

peration
Requ

• irements:5+ years of accounting/finance leadership experience, ideally as a Controller in multi-unit restaurant or hospitality o
• perations
  
  Hands-on experience with Restaurant 365
• required
  
  Strong month-end close, financial reporting, and cash flow management e
• xperience
  
  Systems-oriented, professional approach to financial management — not reliant on basic spr
• eadsheets
  
  Experience supporting new unit openings and/or acquisitions from a financial due-diligence s
• tandpoint
  
  Comfortable reporting directly to ownership and communicating with outside
• investors
  
  Background with boutique or high-end restaurant groups
• preferred
  
  Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA a plus but not