Chief Financial Officer - Restaurants (Tampa)

Overview

The Chief Financial Officer will serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and private equity sponsors in a fast growing, multi unit restaurant platform. This role is responsible for leading all financial strategy, reporting, and execution while supporting value creation initiatives across operations, development, and M&A. The CFO will bring institutional rigor, strong business judgment, and the ability to operate in a high accountability, performance driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long range modeling for the platform
• Own unit level economics, margin improvement initiatives, and enterprise level profitability
• Partner closely with operations to drive labor optimization, food cost control, and overhead discipline
• Oversee accounting, controllership, tax, treasury, and internal controls to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to private equity sponsors and board members
• Lead cash flow management, liquidity planning, and lender relationships
• Support M&A activity including financial diligence, integration planning, and post acquisition performance tracking
• Build scalable financial infrastructure to support rapid growth, new unit development, and acquisitions
• Evaluate and implement technology systems to improve reporting, visibility, and decision making
• Lead and develop a high performing finance and accounting team

Qualifications

What Success Looks Like