Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key executive leader responsible for the financial health, strategic planning, and administrative leadership of Joseph's Classic Market and Joseph's Foods. This position requires prior leadership experience in grocery, food retail, food manufacturing, or a similarly complex multi-location food business.

The CFO oversees all corporate office functions, including Accounting, Finance, Purchasing, Pricing, and Administration, while serving as a strategic business partner to ownership and senior leadership. This role ensures the company maintains strong financial controls, develops future leaders, achieves profitability goals, and executes key business initiatives that support growth and operational excellence.

In addition to leading the corporate office team, the CFO provides strategic and financial oversight to all retail locations and commissary operations, ensuring alignment between financial objectives and operational execution.

This position is based at our Palm Beach Gardens corporate office.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership

• Serve as a member of the executive leadership team and participate in strategic planning and decision-making.
• Partner with ownership and executive team to develop and execute the company's long-term vision and growth strategy.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability across the organization.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Evaluate business opportunities, capital investments, new store development, and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with leadership to establish company priorities, objectives, and performance expectations.

Corporate Office Leadership

• Lead and oversee all corporate office functions, including Accounting, Finance, Purchasing, Pricing, and Administration.
• Ensure the organization has the people, processes, systems, and controls necessary to support current operations and future growth.
• Develop department leaders and create accountability for achieving company objectives.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators across all corporate office functions.
• Drive process improvement, technology adoption, reporting enhancements, and organizational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with all financial, regulatory, employment, and company policy requirements.
• Foster collaboration and alignment across departments to support company-wide initiatives and goals.

Retail Operations Oversight

• Provide financial and strategic oversight for all retail store operations.
• Partner with Operations leadership to improve sales, profitability, labor productivity, inventory management, customer service, and overall store performance.
• Review key operating metrics and financial results to identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
• Support store growth initiatives, capital projects, and operational enhancements.
• Ensure retail operations remain aligned with company financial objectives and long-term strategic goals.
• Assist in the development and execution of strategies to improve margins, productivity, and customer experience.

Commissary & Manufacturing Oversight

• Provide financial and strategic oversight for Joseph's Foods commissary and manufacturing operations.
• Partner with commissary leadership to improve production planning, labor productivity, yields, inventory management, food cost controls, and overall profitability.
• Support the development of scalable systems, processes, and reporting to facilitate growth.
• Evaluate capital investments, automation opportunities, shelf-life initiatives, and operational improvements.
• Ensure commissary operations align with company financial objectives and support the needs of the retail business.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, quality, and profitability.

Financial Stewardship & Strategic Planning

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial reporting.
• Provide ownership and leadership with timely, accurate, and actionable insights to support decision-making.
• Monitor profitability, margins, labor productivity, working capital, inventory investment, and return on investment.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic decisions and growth initiatives.
• Maintain strong internal controls, risk management practices, and financial discipline across the organization.
• Oversee banking relationships, insurance programs, audits, tax compliance, and other financial obligations.
• Support strategic planning and long-term business growth initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Executive leadership experience in grocery retail, specialty food retail, supermarket operations, food manufacturing, commissary production, or food distribution is required.
• Experience leading finance and operations within a multi-location environment is required.
• Prior experience as a CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, Director of Finance, or equivalent senior leadership role.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in finance, accounting, operations, or executive management.
• Demonstrated success driving operational improvements, profitability, and business growth.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, treasury management, and business operations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and develop future leaders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA and/or CPA preferred.

Benefits Include:

• Positive Work Environment
• Competitive Pay
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off & Personal Days
• 20% Employee Discount