Director of Finance & Business Performance

Accountabilities

• • Lead the finance function through a hands-on transformation, establishing strong processes, controls, reporting standards, and operating rhythms.
  • Take ownership of core financial operations, ensuring cash, payroll, compliance, and other critical financial responsibilities are properly controlled.
  • Build accurate, timely, and actionable financial reporting that gives leadership clear visibility into business performance.
  • Own annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash planning, and financial projections, continuously updating assumptions based on business performance.
  • Develop profitability reporting by location, brand, channel, and product to identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement.
  • Analyze unit economics and financial drivers to help leadership understand the factors influencing profitability and sustainable growth.
  • Evaluate pricing, promotions, investments, and strategic initiatives through robust financial models and business cases.
  • Partner with operational and commercial leaders to translate financial insights into practical actions and measurable business improvements.
  • Redesign finance team structures, systems, workflows, and internal controls to improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and accountability.
  • Introduce modern finance technologies, AI tools, and automation to streamline reporting, analysis, forecasting, and decision-making.
  • Establish clear financial performance metrics and ensure leadership has timely visibility into risks, opportunities, and key business trends.
  • Develop finance talent and build a sustainable succession plan, including the eventual development of a successor capable of taking ownership of the function.
  • Provide evidence-based financial guidance to senior executives and constructively challenge decisions when financial analysis indicates a different course of action.

  Requirements

  • Significant senior-level finance leadership experience, ideally with experience operating at CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent level.
  • Demonstrated success improving profitability, financial forecasting, cash management, reporting, and overall finance operations.
  • Strong commercial understanding, including pricing strategy, unit economics, investment analysis, profitability drivers, and business-case development.
  • Advanced, hands-on experience with AI, automation, modern finance technologies, and data-driven financial analysis.
  • Strong accounting and financial management knowledge, with a professional finance or accounting qualification strongly preferred.
  • Experience building or transforming finance functions, particularly in environments where processes and systems require significant improvement.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to turn complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to advise and challenge senior executives using objective evidence.
  • Experience working in a complex, multi-location hospitality, restaurant, retail, or food-service environment is a strong advantage.
  • Client-facing advisory, consulting, or financial transformation experience is a plus.
  • Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and operate in an evolving business environment.
  • A practical, hands-on approach and willingness to build systems and processes rather than simply manage existing ones.

  Benefits

  • HMO health insurance.
  • Paid time off (PTO).
  • Work-from-anywhere flexibility.
  • Opportunities for promotion and professional growth.
  • Potential for pay raises.
  • Significant autonomy and ownership over the finance function.
  • Opportunity to build and transform a finance organization from the ground up.
  • Potential to expand into broader strategic responsibilities as the business and portfolio evolve.