Sr. VP of Finance

Description

Job Overview

The SVP of Finance serves as the senior finance leader for GBC Food Services and its affiliated entities (subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other controlled or partially owned entities). This role owns enterprise financial strategy, accounting integrity, consolidated reporting, treasury, tax, audit, risk, and board materials—partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Franchise Development, and Client (host location) Relations to drive profitable unit economics, and scalable growth across a multi-entity structure.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Leads Corporate Accounting/Controller, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Payroll, and Financial Systems/ERP. Direct oversight of Directors/Managers; indirect leadership of analysts and shared-services staff. Manages external audit, tax, banking, insurance, valuation, and advisory partners across all entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial strategy & planning: Own AOP/LRP, monthly/quarterly forecasts, and KPI dashboards      across parent and affiliates; standardize planning calendars and      assumptions across entities.
• Consolidation & accounting: Ensure      accurate, timely closes for each entity; perform eliminations;      maintain multi-entity GAAP policies; manage intercompany      transactions, transfer pricing, and management-fee/allocations; coordinate      external audits and statutory filings.
• Entity governance & structure: Partner with Legal on entity formations, mergers,      dissolutions, capitalization tables, minority interests, and governance      documentation; maintain updated org charts and Delegation of Authority      matrices by entity.
• Treasury & capital: Centralize      liquidity where appropriate; manage cash pooling/IC loans, credit      facilities, and covenant compliance at both consolidated and      entity levels; support M&A diligence/integration, including      opening/closing bank accounts and integrating POS/ERP and payroll.
• Tax strategy: Oversee      federal/state/local income and franchise taxes, sales/use tax, and multi-entity nexus;      coordinate with advisors on structure optimization and compliance      calendars.
• Franchise & host location economics: Build/refine unit-level P&Ls for kiosks      in grocery/host locations; optimize pricing, royalties, rebates,      promotions, COGS, labor models, and product mix; assess ROI for      menu/market pilots. Ensure timely and accurate franchise accounting      payments.
• Operational finance: Partner      with Operations to improve forecasting accuracy, throughput, shrink,      waste, and inventory turns; standardize kiosk reporting and labor      scheduling economics across entities/markets.
• Client & franchisee partnership: Support national/regional grocery clients and franchisees on      commercial terms, SLA scorecards, and joint business planning; assist in      pricing negotiations and new market entries.
• Systems & data: Own multi-entity      ERP roadmap (e.g., NetSuite) including chart-of-accounts design,      entity/subsidiary hierarchies, consolidations, POS integrations, and BI      governance.
• Risk & insurance: Lead      ERM (product, operational, cyber, contractual) and right-size coverages by      entity; oversee claims and broker relationships.
• Policies & controls: Maintain      internal controls, SOX-lite frameworks as needed, and policies for      T&E, procurement, contract review, and intercompany SLAs.
• Leadership & culture: Build      a high-performing, service-minded finance team; coach leaders, succession      plan, and drive continuous improvement.

Competencies

• Strategic enterprise mindset; mastery of multi-entity      consolidations and board-ready storytelling.
• Advanced modeling/analytics; decisive operator in high-growth,      ambiguous settings.
• Credibility with operators, franchisees, clients, lenders,      auditors, and minority partners.
• Change leadership in process design and systems enablement.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Expert proficiency in FP&A, GAAP accounting, multi-entity      consolidations, treasury, and internal controls.
• Advanced Excel/modeling; ERP proficiency (NetSuite preferred),      POS/BI integration experience.
• Strong negotiation/contract structuring (banking, insurance,      client/vendor).
• Exceptional executi