Senior Accountant, Franchise Accounting

Pay: $90,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Turn your franchise accounting expertise into a role with influence beyond the monthly close.
• Help shape smarter accounting technology using the practical knowledge you already bring to the job.
• Join a growing company offering equity participation and a defined path toward accounting team leadership.
• Bring your experience from an accounting firm, bookkeeping provider, or franchise operator into a technology-driven environment. Prior startup or AI experience is not required.

Location: New York, NY. This hybrid opportunity combines in-person collaboration with flexibility. Candidates near NYC or willing to relocate are strongly preferred; remote arrangements may be considered for exceptional candidates.

Note: Candidates must have 3+ years of direct multi-unit franchise accounting experience supporting restaurant or retail businesses, including recurring, end-to-end close ownership. This is a hands-on individual contributor role today, with a path toward leadership.

About Us

Confidential Employer.

We're a growing financial technology company helping business operators simplify their financial operations. Our team combines practical accounting expertise with smarter tools to deliver reliable books and clearer financial insights. We're looking for someone who knows franchise accounting and wants a meaningful voice in how it evolves.

Job Description

• Own recurring month-end closes for multi-unit franchise businesses, reviewing and finalizing system-prepared books.
• Investigate discrepancies, correct classifications, and validate automated journal entries and reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate, GAAP-compliant accrual books across multiple entities, including consolidations and intercompany activity.
• Reconcile POS sales to bank deposits, accounting for discounts, delivery-platform deductions, processor fees, tips, chargebacks, and timing differences.
• Post payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll activity to provider records.
• Partner with our product and technology teams to improve accounting workflows, inform product decisions, and help our AI tools learn from your expertise.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of multi-unit restaurant or retail franchise accounting experience.
• Proven ownership of the full close process in QuickBooks Online, Restaurant365, Sage Intacct, or comparable software.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-entity accrual accounting, consolidations, intercompany transactions, POS reconciliation, and payroll accounting.
• Active CPA licensure, multi-state sales tax experience, and experience training or supervising accountants are preferred, not required.

Why You Will Love Working Here

Your accounting judgment will help shape both the customer experience and the tools our team builds. Enjoy meaningful ownership, opportunities to learn, and room to grow into leadership as our customer base expands. We offer competitive base pay plus equity, paid time off, healthcare coverage, HSA/FSA options, and a 401(k).

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Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance