URGENT: Comptroller

Remote (USA) | Full-Time, Salaried Exempt

Hawaiian Bros Island Grill is one of the fastest-growing restaurant companies in the country — a rapidly expanding footprint, 250 units signed, and 11 franchise partners. We're looking for a Controller to own the accounting engine behind that growth.

This one is the whole engine: the period close, daily treasury, franchise royalty and gift card economics, audit readiness, and the debt, equity, and cap table workpapers — across four entities and a thirteen-period fiscal calendar. You'll inherit documented runbooks, an engaged CFO, and an executive team that has already committed to rebuilding accounting around AI leverage — with you owning the rebuild.

The Controller owns the workflows, prompts, and controls around it, keeps them documented, and keeps human review on everything that posts. We are not looking for an AI hobbyist — we're looking for someone that has already engineered their first procedural revolution (a close shortened, a reconciliation reinvented, a workflow rebuilt), or who is operating AI tools at an advanced level in real accounting work today.

Lead the period close across multiple entities and our 13-period fiscal calendar, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.

Oversee reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, intercompany activity, consolidations, and financial statement preparation.

Manage daily cash forecasting, treasury activity, banking relationships, and payment controls.

Oversee weekly accounts payable and disbursement processes, maintaining appropriate segregation of duties.

Manage accounting for franchise royalties, advertising funds, development fees, and the company-wide gift card program.

Own key tax, compliance, audit, debt, equity, and cap table processes and workpapers.

Lead and develop the accounting team while building clear ownership, documentation, and cross‑training across critical processes.

Own and improve AI‑assisted accounting workflows, with appropriate documentation, controls, and human review.

Partner with the CFO, executive leadership, auditors, banking partners, franchise partners, and teams across the organization.

Active CPA license (required).

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of a full period close.

End-to-end ownership of an external audit relationship, planning through issuance.

Experience leading and developing accounting team members.

Strong multi-entity accounting experience, including intercompany activity and consolidation.

Experience with complex debt and equity: Current, hands‑on use of AI in real accounting workflows — with the review discipline to match.

Franchise and/or gift card accounting experience.

A track record of shortening a close, redesigning reconciliations, or improving accounting processes.

100% company‑paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

Company‑paid short‑term and long‑term disability and group life insurance

Remote work

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