Chief Financial Officer

About This Role

This Chief Financial Officer role is for a profitable multi-unit franchisee that is recapitalizing with institutional equity for the first time. The CFO will own all financial aspects of the company, including capital markets, lender and investor relationships, and integration of acquired restaurants. The first eighteen months will focus heavily on capital markets and integration, alongside controllership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the senior-lender relationship, including covenant certificates, reporting packages, amendments, and acquisition consents
• Prepare and defend covenant calculations, managing the transition from historical treatment
• Run the equity process alongside the CEO and capital-markets advisors, including data room, management presentation, diligence responses, term-sheet negotiation, and closing mechanics
• Serve as the investor’s primary finance contact, providing board materials, monthly packages, dividend and sweep mechanics, and buyback analysis
• Build and own the integrated financial model, ensuring all parties see one consistent set of numbers
• Rebuild period close to ensure financial data consistency across ledger and bank, including accrual completeness checks and reconciliation of franchisor sales feed to the general ledger

Requirements

• Experience in both capital markets/integration and controllership

Benefits

• Year-one milestone bonus up to $150,000 (upon recapitalization closed, lender amendment signed, Minnesota integrated, four quarters of covenant compliance)
• 40% target bonus thereafter
• Twelve months’ severance in the first twenty-four months
• Long-term incentive to be discussed at offer

Important Details

• Start: Immediate
• Direct reports: Controller, FP&A, accounts payable, payroll; outside accounting and tax advisors; capital-markets advisors
• Scope: 77 Jimmy John’s restaurants in seven states, ~$70M net sales; 89 on the Minnesota close in Q4 2026; a path to more than 150 Jimmy John’s restaurants and, beyond that, an additional brand

About the Company

Atlas is a profitable multi-unit franchisee that the brand has identified as one of its growth platforms.