Job Details

Summary:

The role of the Franchise Accounting Consultant is to serve as a knowledgeable and consultative support to our system of franchisees, their teams and other Home Office departments in all areas of accounting, financial analysis, budgeting and cash flow forecasting and overall system vision and goals. 

Duties/Essential Job Functions:

• Provide assistance and serve as a consultant to franchises for general accounting and QuickBooks related questions/concerns

• Provide financial statement analysis and opinion on financial healthDevelop action plans and perform comprehensive financial engagements with franchises as assigned

  • Review the overall financial health of locations; effectively educate and communicate areas for improvement and usage of other financial tools

  • Perform cash flow and ratio analysis

  • Identify process and/or internal control deficiencies and make recommendations to resolve; retrain as necessary

  • Perform budget to actual and benchmark to actual analysis and make recommendations accordingly

• Provide monthly bookkeeping services for franchisees as assignedResponsible for delivering training regarding accounting best practices, budgeting, cash flow planning and QuickBooks functionality

  • Review overall financial statements, ratios and trends of locations

  • Perform monthly reconciliations and create necessary journal entries for month end close

  • Communicate with franchisee and internal departments while coordinating efforts during month end close as to status of their financial performance

  • Provide support to franchisees for bookkeeping/accounting related questions

  • Provide training/educational tools based on feedback/experience with franchisees as to their bookkeeping needs

  • Report on month end outcomes to Department Manager, Controller and CFO

• Other QuickBooks/accounting/finance -related activities, as deemed appropriate by the Department Manager