Why This Role Stands Out
- Be the foundation: This is the company’s first internal accounting hire — a true builder’s role where you’ll establish structure, processes, and controls from day one.
- High visibility: Direct partnership with the CFO, VP of Finance, and operations leaders across the business.
- Growth-minded environment: The company has doubled locations in the past year and aims to expand nationally next year.
- People-first culture: A genuinely caring team environment — supportive, collaborative, and grounded, from the corporate office to every kitchen.
What You’ll Do
- Lead all day-to-day accounting operations, including AR/AP, reconciliations, and period-end close.
- Design and implement scalable accounting systems and processes as the organization grows.
- Partner closely with operations to ensure timely vendor payments, accurate P&Ls for each location, and clear communication across departments.
- Support quarterly reviews and coordinate with external accounting partners.
- Prepare financial reports and analysis in collaboration with finance leadership.
- Ensure GAAP compliance and maintain strong internal controls.
- Lead annual independent audit processes and tax provision preparation, ensuring accurate and compliant reporting across all direct and indirect tax areas.
What You’ll Bring
- CPA with a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
- 7–10 years of experience, including public accounting from a well-known firm.
- Proven background in multi-unit industries —ideally restaurant, retail, or healthcare.
- Strong operational accounting skills and comfort working hands-on in a high-growth, fast-moving business.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and the confidence to build systems, not just maintain them.
What’s Offered
- Competitive base salary plus likely equity and bonus potential.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO and holidays.
- Hybrid work schedule: 3–4 days onsite in the Westside LA area.
- Real opportunity to shape the accounting function and grow your career alongside an expanding national brand.
Top Skills
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
