Franchise Accountant

Step into a high-visibility accounting role where your work directly supports successful franchise owners across the U.S. and Canada. As a Franchise Accountant on our OneFinance team, you will own full-cycle accounting for a portfolio of City Wide franchise locations and become a trusted financial partner to entrepreneurs and leaders.

This on-site, full-time position is ideal for a detail-oriented accountant who enjoys both heads-down work and client-facing interaction, and who wants a path to grow into senior, supervisory, or controller-level opportunities over time.

What you’ll do

• Deliver full-charge accounting services for a portfolio of City Wide franchise locations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and consistent financials that franchisees rely on to make decisions.
• Take ownership of daily and monthly accounting: customer billing (contract and non-contract), vendor payments, accounts receivable, accounts payable, banking activity, credit card reconciliations, and balance sheet reconciliations, with expectations for high invoice accuracy and 100% monthly completion.
• Support payroll processing and sales/use tax reporting across multiple states and provinces, and drive a smooth month-end close (journal entries, accruals, reconciliations) within 5 business days.
• Prepare accurate monthly financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow) for each assigned franchise and support annual budgets and rolling forecasts with the Franchise Controller and franchise owners.
• Build dashboards and reporting using tools like Solver and Power BI to give franchisees clear, actionable insight into trends, profitability, and cash flow.
• Act as a primary accounting resource to franchise owners and their teams, responding within defined service-level timelines, joining financial review meetings, and supporting external audit and information requests.
• Spot opportunities to improve internal controls, reduce errors, streamline workflows, and support ERP and reporting automation projects that make life easier for both the finance team and the franchises.

What success looks like

• Month-end close completed within 5 business days on a consistent basis.
• High billing accuracy and timely completion of reconciliations each month.
• Fast, professional resolution of accounting inquiries and audit requests within agreed timelines.
• Positive feedback from franchise owners and contribution to overall franchise scorecard metrics, including People, Franchise Satisfaction, Revenue Growth, and EBITDA.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.
• 2+ years of hands-on, full-cycle accounting experience; experience with multi-entity, franchise, or client-based accounting is a strong plus.
• Strong ERP skills (Microsoft Dynamics/Business Central ideal), with additional exposure to Solver or Power BI considered a bonus.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas) and comfort working with large data sets.
• A service-oriented mindset, strong communication skills, and confidence working directly with business owners.
• Meticulous attention to detail, a passion for accuracy, and a natural curiosity to improve processes and challenge “the way it’s always been done.”

Why you’ll love this role

• Direct impact: Your work helps franchise owners understand their numbers, grow their businesses, and take care of their teams.
• Variety and challenge: Support multiple locations, each with unique dynamics, while building deep expertise in multi-entity accounting.
• Growth potential: Develop skills in ERP systems, analytics tools like Power BI, and franchise finance, opening doors to senior accountant and controller paths.
• Collaborative environment: Join a finance team that values continuous improvement, knowledge-sharing, and supporting each other through busy close cycles.

If you’re ready to move beyond a typical back-office role and become a key financial partner to growing franchise businesses, apply today for the Franchise Accountant position.

Benefits:
City Wide Franchise offers a competitive compensation structure to include bonus and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, PTO, and 401k. In addition, City Wide Franchise prides itself on a culture rich in history and collaboration, within an exciting, fast-paced, and flexible work atmosphere that fosters continual learning and development. As a people-centered culture, we also offer community-based enrichment, including paid time to support charities of choice!

City Wide Franchise is a fast-growing company with over 100 franchise locations across the US and Canada. Founded in 1961, City Wide Facility Solutions is the largest management company in the building maintenance industry. We continue to experience high growth and profitability across our franchise business. Our culture supports the company’s Mission to create a Ripple Effect by positively impacting the people and communities they serve. Read more about City Wide at www.gocitywide.com

City Wide is an Equal Opportunity Employer.