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Kernel Foods, Inc.
Head of Finance, Accounting, and Analytics
The Company:
Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, is once again assembling a team of world class talent. The team’s goal is nothing short of revolutionary – forging a new operating model for sustainable and equitable restaurants. We recently closed our Series A round ($36M) and are continuing to grow our team.
At Kernel, we offer customers extraordinarily delicious, fresh, wholesome, plant-based meals for lunch and dinner. It’s the kind of high-quality food you crave to eat every single day – from burgers and sandwiches to salads, sides and cookies all made by hand and created by Michelin starred chefs.
Beyond delicious food, Kernel is a tech-led concept delivering a modern vision of hospitality. Combining automation and a mobile-first ordering, customers are treated to a prompt, efficient and memorable experience. Importantly, our operating approach is specifically designed to be more rewarding for employees and less taxing on our planet.
Kernel is a small, hard-driving, close knit team covering a lot of ground — from culinary, logistics and technology to brand design and operations. Think restaurant culture meets start-up culture. To succeed in this role, you must thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are quite the same. What you’ll get out of it is a ‘once-in-a-career’ learning experience – and a lot of fun.
About the Job:
Kernel Foods is looking for an outstanding CFO or VP of Finance and Analytics to join our expanding team. As we prepare to scale our multifaceted and complex business, your role will be paramount in ensuring we grow with maximum, holistic visibility into the business and operations. The role will be wide-ranging, with responsibilities that include interpreting and manipulating financial & operational data, building financial forecasts and models, and ensuring robust communication of our performance to internal and external stakeholders. In this role, you will collaborate with diverse teams spanning business operations, culinary, logistics, engineering, real estate, and marketing to turn data into actionable insights. As you will fundamentally shape the ways that our novel concept understands its business, you’ll be in a unique position to influence the ways in which the restaurants of the future operate and scale.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and maintain robust financial models, including the company budget, which will include historicals vs. actuals analysis, cash planning, and other central financial analyses
- Review and analyze monthly consolidated financial statements for management and investor reporting
- In conjunction with the management team, define company KPIs for company, investor, and other key stakeholder reference
- Manage and implement data analytics strategies; work closely with our engineering team to ensure seamless integration across our many digital platforms and products
- Collaborate closely with the Team, accountants, ERP support staff, and other team members to provide strategic leadership in continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives using projections, cost identification / allocation, revenue/expense analysis, and liabilities
- Perform build vs. buy, sensitivity analysis, and other analyses as they pertain to key decisions across product mix, real estate rollout, staffing, corporate team expansion, sales and marketing spend, managing engineering resources, and more
- Partner with operational units in order to gain a better understanding of operational performance from a financial perspective
- Oversee controllership and general accounting work and lead relationship with our auditors
- Support the site selection and underwriting process by analyzing potential locations and financial data, ensuring optimal decisions for new ventures or expansions
- Help refine and refresh the company strategy periodically.
About You:
Required qualifications
- Expert user of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated knowledge of Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Host Analytics, SQL, ERP systems, Looker)
- Strong analytical mind-set
- Strong financial modeling and budgeting background
- Hands-on approach to teamwork and willingness to support all areas of the business as we grow.
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis or corporate finance, preferably in the restaurant and/or retail industries
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of accounting principles
- Demonstrated advanced-level ability to interpret and communicate complex financial and operational data
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced & team-oriented environment
- Ability to think outside the box and recognize irregular patterns in financial performance
- Ability to develop complex financial models to validate spend and investment decisions
- Experience working with various standard service providers across the finance function (e.g. accountants / controllers, lawyers, investors)
- Proven responsibility with proprietary, confidential company information
Job Type
- Full-time
Pay
- $190,00-225,000
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Equity compensation
Schedule
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate
- New York, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location
- In person
