Location: Tampa Bay Area (Hybrid – Remote + Local Meetings)
Company: CoaterZ Franchising HQ
Role Type: Contract-to-Hire or Fractional Lead
Compensation: Competitive + growth pathway
About the Role
CoaterZ Franchising HQ is scaling a national franchise platform in the automotive & marine protection industry. We’re building out the financial infrastructure to support growth from 3 locations to 45+. We need a hands-on financial operator who understands multi-entity structures, clean reporting, tax positioning, and bank-ready financials.
This is NOT a bookkeeping role. This is a financial builder role—someone who can architect a reporting system, enforce financial standards, and produce clean, professional financials that lenders and investors respect.
Core ResponsibilitiesFinancial Architecture
- Build HQ + Franchise QuickBooks structure using Class tracking
- Standardize Chart of Accounts across the network
- Implement monthly consolidated and location-level P&L reporting
- Maintain intercompany structure (HQ management fees, inventory pass-through, software reimbursements)
- Create SBA/bank-ready monthly financial packages
Tax & Reporting Discipline
- File and advise on federal and state tax compliance
- Structure inventory and markup strategy cleanly in QBO
- Maintain audit-ready intercompany billing
- Ensure clean balance sheets across entities
Operational Finance
- Lead monthly close cadence
- Build job costing visibility by service line (PPF, Ceramic, Tint, Vinyl, Marine)
- Create executive dashboard with KPIs:
- Revenue & margin by service line
- Inventory usage and margin control
- Lead-to-close metrics with marketing attribution
- Management fee tracking
- Franchisee financial compliance
What Success Looks Like
- No sloppy books
- Clean reporting, every month
- Confident lender/investor conversations
- Franchisees operate inside a financial system—not outside it
- Headquarters controls inventory, profitability, and compliance by design
Requirements
✔ QuickBooks Online EXPERT – non-negotiable
✔ Must have experience building financial structure, not just maintaining it
✔ Strong command of multi-entity accounting
✔ Experience with inventory tracking & product/service mapping
✔ Can produce clean management reports
✔ Comfortable drafting financial policies and billing structures
✔ Bonus (Preferred, Not Required): Franchise systems, automotive/marine, construction, distribution, or service-based businesses
✔ Bonus: Experience with SBA or bank financing models
Tools
- QuickBooks Online (required)
- Google Workspace
- Excel (advanced formulas, pivots, imports)
- Shopmonkey (job costing) – will train
- GoHighLevel CRM – will train
Role Details
- Flexible schedule
- Must be available for recurring strategy meetings
- Local preferred (Tampa Bay) | Hybrid OK
- Long-term opportunity: Path to Director of Finance or VP of Finance
To Apply
Email vincent@coaterz.com with:
- Resume or LinkedIn profile
- Example of financials or reporting package you’ve built
- One paragraph: “Why I’m a builder, not a bookkeeper”
- Subject line: “Financial Controller – Gulf Coast Build”
Posting Keywords
#QuickBooksExpert #ControllerJobs #FinanceLeadership #AutomotiveIndustry #FranchiseFinance #BusinessScaling #TaxProfessional #FinancialController #SBAReady #RemoteFinance #TampaJobs #FloridaJobs #CoaterZ
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Temporary
Pay: $30.00 - $50.00 per hour
Expected hours: 15 – 30 per week
Application Question(s):
- Have you worked with early stage franchise modeling? ( Nice not Mandatory )
Education:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Palm Harbor, FL 34683
