Career2Franchise is LinkedIn's premier Franchise Recruitment Firm, distinguished by our team of 30 seasoned consultants who have guided over 1,000 entrepreneurs toward successful business ownership and financial independence. 🚀

Our competitive advantage lies in authentic franchise experience. Our consultants aren't just advisors—we've operated on the franchisor side and built thriving franchises ourselves, scaling multiple locations and executing profitable exits. This firsthand expertise enables us to provide guidance rooted in real operational knowledge, not theory. 💡

We begin every engagement with a comprehensive assessment, evaluating your business acumen, transferable skills, and objectives. From there, we strategically match you with franchise opportunities that align with your professional background, personal interests, and preferred involvement level—whether you're seeking hands-on operations or semi-absentee ownership. 🎯

We specialize in serving:
✅ Professionals in career transition or exploring entrepreneurship as their next chapter
✅ Employed individuals seeking semi-passive income diversification strategies
✅ Established business owners expanding portfolios with complementary, non-competing franchises

Our approach combines industry expertise with personalized attention, ensuring you discover opportunities positioned for success within your unique circumstances. 🤝

Ready to explore what's possible? Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to discuss franchise opportunities aligned with your vision and goals. 📞

Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Company Size: 2-10 employees

Career2Franchise

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**Franchise Owner & Multi-Unit Developer **

**The Opportunity: Build an Asset, Not Just a Job ** As a Franchise Owner and Multi-Unit Developer, you aren't just managing a business—you are constructing a scalable, high-equity asset that you own. You will leverage proven operational infrastructure and brand power to scale a company in your local market while maintaining CEO-level autonomy.

**Executive Overview **

- **Strategic Growth: ** Lead a service or consumer-based enterprise with full P&L responsibility and the capacity for multi-territory expansion.

- **Infrastructure Leadership: ** Build and develop a high-performing team using established playbooks and KPIs to capture market share in high-growth segments.

- **Market Presence: ** Drive business development through strategic networking and community partnerships to dominate your local landscape.

**Core Responsibilities **

- **Strategic Selection: ** Collaborate with us to evaluate and select a franchise model that aligns with your professional background, income targets, and risk tolerance.

- **Operational Excellence: ** Build a leadership team focused on safety, quality, and superior client experience.

- **Financial Stewardship: ** Take full ownership of the P&L, managing budgets and data-driven decisions to optimize profitability.

- **Scale & Expansion: ** Execute a growth plan that includes territory expansion and multi-unit development.

**The Candidate Profile **

- **Leadership Pedigree: ** 10+ years of experience in senior management, operations, sales, or finance.

- **System Focused: ** A demonstrated ability to optimize processes, manage teams, and oversee significant budgets or P&L.

- **Readiness: ** A serious intent to acquire and launch a business within a 1 to 4-month window.

- **Capital Capacity: ** Financial readiness to invest in a business (investment levels vary by model and market).

- **Mindset: ** An entrepreneurial drive combined with the discipline to follow a proven, successful system.

**The C2F Approach: Your Search Partner **

Career2Franchise acts as your executive search firm for business ownership. Our process is candidate-focused and fully funded by the franchisors in our network, meaning there is **no cost to you ** for our consulting services.

**Our process provides: **

- **Profile Assessment: ** A structured analysis of your transferable skills, financial goals, and risk profile.

- **Market Mapping: ** Data-driven matching with vetted brands and available territories in your area.

- **Executive Access: ** Direct introductions to franchise leadership and "under the hood" discovery.

- **Due Diligence Support: ** Comprehensive guidance on funding, FDD reviews, and final validation.

**Next Steps **

If you are ready to transition from renting your career to owning your professional infrastructure, please apply with your resume. Qualified candidates will be invited to a 15-minute introductory consultation.

**Serious inquiries only. **

Small Business Owner

Certus is a leading professional ed-tech training and certification company that, through its suite of brands and businesses, delivers technical-skills training and compliance solutions to more than 3.4 million customers per year. Its best-in-class technology platform and content library enables lifelong learners at every level – from trusted industry brands to individual students and skilled professionals. To learn more, visit www.certus.com.

Industry: E-Learning Providers
Company Size: 201-500 employees

Certus

**About Certus**

We sit at the intersection of people and technology—building training and education solutions that help more than 4 million learners each year enter, advance, or reinvent their careers.

Our customers range from individual professionals charting their own path to some of the world's most recognized brands: Amazon, Siemens, Geico, Chick-fil-A, and others who trust us to develop their people at scale.

**How We Work**

Our teams span software engineering, instructional design, creative writing, consultative sales, marketing, and beyond. Movement between roles isn't just possible; it's encouraged. We're building something that requires people who want to keep growing.

Who Thrives Here

- Self-starters who bring a get-it-done mindset and don't wait for permission

- Builders drawn to a fast-moving industry where the landscape keeps shifting

- Humans who are innovative, brave, kind, and bring their full selves to work

We're committed to a culture where people can be exactly who they are—and where that diversity of perspective makes everything we build stronger.

The workforce learning market is evolving rapidly, and we're helping define where it goes next. If you want work that matters, room to grow, and a team that actually means it when they talk about culture—we should talk.

**The Opportunity**

This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of finance and strategy. As Director of FP&A, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO and Executive Leadership Team—translating complex financial data into the insights that shape how the company invests, grows, and operates.

You'll build and lead a team of analysts, own the full spectrum of financial planning and forecasting, and have direct visibility with the Board and our private equity sponsor. If you thrive on turning numbers into narratives and want a seat at the table where decisions get made, this role offers that platform.

**What You'll Own**

Strategic Planning & Forecasting

- Lead annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning across all financial dimensions—P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, CapEx, and headcount

- Drive rolling forecasts and liquidity planning that give leadership a clear view of where the business is headed, not just where it's been

Performance Intelligence

- Deliver analysis that matters: company and business unit performance versus plan, variance insights, and forward-looking recommendations the executive team can act on

- Define and track the financial and operational metrics that reveal what's really driving the business

Leadership & Team Development

- Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A team with strong modeling chops and business acumen

- Establish the operating rhythm—forecasting cadence, reporting cycles, business reviews—that keeps the function running at a high level

Executive & Investor Reporting

- Prepare board materials, investor presentations, and financial packages for our PE sponsor

- Own lender compliance: covenant calculations, reporting packages, and liquidity monitoring

Cross-Functional Partnership

- Collaborate with business unit leaders on pricing, investments, operational improvements, and strategic initiatives

- Act as a key finance voice in ERP and systems projects that strengthen data quality and planning capabilities

**What You Bring**

- 10–15 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or investment analysis

- Background in a mid-sized or PE-backed company preferred—you understand the pace and expectations

- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; you can build and stress-test complex models under pressure

- Fluency with debt agreements, covenant compliance, and lender reporting

- The ability to translate financial complexity into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences

- Executive presence—you're comfortable presenting to senior leadership, boards, and investors

- A track record of developing talent and building team capabilities

- Sharp organizational instincts and the ability to manage competing priorities without dropping threads

**How Success Gets Measured**

- Forecast accuracy improves over time; the cadence is predictable and trusted

- Leadership has clear, forward-looking visibility into cash, liquidity, and financial performance

- Lender reporting and covenant compliance are flawless and on schedule

- Management reporting is crisp, insightful, and drives better decisions

- Your team is growing in capability and confidence

- You're identifying—and driving—improvements to how the company plans and reports

This is a role for someone who wants to shape outcomes, not just report on them.

This is a hybrid-position located in Charlotte, NC where we have offices in the Ballantyne area. The base pay for the position will be $200,000 - $210,000 plus an annual bonus of up to 15%.

EEO Statement: Certus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining how people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey.
 
Comprised of Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, Mosaic, and Premium Retail Services, Acosta Group understands and anticipates evolving consumer needs, fueling accelerated performance to connect tomorrow's commerce today. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarter sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights.

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Le groupe Acosta Group rassemble une expertise reconnue, une connectivité inégalée et des connaissances fines pour accélérer la croissance des marques - partout où vous êtes commercialisé. Notre collectif des agences de vente au détail, de marketing et de restauration les plus fiables réinvente la façon dont les gens se connectent aux marques à chaque étape du parcours du consommateur.
 
Composé d'Acosta, de CORE Foodservice, de Mosaic, de Premium Retail Services et d'ActionLink, le groupe Acosta Group comprend et anticipe les besoins en constante évolution des consommateurs, stimulant ainsi les performances accélérées pour connecter le commerce de demain dès aujourd'hui. Le collectif offre des solutions holistiques, y compris des services de vente externalisée, des solutions omnicanales de vente au détail, des ventes assistées et de la formation, du marketing intégré, des solutions de vente pour la restauration et la cuisine, ainsi que les données et les connaissances les plus avancées, et l’expertise nécessaire pour extraire la valeur de tous ces outils.

Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

Acosta Group

**Description**

The **Vice President, Enterprise Technical Operations ** provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for Acosta’s core technology execution capabilities, including Cloud & Infrastructure Operations, Software Engineering, and Data Management Solutions. This role ensures technology platforms are secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective to support enterprise-wide business operations. As a member of the senior IT leadership team, the role partners with business and IT leaders to translate business strategy into dependable technology outcomes while driving operational excellence, engineering discipline, and the development of high-performing technical teams.

**Responsibilities**

**Cloud & Infrastructure Operations**

- Provide executive leadership for hybrid cloud and infrastructure environments, including data centers, cloud platforms, and core enterprise services.

- Ensure availability, performance, security, and resilience of infrastructure supporting mission-critical operations.

- Oversee disaster recovery, business continuity, capacity planning, and infrastructure risk management.

- Drive cloud adoption, modernization, automation, and operational efficiency initiatives.

- Manage infrastructure vendor relationships, contracts, SLAs, and cost optimization (CapEx and OpEx).

**Software Engineering**

- Lead enterprise software engineering organizations responsible for application development, modernization, and operational support.

- Establish and enforce engineering standards, SDLC practices, and quality frameworks aligned with enterprise architecture.

- Champion DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices to improve delivery speed, quality, and reliability.

- Ensure engineering solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business and product strategies.

- Partner with business and IT leaders to prioritize and deliver technology solutions that enable business outcomes.

**Data Management Solutions**

- Provide executive oversight for data platforms, data engineering, and data management solutions.

- Ensure reliable, scalable, and secure data ingestion, storage, processing, and consumption across the enterprise.

- Partner with analytics and business teams to enable trusted, high-quality data for reporting and decision-making.

- Support enterprise data governance initiatives through operational standards, platform reliability, and data quality practices.

- Lead the evolution and maturity of enterprise data platform capabilities.

**Operational Excellence & Leadership**

- Own operational performance across technical domains, including service delivery, incident management, and platform reliability.

- Establish operational metrics, dashboards, and reporting to drive continuous improvement.

- Develop and manage operating and capital budgets with fiscal responsibility.

- Build, mentor, and retain high-performing leaders and technical talent.

- Lead organizational change initiatives supporting technology modernization and business transformation.

- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology operations, risk, and readiness.

**Qualifications**

- 10 or more years of progressive leadership experience across enterprise technology operations, including cloud & infrastructure, software engineering, and data platforms.

- Ability to work in a hybrid environment , with an expectation of regular on‑site presence (typically 3 days per week ) to support leadership effectiveness, collaboration, and team engagement.

- Demonstrated success leading large, complex, multi‑domain technology organizations at the Director or Vice President level, with accountability for multiple functional leaders.

- Deep understanding of modern cloud technologies , software engineering practices, and enterprise data ecosystems, with the ability to engage technically when required without operating as a hands ‑ on practitioner .

- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution , shifting seamlessly between long‑term planning and near‑term delivery challenges.

- Proven ability to oversee a broad portfolio of IT operations, balancing reliability, cost, scalability, and modernization across cloud services, application engineering, data platforms, and enterprise integrations.

- Executive presence with the ability to represent the CTO, translate complex technical concepts into business‑relevant outcomes, and partner effectively with senior business and IT leaders.

- Strong background in financial stewardship, including operating and capital budgets, vendor and partner management, and third‑party service delivery.

- Experience leading enterprise technology transformation initiatives while maintaining operational stability and service continuity.

- Highly collaborative leadership style, with a track record of leading leaders, coaching mixed‑maturity teams, and driving accountability through influence rather than control.

- Proven capability to lead through change, elevate operational maturity, and strengthen execution discipline across complex organizations.

**About Us**

Acosta Group is a collective uniting the most trusted retail, marketing, and foodservice agencies—Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, CROSSMARK, Mosaic, Premium Retail Services, and Product Connections. Together, we connect consumers with the brands they love through omnichannel selling, merchandising, brand advocacy, and integrated marketing.

We recognize our associates are the foundation of our success. That’s why we prioritize your growth, development, and well-being to help you reach your full potential. With programs designed to support a fulfilling work-life balance, we offer opportunities that fit your lifestyle and ambitions—whether you’re looking for part-time flexibility or full-time career advancement.

Ready for a career path that’s as unique as you? Discover your path at Acosta Group!

Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact AskHR@acosta.com. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request.

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Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer

**Job Category: ** Exec Salary - Admin

**Position Type: ** Full time

**Business Unit: ** Corporate

**Salary Range: ** $.00 - $.00

**Company: ** Acosta Services, Inc

**Req ID: ** 25332

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