Restaurant-specific bookkeeping
Reconciliations, POS mapping, bills, payroll entries, sales tax support, and a consistent close process across the group.
Multi-location restaurant accounting
Know which locations make money. Know why.
Accounting Forward is a CPA-led restaurant accounting and fractional CFO firm serving multi-location operators nationwide. We organize the books by location, deliver clear reporting, and help you act on what the numbers show.
One group, clear location detail
A combined P&L should not hide the problem.
Location-level P&Ls
See sales, food cost, labor, prime cost, and profitability for each restaurant, with consolidated reporting for the group.
Comparable reporting
Use a consistent chart of accounts and close process across entities so location comparisons mean something.
Earlier operating signals
Weekly flash reporting is rolling out for multi-unit clients, giving operators a faster view of sales, labor, and prime cost while there is still time to respond.
Location Performance, This Week Multi-Unit CFO dashboard
| Location | Sales | Prime % | Net % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | $41,280 | 57.1% | 14.8% |
| Northside | $27,940 | 61.4% | 8.2% |
| Lakeview | $17,200 | 64.9% | 2.1% |
Illustrative dashboard showing the location-level view we build for restaurant groups.
What is included
An outsourced restaurant finance department, organized by location.
Location and group reporting
Per-location P&Ls, consolidated financials, prime cost review, dashboards, and clear explanations of what changed.
Cash flow and CFO guidance
Budgets, forecasts, cash planning, and regular strategy conversations for decisions involving labor, margins, financing, and expansion.
Who it fits
Built for operators managing more complexity than one set of books can show.
Three or more locations
Your reporting needs to identify the store, account, and operating driver behind a variance.
Multiple entities
You need clean entity books and a useful view of the restaurant group as a whole.
Growth or acquisition plans
You need dependable historical reporting and forecasts before committing cash to another location.
Restaurant systems already in place
We work with Restaurant365, MarginEdge, Toast, QuickBooks, and payroll platforms to create one coherent reporting process.
See every location clearly.
Tell us how your group is structured, which systems you use, and where reporting breaks down. We will tell you plainly whether we can help.
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