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CFO Recruiters for Restaurant and Hospitality Companies

Financial Leadership for the Future

Wray Executive Search is a trusted name among CFO recruiters and a go-to CFO search consultant for restaurant, hospitality, and franchise companies. We help growth-minded organizations find CFOs who do more than manage finances—they lead with clarity, create value, and chart the course for sustainable growth.

We specialize in placing CFOs in the restaurant, hospitality, and franchise industries—sectors that require a deep understanding of margin management, unit economics, and capital strategy.

A Legacy of Building Financial Excellence

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The CFO role is more than numbers. Today’s financial leaders must understand business dynamics, lead cross-functional teams, and support data-driven decisions.

Our CFO candidates are skilled in:

  • Forecasting for multi-unit growth

  • Leading ERP/technology transformations

  • Building FP&A functions

  • Managing investor/lender relations

  • Structuring M&A and exit strategy planning

Trusted by the top restaurant, hospitality, food service, & franchises in the world

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The Wray Advantage
Why Work with Wray as Your CFO Search Consultant?

Trusted by Top Brands: Our clients return again and again for key financial hires.

  • Deep Finance Expertise: We know what makes a great CFO in your industry.

  • Performance Focused: Our CFOs don’t just manage—they lead transformation.

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6 Points of Distinction

  • Our Leadership

    Our leading consultants bring substantial senior-level experience.

  • Wide Scope

    Wray Executive Search offers a wide scope of industry knowledge and experience. We provide a wide array of services and have an extensive network in these arenas.

  • Impactful Expertise

    The cross-functional, wide-reaching expertise our company provides can have a deep impact on your business. We serve client needs internationally, nationally, regionally and locally.

  • Unique Guarantees

    We offer a full one-year replacement guarantee ensuring that our candidates will bring value long term. If, for some reason, the hired candidate does not work out, we will find a replacement.

  • Diverse Consultants

    Our consultants bring varied experience from all segments of the industry. We offer broad-based, cross-functional expertise to enhance our partnership.

  • Competitive, Comprehensive Rates

    There are no surprises when it comes to our fees. We maintain highly competitive performance-based rates founded upon our robust executive search record.

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Our unmatched industry expertise and connections to top-tier talent set us apart as a trusted partner in your search for excellence.

If you are looking to be considered for opportunities, go to our candidate page and submit your resume.

CFO Recruiting for Restaurant and Hospitality Business Models

Wray Executive Search simplifies hiring by combining restaurant and hospitality specialization with decades of hands-on experience as CFO recruiters and trusted CFO search consultants. Our clients include:

  • Fast-casual and QSR brands scaling through franchising or corporate-owned units

  • Full-service restaurant chains optimizing unit economics and cost control

  • PE-backed platforms preparing for liquidity events

  • Founder-led companies adding institutional finance leadership

  • Public hospitality companies undergoing CFO succession

  • Franchise systems with multi-entity financial operations

  • Hotel management firms navigating revenue diversification

  • Food and beverage brands expanding into omni-channel and licensing models

Just to name a few.

Whether you're hiring a CFO to build out internal controls or lead investor conversations, we deliver financial executives who can:

  • Establish scalable reporting infrastructure

  • Lead strategic planning and budgeting processes

  • Oversee risk management and compliance

  • Guide M&A execution and integration

  • Communicate confidently with Boards, investors, and franchisees with decades of CFO-level recruiting expertise. 

As one of the most respected CFO recruiters in the industry, we:

  • Align candidates to your ownership structure, whether PE-backed, founder-led, or publicly traded

  • Prioritize forward-looking leadership and scalable systems

  • Focus on candidates who balance control with innovation

If you're looking for a CFO search consultant who understands both your financial complexity and your operational needs, Wray delivers results. who can turn vision into value. As top CFO recruiters, we help you build the financial foundation for long-term success.

From emerging chains looking for their first institutional CFO to billion-dollar hospitality enterprises refining their C-suite, Wray’s experience as a CFO search consultant ensures each candidate is equipped to lead confidently from day one. to billion-dollar enterprises upgrading leadership, we know how to match the financial expertise to your stage, ownership structure, and business goals.

Build your financial future with a CFO recruiter who speaks your language and brings your vision into focus.