I just finished my first full week at my new job as "corporate accounting & administration" with Famoso Pizza. We had to figure out my new title, and sometimes that takes a bit of creativity. I think it's more about how I want to be presented to our Restaurant Partners (the franchisees).
It's the a great change of pace for me and I'm absolutely loving my new job, co-workers, position, everything. I have a lot of work a head of me, but I have my fingers crossed that I'll get that all under control. When in comes to accounting, it's all about "the math", the work may not be very difficult, it's just that there is only you can do so much in a day, and you have to stay a little late. I think the last couple of weeks have been a bit mentally trying on me, and I'm working about 10 hours a day or so, plus my running, has kept my life busy and me quite tired by the end of the day.
The actual office is out by the airport. It's in the middle of nowhere, so I won't be strolling around at lunch time checking out shops (or spending money). It's at 3600 Lysander Lane if anyone wants to google-map. The interior is still coming together, as Famoso moved in a week before I was hired, but we are slowly getting it up and running. A great feature of the office is the deck. It's absolutely massive, and actually has a beautiful view of the Fraser river, plus being close to the airport, there are a steady stream of planes coming in and leaving. I have a great work area and it's in the middle of the office, so I get to see everyone coming and going.
There are about 15 employee's for the head office, but only about 6 that work out of the head office. so far I've met Justin who is the founder of the company, and Christian who is one of the partners. There is Justin's wife Polina who is the company's legal council and does a lot of work with the legal documents around the franchise agreements. I've also met Mitra, who is in marketing and then there is Kitson who takes over getting restaurants up and running once a location is secure.
It's all very much the same, and yet very different in many ways. I'm enjoying the freedom I have with whatever system I want to get up and running. There are about 5 or 6 companies that are closely related to the Head Office operations that I have to do the accounting for, and in addition to that, I do the bookkeeping/accounting for 6 of the restaurants (though it's just a service we offer and not mandatory that they use us for monthly bookkeeping). Plus I'm also called into some meetings when they are discussing possible investing scenarios and want my input on different accounting terms.
I'm really glad I made this switch. I wouldn't say it was long over due, but I doubt I would have lasted much longer in public accounting without totally snapping.
I'm trying my best to keep up with my running, but with Grant Thornton, I was working 7.5 hours a day, and had plenty of time when I got home to run. I seem to be working till 7:30, getting home at 8, running till 9, THEN start dinner and laundry etc. So i will say that it's getting more difficult to juggle things. I'd try some morning runs, but so far, my mornings have been for sleep, and that's it.
I would like to get a new bike to ride the 12K out to work each day, which would help ease up on my running requirements. But, I just don't have the money for that. I took a bit of a pay cut to take the job with Famoso (totally worth it), but things are going to be a bit tight for a while.
All in all, it's going really well. I'm feeling very good mentally, physically and spiritually. I'm trying to concentrate on my new job and get everything running smoothly.
I've been watching the Tour de France, and have a new hero. Peter Sagan in the green jersey. What a great athlete and cyclist, and very interesting as he moved from BMX to mountain biking to road cycle.
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