French restaurants network "PAUL" with a branch in Azerbaijan is seeking experienced candidates for Cost Controller position.
Job description
As a Cost controller you will be responsible for calculating costs of food and beverage items. Record information and produce control reports periodically to help maintain a suitable inventory of food and beverage items for the restaurant. Help change price menus or change the prices of certain items based on the information they collect. Recommend solutions if food or beverage shortages occur.
Primary Responsibilities
F&B Cost Control:
• To control the Food & Beverage Cost.
• Engineer the menu in terms of costing.
• Prepare variance analysis for food & beverage and communicating / discussing with relevant parties.
• Update and maintain receipts into the systems.
• Coordinate with restaurant management and finance to sort out issues pertaining to F&B.
• Continuously study weaknesses in controls implemented at the restaurant and suggest for improvements.
• Check the daily Food & Beverage revenues report submitted by the income audit for accuracy of covers and average check.
• Prepare the daily and monthly cost report department in relation to cost of sales.
• Check and ensure all menu items’ have a recipe
• Print and distribute menu sales analysis of the respective department on a monthly basis.
F&B Stock:
•Participate for stock take at the restaurants.
•Maintain a daily record of inventory purchased for every chart of account and ensure it is balance with account payable.
•Spot check on the receiving department to ensure that the scales are correct and goods are checked for quality.
•Organize and do stock take and monthly closing procedures and to prepare all journals. Prepare cost board and the related journal vouchers.
•Record the total daily purchase by chart of accounts and accumulate for month end balancing with account payable.
•Check and ensure that all inventories purchased are in balance with account payable on a bi-monthly basis.
•Ensure that purchasing obtain up – to – date and accurate prices by comparing prices against suppliers quotations.
•Check and review filled requisitions and ensure that goods are not issued more than requested.
•Conduct spot check to ensure that the goods received are as per specifications and the deliveries of goods by suppliers are consistent with the receiving schedule and the storerooms are not overstock especially during month – end.
•Audit monthly stock and prepare reconciliation on all stockrooms.
•Post actual stock results in the system and print inventory valuation report.
•Reconcile all inventory accounts based on actual purchases and actual inventory stock take and allocate the expenses to the respective department based on their requisitions.
Essential experience, skills & characteristics:
• At least 2 + years’ experience in relate field
• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance
• Analytical skills
• Knowledge of the HRS Backoffice program will be advantage
• Excellent knowledge of Azeri, English and Russian languages.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and writing
• Excellent negotiating skills
• A consistent track record of personal over achievement and solution generation.
• You possess a high level of intrinsic motivation and determination
• Ability to function confidently independently in a team environment.
• Pro-active, tenacious, working attitude with a strong work ethic.
Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV to hr@paul.az by specifying the Job Title in the subject line.