Job Description
Ideal candidate will be primarily responsible for calculating costs of food and beverage items and also responsible for the short and long-term planning of the F & B controlling and pricing aspects.
Additionally responsible to record information and produce control reports periodically to help maintain a suitable inventory of food and beverage items for the entire hotel. He/she also changes the price of menus items based on the costing information they collect and also actively take part in engineering the menu in terms of the pricing.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Able to effectively control the Food & Beverage Cost.
- Control the Food and Beverage outlets in terms of wastage, pilferage and efficiency.
- Prepare variance analysis for food & beverage and communicating with relevant parties.
- Check and cross verify if all sales have been transferred correctly to the Property Management systems (PMS).
- Continuously study weaknesses in F&B control implemented at the Hotel and provide suggestions for improvements.
- Check the daily Food & Beverage revenues report submitted by the income audit for the accuracy of covers and average check.
- Responsible for monthly F&B Report and distribute to management.
- Prepare the daily and monthly cost report department in relation to cost of sales.
- Participate in stock taking at the restaurants.
- Check and ensure that no material is issued out from the store without requisition or approval from the respective department head.
- Coordinate with restaurant management and finance to sort out issues pertaining to F&B.
- Responsible to maintain the Menu Pricing, Consumption and POS systems.
- Any other tasks as and when required by the management.
- Identify potential cost overruns and recommend corrective action
- Assist in the development of project budgets
- Review change orders to determine their impact on the project budget
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or related field
- 5+ years’ experience in cost accounting or financial analysis
- Proven ability to develop and implement cost-saving initiatives
- At least 3 years’ experience at the same role with an up-scale (4/5 Star) hospitality environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Location: Owerri, Imo State
Salary: 120k