Cost Controller

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A rapidly expanding hotel and restaurant business with a number of popular upscale restaurants is currently on the lookout for a diligent Cost Controller to join their team in Dubai.

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. ?

Responsibilities:

– 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.?
– 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. ?
– Continuously study weaknesses in controls implemented at the restaurant and ?suggest for improvements.?
– Prepare the daily and monthly cost report department in relation to cost of sales.?
– Maintain a daily record of inventory purchased for every chart of account and ensure ?it is balance with account payable.?
– Updating the material control system (FMC) with goods received notes ??(GRNs), stock transfers etc. and updating sales from POS-Micros system at the ?restaurants.?
– Maintain FMC and POS systems.?
– Coordinate with group IT division and/or service provider for FMC&POS to sort out ?any issues

To succeed in this role, you must have:

– Minimum 2 years of cost controlling experience within the hospitality, F&B or catering industry

– A degree in accounting or similar from a Western university ideally with a specialization in controlling

– Excellent analytical skills with capability to find pragmatic solutions

– Attention to detail

– Outstanding interpersonal skills

An above par tax-free salary package and an opportunity to grow one’s career within a well-established business awaits the successful candidate. If you find this opportunity interesting, please send us your CV in word format.

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