Job Title: Cost Controller
Location: Kisumu
Company Description: 5 star hotel
Job Purpose:Responsible in assisting management with building an annual
operating budget for the company; developing a full proof cost controlling
system in the hotel with regards to Food (Ala-carte, Buffet), Beverage
(Restaurant, Bar, Caffe), Spa, Rooms and Housekeeping services; managing
purchasing and labor practices in order to keep costs within budget while
maintaining the company’s production schedule.Minimum Qualifications:
- At least a Diploma in Hospitality Management
- A minimum of CPA 2 accounts
- Must be willing to work in Kisumu.
- Computer literate with knowledge of accounting
packages such as Quick books/Sage.
- Must have worked as an F&B cost
controller with a minimum of 3 years experience in the same
position.
- Past experience as an F&B Manager or rooms
decision manager is an added advantage
- Must have sound knowledge of material control,
MS word, MS office Excel.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and
presentation skills.
- Fast worker to work well under pressure.
Duties:
- To control the Food & Beverage Cost and
together with chef 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.
- Update selling prices in POS as per the
instruction from authorized persons.
- 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.
- Prepare the daily and monthly cost report
department in relation to cost of sales.
- Participate for stock take at the Hotel.
- Maintain a daily record of inventory purchased
and ensure it
balances with accounts payable.
- Ensure proper receiving procedures and that
the scales are correct and goods are checked for quality.
- Check and ensure that no material is issued
out from the store without requisition or approval from the
respective department head.
- Prepare daily staff meal cost report.
- Organize and do stock take and monthly stock
taking.
- Check invoices against receiving record and
compare them with purchase order and purchase request,
and to ensure that all invoices are stamped and signed by the authorized
person.
- 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 issued are not 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 overstocked especially during month – end.
- Audit monthly stock and prepare reconciliation
on all rooms.
- 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.
- Organize the bi-yearly stock –take on all
operating equipment of the restaurant and prepare detail
loss and breakage quantities and amount.
- Updating the material control system with
goods received notes (GRNs),
stock transfers etc. and updating sales from POS system at the restaurants.
- Maintain Material Control System.
- Coordinate with group IT division and/or
service provider for systems maintenance.
- Guides and directs storekeeper on order
schedules, shopping lists and deadlines.
- You will promote team work, team spirit, and
friendliness among your fellow work mate and colleagues.
- Ensure that established controls and
procedures in respect of the controller’s areas of responsibility are
complied with at all times.
- Provide management with timely reviews of
operating financial status; researches inventory and cost of food variances
and prepares monthly internal cost of product analysis reports using sales
and inventory reports from various systems.
- To ensure that there are at all times proper
procedures and controls for purchasing, receiving stores and
requisitioning.
- Maintain proper and complete records of the
Hotel to ensure that the accounts, records and transactions of the Hotel
are accurate and correct at all times.
- Any other task assigned.
To apply eMail your CV to cv@dumaworks.com with the subject
line Cost Controller.
Include your name and phone number
