Restaurant Finance & Accounting Coordinator

Restaurant Accounting Coordinator
Jason Dady Restaurant Group

Position Summary

We are looking for a trusted accounting professional who treats company resources like their own and builds systems that drive long-term stability and profitability.

The Restaurant Accounting Coordinator is responsible for the daily financial records, payroll administration, and accounting compliance across all Jason Dady Restaurant Group concepts. This role safeguards company assets, supports leadership decision-making, and maintains strict confidentiality of corporate and employee information.

This is a hands-on financial control position requiring precision, accountability, operational awareness, and the ability to translate financial data into actionable insight. The Accounting Coordinator works closely with executive leadership, restaurant management teams, vendors, financial institutions, and third-party processors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Will include, and may not be limited to:

Daily Bookkeeping: work with team to ensure accuracy and prompt recording daily income and expenses, deposits, petty cash journals, checks written, credit card charges, journal entries, and online bank reconciliation with precision and timeliness. Research any issues and resolve efficiently and timely manner.

Prepare Weekly Cash Flow Forecast for weekly meeting with ownership and stakeholders, as required.

Sales Client/Vendor Invoicing: prepare invoices for catering, room charges, house accounts and other misc. accounts receivable with accuracy. Monitor AR, as required.

Monthly Reconciliations performed timely with precision.

Team Communication: Issue communications between the corporate office, restaurants management teams, clients, tax representatives and vendors in a professional and effective manner. Establish processes, as needed, to improve communication and information sharing.

Corporate Records: Oversee and maintain organized records in accordance with company, state and federal requirements.

Bi-Weekly Payroll: Receive, Audit, Record and Distribute Payroll for all employees, ensuring accurate in pay rates, hours, tips, deductions and tax information for all employees. Process Termination, TWC, Child Support, Garnishments, and necessary filings. Works with 3rd Party processor.

Financial Reports: Prepare cash flow, forecasts, financial reports and ensure that all work is completed in a timely and precise manner and in accordance with company, state, and federal financial regulations.

Monthly Sales & Mixed Beverage Filing: Monthly preparation, filing and payment of required state filings. Ensures these taxes are being collected properly from our clients.

Perform quarterly audits of financial, information and payroll audits to ensure accuracy of information, report findings and develop necessary solutions including and not limited to 3rd party processors, tax agencies and internal systems.

Analyze financial data, budgets and identify areas to improve profitability and operational optimization opportunities.

Assist and review in Inventory cost management, expense management and restaurant performance measures.

Education and/or Experience:

• Business or Accounting degree
• Restaurant or catering experience a plus!
• Proven experience in the industry
• Experience with Quickbooks, Microsoft Office and relevant technology
• Customer service and professionalism
• Understanding of the principles of Accounting & Tax Compliance

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos. Ability to effectively present information to other employees of the organization in one-on-one and small-group situations and in-team is required.

Management Skills: Ability to interact positively with fellow employees, to motivate and provide constructive criticism as necessary. Ability to positively interact with other managers and to express yourself thoughtfully.

Work Environment: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Exposure to kitchen heat, steam, hot grease in pans will be encountered. Exposure to cold from refrigeration units will also be encountered due to proximity of office and restaurant location.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Accounting: 4 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• CPA (Preferred)

Work Location: In person