Senior Financial Analyst/Accountant

About Global Gourmet Catering (GGC)

Global Gourmet Catering is a full-service catering and event production company based in San Francisco. Since 1999, GGC has redefined the culinary landscape with bold, restaurant-quality cuisine, seamless logistics, and immersive event design. As Northern California’s first certified Green Business caterer, Global Gourmet is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders to deliver exceptional service at some of the region’s most prestigious venues and large-scale events.

Our teams span culinary, warehouse, logistics, administrative, and field-based roles across a range of high-profile and high-volume event environments.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Senior Financial Analyst/Accountant to join our finance team. This role blends advanced accounting expertise with financial analysis to drive accuracy, insight, and operational efficiency across our dynamic, event-driven business. The ideal candidate brings proven experience in month-end close, job costing, inventory accounting, and payroll posting, along with a solid working knowledge of financial processes in manufacturing, hospitality, catering, or other service-oriented environments.

As a Senior Financial Analyst/Accountant, you will own full-cycle accounting processes with minimal oversight, including reconciliations, financial reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Events, HR, and external vendors. This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-paced settings, brings technical accounting expertise, and contributes to continuous process improvement and financial insight.

Key Responsibilities

Month-End Close and Financial Reporting

• Ensure GAAP-compliant month-end close by applying rigorous cost accounting and accrual accounting principles, including proper recognition of costs, revenues, and liabilities within the correct reporting period, supported by reconciliations and documented assumptions across multiple business units.
• Prepare and analyze monthly balance sheet reconciliations, identifying, research and resolving discrepancies in areas such as prepaid expenses, accruals, sales tax, and payroll
• Review general ledger activity to ensure all entries are properly coded, aligned with company policies, and accurately reflect business operations, including expenses related to food, beverage, and venue rentals.
• Prepare month end journal entries and account reconciliations for various PL and BS accounts with accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare various monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.

Sales Tax and Compliance

• Compile and prepare detailed reports to support monthly and quarterly sales tax filings by reconciling POS sales and Invoicing against taxable sales by jurisdiction
• Maintain up-to-date tax rates and ensure the accuracy of compliance reporting across all regulatory obligations

Revenues, Costing, Payroll, and Inventory

• Follow revenue recognition principles under GAAP ACS606.
• Conduct job costing analysis and reporting by allocating event-specific costs across labor, rentals, ingredients, and other expense categories.
• Post and analyze payroll entries, accurately allocating labor costs by locations and events and reconciling payroll data from Paycom
• Manage accounting aspects of inventory and cost reconciliation by collaborating with culinary and warehouse teams to validate physical counts against system reports

System Management and Process Improvement

• Support system implementations, upgrades, and migrations by assisting with data exports and mapping
• Identify process pain points and recommend SOP improvements to streamline financial workflows, including invoice approvals, vendor payments, and reporting accuracy

Budgeting, Forecasting, and Treasury

• Support budgeting and forecasting by building and maintaining tracking models for monthly expenses and comparing actuals to budgeted performance across departments
• Act as a backup approver for positive pay exceptions, ACH transactions, and wire transfers by validating approvals and ensuring payment accuracy in accordance with internal controls

Qualifications and Experience

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive accounting and/or financial analysis experience, with at least 3 years at a senior level.
• Hands-on expertise in month-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Proven experience with job costing, inventory accounting, and payroll posting in a manufacturing, hospitality, catering, or other event-driven environment.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, large-dataset analysis) and proficiency with Google Workspace.
• Working knowledge of accounting and HR/payroll systems such as QuickBooks Online, Paycom, and Ottimate.
• Highly organized, collaborative, and responsive, with the ability to operate with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment.

Preferred

• Experience in hospitality, CPG, and/or manufacturing companies
• Experience with process improvements, system conversions, or implementation projects
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, changing environment

Why Join GGC?

• Hybrid work model with schedule flexibility
• High-impact role with opportunities to enhance financial systems and processes
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture focused on professional growth and operational excellence

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in San Francisco, CA 94107

Inclusivity Statement:

GGC is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including individuals with disabilities and those from underrepresented groups, to apply and bring unique perspectives to our team.

This job description reflects the essential functions and qualifications for the job role and is not exhaustive. Responsibilities are not limited to those listed above and may evolve at the company's discretion to meet changing business needs. Responsibilities and requirements may evolve to meet the needs of the company and its clients.

Flexible work from home options available.