Afghan Brothers Restaurant is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to manage the company's overall accounting and financial operations. The candidate will be responsible for daily sales reconciliation, POS billing systems, staff salaries and payroll, purchasing and supplier payments, inventory cost monitoring, financial reporting, and maintaining accurate accounting records across restaurant branches.
The ideal candidate must have strong accounting knowledge, excellent numerical and analytical skills, and practical experience managing the financial operations of a restaurant business.
Key Responsibilities
1. Accounting & Financial Management
- Manage all day-to-day accounting and financial transactions.
- Maintain accurate financial records, ledgers, journals, and accounting documents.
- Prepare monthly profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow reports, and management reports.
- Monitor cash flow, expenses, revenue, and operational costs.
- Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations.
- Ensure accurate recording of all financial transactions across branches.
2. POS Billing & Sales Reconciliation
- Monitor restaurant POS billing systems and ensure accurate recording of daily sales.
- Reconcile POS sales with cash, debit/credit card transactions, online orders, and delivery platform settlements.
- Verify daily cash collections, cashier reports, refunds, discounts, voids, and complimentary bills.
- Identify and investigate billing discrepancies and revenue losses.
- Reconcile sales from delivery platforms such as Talabat, Snoonu, Keeta, and other aggregators.
- Prepare daily and monthly sales reports for management.
3. Payroll & Staff Salary Management
- Prepare and process monthly staff salaries accurately and on time.
- Maintain employee salary records, advances, deductions, overtime, leave, and other payroll-related information.
- Reconcile payroll records with attendance and HR records.
- Prepare salary transfer files and coordinate with the relevant team for timely payment through the applicable banking and payroll systems.
- Maintain records of staff loans, advances, settlements, and final payments.
- Ensure payroll procedures comply with applicable Qatar labour and wage protection requirements.
4. Purchasing & Supplier Management
- Monitor purchasing transactions, supplier invoices, purchase orders, and payment records.
- Verify supplier invoices against purchase orders and goods received.
- Maintain supplier accounts and reconcile outstanding balances.
- Monitor food, beverage, packaging, and other operational purchasing expenses.
- Compare supplier prices and identify opportunities to reduce purchasing costs.
- Coordinate with restaurant branches, storekeepers, chefs, and the purchasing team to control unnecessary expenses.
- Ensure all purchases are properly documented and approved.
5. Inventory & Cost Control
- Monitor food costs, beverage costs, packaging costs, and other restaurant operating expenses.
- Reconcile inventory purchases, stock movements, and physical stock counts.
- Identify stock discrepancies, wastage, unusual consumption, and potential losses.
- Calculate food costs and monitor gross profit margins.
- Prepare inventory valuation and cost-control reports for management.
- Coordinate with branch teams to improve stock management and reduce wastage.
6. Branch & Operational Accounts
- Oversee accounting records and financial transactions for all restaurant branches.
- Reconcile branch sales, petty cash, expenses, and daily deposits.
- Monitor branch expenses against approved budgets.
- Verify expense claims, cash advances, and supporting documents.
- Establish proper financial controls and reporting procedures across branches.
- Coordinate with branch managers to resolve accounting discrepancies.
7. Tax, Compliance & Audit
- Maintain proper financial documentation for internal and external audits.
- Coordinate with auditors, banks, suppliers, and relevant authorities when required.
- Support the preparation and filing of applicable tax returns and statutory reports.
- Ensure accounting records and financial procedures comply with applicable Qatar regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality of company financial information and employee salary records.
8. Management Reporting
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports for senior management.
- Analyze sales performance, operating expenses, profitability, and branch-wise results.
- Highlight financial risks, unusual expenses, and discrepancies.
- Recommend measures to improve profitability, cash flow, and cost efficiency.
- Provide accurate financial information to support management decisions.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in restaurants, hotels, or multi-branch hospitality businesses.
- Proven experience handling complete accounting operations, payroll, purchasing, inventory, and POS reconciliation.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cost control.
- Experience with accounting software and restaurant POS systems.
- Advanced Excel skills and good knowledge of financial reporting tools.
- Knowledge of Qatar payroll, WPS, and applicable tax and compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and coordinate with multiple branches.
- High level of integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality.
Preferred Skills
- Experience managing accounts for multiple restaurant branches.
- Knowledge of food cost analysis, inventory control, and restaurant profitability.
- Experience reconciling online food delivery platform settlements.
- Ability to implement financial controls and improve accounting procedures.
Key Performance Expectations
- Accurate and timely monthly financial closing and reporting.
- Timely and accurate staff salary processing.
- Daily reconciliation of POS sales, cash, card, and delivery platform transactions.
- Proper control of supplier payments, purchasing expenses, and inventory costs.
- Accurate branch-wise profitability reports.
- Reduction of accounting discrepancies, wastage, and unnecessary operating expenses.
Afghan Brothers Restaurant is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to manage the company's overall accounting and financial operations. The candidate will be responsible for daily sales reconciliation, POS billing systems, staff salaries and payroll, purchasing and supplier payments, inventory cost monitoring, financial reporting, and maintaining accurate accounting records across restaurant branches.
The ideal candidate must have strong accounting knowledge, excellent numerical and analytical skills, and practical experience managing the financial operations of a restaurant business.
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