Accountant

Traio Company; Mubarak Al-Kabeer; On-site; KWD 6,000 - 9,000; Full time

Job summary

Traio Company in Kuwait is seeking a hands-on Accountant to own day-to-day financial control, including cost, inventory, payroll, and profitability, working closely with the owner and operations teams.

This role goes beyond data entry; you will monitor cash flow, reconcile supplier statements, prepare monthly P&L and management reports, and help improve internal controls in a fast-moving SME environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of accounting experience, preferably in restaurants or F&B.
• Strong inventory accounting and food cost knowledge.
• Experience reconciling purchases, stock movement and sales.
• Proficient with POS systems and Xero; Foodics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Record and reconcile daily sales from POS and delivery platforms.
• Monitor bank deposits and petty cash.
• Record supplier invoices and maintain accounts payable.
• Reconcile supplier statements and investigate differences.
• Track purchases, food cost, wastage, and operating expenses.
• Reconcile physical stock with system stock; participate in monthly counts.
• Prepare monthly P&L by company/brand and management reports.
• Handle payroll calculations, deductions, overtime, and settlements.
• Maintain financial documentation and filing; monitor receivables.
• Reconcile delivery platform settlements with actual sales; assist budgeting.

Skills

Accounting

Inventory management

Food cost control

Excel

Xero

Foodics

POS systems

Payroll

Bank reconciliation

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Tools

Foodics

Xero

Job description

We are looking for a hands‑on Accountant to join our food business in Kuwait and take ownership of the day‑to‑day financial control of the company.

This is not a role for someone who only records transactions at the end of the month. We need someone who is actively involved in the operation, understands where the money is going, catches mistakes early, and helps management control costs, inventory, purchases, payroll, and profitability.

The accountant will work closely with the owner, operations team, inventory/store team, suppliers, and other departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Record and reconcile daily sales from POS and delivery platforms.
• Monitor bank deposits, petty cash.
• Record supplier invoices and maintain accurate accounts payable.
• Reconcile supplier statements and investigate any differences.
• Monitor purchases and identify unusual price changes or excessive spending.
• Track food cost, packaging cost, wastage, and other operational expenses.
• Work closely with inventory management to reconcile physical stock against system stock.
• Participate in monthly stock counts and investigate inventory variances.
• Prepare monthly Profit & Loss statements by company/brand.
• Prepare management reports showing sales, costs, gross profit, expenses, and net profit.
• Handle payroll calculations, deductions, overtime, leave balances, and employee settlements.
• Maintain proper financial documentation and filing.
• Monitor receivables and amounts due from delivery aggregators.
• Reconcile Talabat and other delivery-platform settlements with actual sales.
• Assist with budgeting, cash-flow planning, and expense control.
• Highlight financial problems, suspicious transactions, or operational weaknesses directly to management.
• Help improve accounting procedures, internal controls, and financial reporting systems.

Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years of accounting experience, preferably within restaurants, central kitchens, catering, cloud kitchens, or F&B.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and food cost, not only general bookkeeping.
• Must understand how to reconcile purchases, stock movement, production, wastage, and sales.
• Experience with POS systems; Foodics experience is highly preferred and XERO.
• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, reconciliation sheets, and financial reports.
• Experience reconciling delivery aggregators such as Talabat or similar platforms.
• Able to prepare a complete monthly P&L and explain the numbers clearly to management.
• Strong knowledge of accounts payable, supplier reconciliation, petty cash, and bank reconciliation.
• Must be comfortable checking supporting documents and questioning transactions that do not make sense.
• High attention to detail and strong ability to detect discrepancies, duplicate payments, unusual purchasing patterns, and inventory variances.
• Able to work independently without requiring constant supervision.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-moving SME environment where processes are still being improved.
• Experience with payroll and Kuwait employee calculations is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Kuwait accounting/tax/compliance requirements is preferred.
• Arabic is an advantage; good English is required.
• Must be based in Kuwait or available to join in Kuwait.

Most importantly: we are looking for someone who thinks like a financial controller, not just a data‑entry accountant.

The right candidate should be able to tell management:

“This is where you are making money, this is where you are losing money, this number does not make sense, and this is what we should fix.”

Skills

• Minimum 3–5 years of accounting experience, preferably within restaurants, central kitchens, catering, cloud kitchens, or F&B.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and food cost, not only general bookkeeping.
• Must understand how to reconcile purchases, stock movement, production, wastage, and sales.
• Experience with POS systems; Foodics experience is highly preferred and XERO.
• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, reconciliation sheets, and financial reports.
• Experience reconciling delivery aggregators such as Talabat or similar platforms.
• Able to prepare a complete monthly P&L and explain the numbers clearly to management.
• Strong knowledge of accounts payable, supplier reconciliation, petty cash, and bank reconciliation.
• Must be comfortable checking supporting documents and questioning transactions that do not make sense.
• High attention to detail and strong ability to detect discrepancies, duplicate payments, unusual purchasing patterns, and inventory variances.
• Able to work independently without requiring constant supervision.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-moving SME environment where processes are still being improved.
• Experience with payroll and Kuwait employee calculations is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Kuwait accounting/tax/compliance requirements is preferred.
• Arabic is an advantage; good English is required.
• Must be based in Kuwait or available to join in Kuwait.