Senior Accountant - F&B

gu-recruitment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 9,000 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

gu-recruitment is seeking an experienced F&B accounting professional to oversee daily accounting operations for restaurant, cafe, or multi-outlet settings. You will manage revenue reconciliation, cost reporting, inventory accounting, supplier payments, and strong financial controls.

The role emphasizes month-end closings, VAT compliance, and providing management reports, with a focus on accuracy, confidentiality, and timely analysis to support profitability and operational discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce; professional accounting certification preferred.
• 5+ years in accounting, preferably in restaurant, cafe, hotel, catering, or multi-outlet F&B operations.
• Proficiency with POS reconciliation, inventory accounting, recipe costing basics, Excel, ERP/POS systems, VAT, financial reporting.
• Strong accuracy, confidentiality, urgency, analytical skills, communication, control mindset, teamwork, attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Daily Accounting: Record daily sales, cash, card, online delivery, discounts, refunds, tips, petty cash, and POS transactions.
• Verify end-of-day reports, cashier summaries, bank deposits, and settlement reports.
• Cost & Inventory: Coordinate with cost control and stores on inventory valuation, wastage, transfers, spoilage, and cost of sales.
• Review recipe costing, stock variances, purchasing entries, and monthly stock count results.
• Payables & Receivables: Process supplier invoices, payments, reconciliations, credit notes, and aging reports.
• Monitor receivables from events, corporate clients, delivery platforms, and other income channels.
• Reporting & Closing: Prepare monthly P&L, revenue analysis, cost analysis, cash flow, balance sheet schedules, and management reports.
• Ensure timely month-end closing with accurate accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Compliance & Controls: Support VAT, audits, internal controls, POS controls, approvals, and financial documentation standards.
• Highlight unusual variances, revenue leakage, wastage, or control gaps to management.

Skills

POS reconciliation

Inventory accounting

Recipe costing

Excel

ERP/POS systems

VAT

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor degree in Accounting/Finance/Commerce

Professional accounting certification preferred

Tools

POS systems

ERP software

Job description

Oversee F&B accounting operations, revenue reconciliation, cost reporting, inventory accounting, supplier payments, and financial controls to support profitability and operational discipline.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily Accounting: Record daily sales, cash, card, online delivery, discounts, refunds, tips, petty cash, and POS transactions.
• Verify end-of-day reports, cashier summaries, bank deposits, and settlement reports.
• Cost & Inventory: Coordinate with cost control and stores on inventory valuation, wastage, transfers, spoilage, and cost of sales.
• Review recipe costing, stock variances, purchasing entries, and monthly stock count results.
• Payables & Receivables: Process supplier invoices, payments, reconciliations, credit notes, and aging reports.
• Monitor receivables from events, corporate clients, delivery platforms, and other income channels.
• Reporting & Closing: Prepare monthly P&L, revenue analysis, cost analysis, cash flow, balance sheet schedules, and management reports.
• Ensure timely month-end closing with accurate accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Compliance & Controls: Support VAT, audits, internal controls, POS controls, approvals, and financial documentation standards.
• Highlight unusual variances, revenue leakage, wastage, or control gaps to management.

Requirements

Education & Certifications

Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce; professional accounting certification preferred.

Experience

5+ years in accounting, preferably in restaurant, cafe, hotel, catering, or multi-outlet F&B operations.

Technical Competencies

POS reconciliation, inventory accounting, recipe costing basics, Excel, ERP/POS systems, VAT, financial reporting.

Behavioral Competencies

Accuracy, confidentiality, urgency, analytical skills, communication, control mindset, teamwork, attention to detail.a