Cheezious is seeking a hands-on Manager Accounts with experience in the fast-food/QSR industry to manage end-to-end accounting operations for the North Region. The role requires practical expertise in ERP Systems / Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance , inventory and food cost accounting, financial reporting, and monthly and annual closing. The candidate must be capable of independently executing accounting processes, not merely supervising a team or monitoring closing checklists.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily Accounting Operations: Manage sales accounting, cash and bank transactions, delivery-platform settlements, accounts payable, journal entries, and routine reconciliations.
- Procurement & Inventory Accounting: Manage the complete procurement-to-payment cycle, including purchase orders, GRNs, vendor invoices, inventory valuation, stock transfers, physical stock reconciliations, and supplier balances.
- BOM & Food Costing: Validate recipe/BOM costing, ingredient consumption against sales, food cost variances, wastage, spoilage, stock adjustments, and cost of goods sold; investigate and resolve material discrepancies with operations.
- Branch Profitability: Prepare branch-wise profit and loss reports, analyze food cost, sales, operating expenses, and budget variances, and identify cost leakage and profitability improvement opportunities.
- Financial Closing & Reporting: Independently execute monthly and annual closing, including accruals, prepayments, depreciation, inventory cut-off, subledger reconciliations, trial balance review, and preparation and finalization of financial statements.
- Taxation & Audit: Ensure compliance with applicable Pakistani tax requirements, reconcile tax records with ERP balances, prepare audit schedules, and resolve internal and external audit queries.
- Fixed Assets & Controls: Manage fixed asset capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, and reconciliations; maintain effective accounting controls and resolve recurring ERP and process issues.
Qualifications & Required Experience
- ACCA/FCCA, CA Finalist, ACMA, or MBA Finance with relevant practical experience.
- Proven experience in a multi-branch fast-food, QSR, or restaurant business.
- Hands-on working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, particularly General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Inventory Management, and Fixed Assets.
- Strong practical expertise in inventory accounting, BOM costing, food cost analysis, financial statement preparation, and end-to-end month-end and year-end closing.
The successful candidate must be able to personally execute and own the complete accounting cycle—from procurement and inventory consumption to branch profitability, monthly closing, and annual financial statements—while ensuring accurate reporting, effective cost control, and timely statutory compliance.accurate reporting, effective cost control, and timely statutory compliance.