Club Finance Controller & P&L Leader

Racquets Club of Short Hills NJ; Short Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Club Access

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Employee discount / club access

Job summary

Racquets Club of Short Hills NJ seeks a seasoned Controller to own the general ledger, month-end and year-end closes, and department-level P&Ls across dining, bar, poolside, events, tennis, aquatics, and membership.

You will build the annual budget, rolling 12‑month forecast, and a 13‑week cash flow model, manage dues billing, member statements, and F&B credit tracking, and report variances to leadership. This role emphasizes cost controls, inventory audits, and reporting to ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, including 2+ as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accountant.
• Proven ownership of a full month-end close and financial statement preparation.
• Strong command of payroll, AP/AR, inventory accounting, and cost control.
• Hands-on experience running physical inventory audits and managing stock room controls in a food and beverage or retail environment.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets — pivot tables, lookups, and models built from scratch.
• Experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Jonas, Northstar, Clubessential, or similar) and POS reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own the general ledger, month-end and year-end close, and department-level P&Ls across dining, bar, poolside, events, tennis, aquatics, and membership.
• Build the annual budget, a rolling 12-month forecast, and a 13-week cash flow model.
• Manage dues billing, member statements, house accounts, F&B credit tracking, and collections.
• Build pro formas for private events and programs — venue fee, per-person food and bar, staffing, and true contribution margin — then report actuals against them.
• Control food and beverage costs: plate costing, pour cost, par levels, and variance investigation.
• Run scheduled inventory audits across kitchen, bar, poolside cafe, and pro shop — full physical counts, cycle counts, and unannounced spot checks — reconciled against purchases and POS depletion.
• Own stock room management: receiving and put-away, labeling and shelf organization, FIFO rotation, storage security and key/access control, and expiration and waste tracking.
• Investigate and report on shrink, theft, and count discrepancies, and enforce corrective controls with department heads.
• Run the full AP cycle — POs, three-way match, coding, vendor management, and 1099s.
• Track all incoming payments, event deposits, daily deposits, and merchant settlements; reconcile Stripe activity to POS and sales.
• Process payroll for salaried, hourly, seasonal, and tipped staff, including tip pooling in compliance with NJ wage law.
• Monitor labor cost as a percentage of revenue and build staffing models tied to forecasted volume.
• Maintain sales tax filings, insurance and liquor license records, and internal controls with proper segregation of duties.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with department heads and team leaders — kitchen, bar, aquatics, tennis, events, and front of house — to set, communicate, and execute cost and revenue goals for each department.
• Train team leaders on budget ownership, cost controls, inventory procedures, and revenue targets, and run regular check-ins on performance against objectives.
• Deliver a monthly financial package to ownership with variance commentary in plain language.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Payroll/Payroll tax

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

Jonas

Northstar

Clubessential

Job description

Racquets Club of Short Hills NJ seeks a seasoned Controller to own the general ledger, month-end and year-end closes, and department-level P&Ls across dining, bar, poolside, events, tennis, aquatics, and membership.

You will build the annual budget, rolling 12‑month forecast, and a 13‑week cash flow model, manage dues billing, member statements, and F&B credit tracking, and report variances to leadership. This role emphasizes cost controls, inventory audits, and reporting to ownership.