Full Charge Bookkeeper (Controller Track)

Domenico Winery; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vacation days

8 holidays

Company 401(k)

Wine discount

Team outings

Job summary

Domenico Winery, a family-owned hospitality company with an urban winery and The Osteria, seeks a Full-Charge Bookkeeper to own the books for both Domenico Catering & Events and The Osteria end to end.

You’ll work directly with our CEO and COO, sit in on the monthly P&L review, and over 12–24 months build toward controller-level duties such as budgets, cash flow forecasting, and P&L analysis for each business line, with pay growth as you prove readiness.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of full-charge bookkeeping experience.
• Experience in restaurant, catering, hospitality or winery preferred.
• Proficient with QuickBooks (Desktop and Online) and multi-entity tracking.
• Experience with California payroll, including tips and service charges.
• Degree in accounting or related field; CPA/CMA in progress.

Responsibilities

• Tie out each day's Toast sales, including card batches, merchant fees, cash, gift cards and tips.
• Track client deposits from contract signing to final guest departure; recognize as revenue and manage receivables.
• Code vendor invoices in MarginEdge and run weekly payment batches.
• Manage semi-monthly payroll across entities in BambooHR, including tips and service charges.
• Close books by the 10th business day with reconciliations and accruals.
• Prepare P&L by line and support internal decision making.
• Handle sales tax filings, 1099s, year-end schedules, and internal controls.

Skills

Full-charge bookkeeping

QuickBooks

California payroll

Excel

Bilingual English/Spanish

Hospitality industry experience

Multi-entity tracking

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's in accounting

Tools

Toast

MarginEdge

Total Party Planner

Caterease

BambooHR

Job description

Every great celebration has a number behind it. We're looking for the person who knows them all.

It's Saturday night in San Carlos. In one room, 250 guests are raising a glass at a wedding our team has spent nine months planning. Across the property, every one of the Osteria's 100 seats is full: handmade pizza is coming off the line, the bar is pouring wine made a few steps away, and the tasting room is still buzzing.

By Monday morning, all of it turns into numbers. There's a client deposit to apply, a Toast batch to tie out, tips to pay correctly, and a gala invoice to send. That's where you come in.

Who we are

Domenico is a family-owned hospitality company with an award-winning urban winery at its heart. Domenico Catering & Events produces about 300 events a year: weddings, galas, corporate dinners, and some of the Bay Area's best-known company celebrations, at our venue and off-site. On the same property we have The Osteria at Domenico Winery, our 100-seat Italian restaurant, tasting room and bar. This is a big chapter for us as two businesses become one team, and we're bringing our accounting back in-house. We want someone to build that function with us from day one.

We run on GRAPES: Gratitude, Respect, Accountability, Positivity, Excellence and Synergy. In accounting, that comes down to something simple: the numbers tie out, and everyone trusts them.

The role

You’ll be our Full-Charge Bookkeeper, the person who owns the books for both businesses end to end. This is not a back-office data-entry job. You’ll sit at the center of the company, working directly with our CEO and COO and sitting in on our monthly P&L review.

We’ve also built a real path for you. Over 12–24 months, we’ll train you into controller-level work: budgets, cash flow forecasting, and P&L analysis for each business line. As you show you’re ready, your title and pay grow with you.

What your week looks like

• Restaurant and bar: Tie out each day's Toast sales, including card batches, merchant fees, cash, gift cards and tips. Every dollar should land where it belongs.
• Catering: Track client deposits from the day a contract is signed to the day the last guest leaves. Then move them to revenue, send final invoices, and keep receivables healthy.
• Payables: Code vendor invoices in MarginEdge, set up new vendors, and run the weekly payment batch. That includes the florist who needs a check on the day of the event.
• Payroll: Own semi-monthly payroll across our entities in BambooHR. That means getting tips, service charges and California wage and hour rules right, every time.
• Month-end: Close the books by the 10th business day. That includes reconciliations, accruals, and a P&L for each business line that ownership actually uses to make decisions.
• Compliance: Sales tax filings, 1099s, year-end schedules for our CPA, and the internal controls that keep everyone honest.

In your first 90 days, you’ll also take over our QuickBooks file from our outside accounting firm and set up the Osteria’s books. It’s a rare chance to build things the right way from the start.

You might be our person if you…

• Have 4+ years of full-charge bookkeeping, meaning you’ve owned the books through month-end close.
• Have worked in a restaurant, catering, hospitality or winery business, or you’re ready to fall in love with one.
• Know QuickBooks (Desktop and Online) well, along with class or multi-entity tracking.
• Have run California payroll end to end, including tips and service charges.
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in accounting, or working toward a CPA or CMA.
• Hands‑on experience with Toast, MarginEdge, Total Party Planner or Caterease, and BambooHR.
• Food and beverage cost accounting: inventory counts, theoretical vs. actual COGS, prime cost.
• Know your way around Excel: pivots, lookups and reconciliation workbooks.
• Can explain a variance in plain English to someone who’s never read a balance sheet.
• Are calm, organized and kind, and can say "let’s do this the right way" without making anyone feel small.
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Bonus points:

experience with Toast, MarginEdge, Total Party Planner or BambooHR; food and beverage cost accounting; a CPA or CMA in progress; or Spanish.

What you'll get

• $75,000–$90,000 a year depending on experience, reviewed annually.
• A clear path to Controller, with training from ownership.
• 10 paid vacation days (accruing after the first 90 days) plus 8 paid holidays
• Health insurance: company pays 50% of your premium on our bronze plan (currently Kaiser Permanente), starting the first of the month after 60 days
• Safe Harbor 401(k) after your first year
• 50% off Domenico wines, 25% off Osteria food to-go, staff meals during events, and team outings.
• A seat at the table: your work shapes real decisions every month.
• A team that treats each other like family. You’ll also never be far from a great glass of wine.

Domenico is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.