Food and Beverage Area Manager

Winning Form Careers Site; Durban; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Winning Form is seeking an experienced F&B Finance Controller to oversee cash management, stock control, and GAAP-based reporting across regions, ensuring accurate input into systems and timely financial closes. You will collaborate with branch managers to investigate variances, shortages, and wastage, while preparing monthly management accounts and GP analyses.

Responsibilities include data extraction for regional reporting, monitoring cash transfers and EFTs, and enforcing F&B

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on cash management and reporting experience.
• Experience in F&B finance and stock control is required.
• Ability to collate regional stock and sales data for management review.

Responsibilities

• Reporting GAAP-based GP% to the National F&B Manager.
• Ensure GAAP compliance across F&B branches and correct system input; ensure GRV process follows requirements.
• Collate regional stock reporting; perform variances investigations with branch managers.
• Stock control and reconciliation across regions; explain variances, shortages, wastage.
• Assist the National Manager in stock variance investigations and remedy actions.
• Manage cash flow and work with internal audits to investigate variances.
• Extract sales information for regions; advise on cash book transfers and capture EFTs.
• Daily checks of F&B documentation from operation branches for completeness and accuracy.
• Prepare monthly F&B trading results for management accounts; submit for verification.
• Balance daily sales data with recon statements and escalate to branch managers when needed.
• Assist branches to implement and enforce F&B procedures across regions.
• Coordinate documentation flow between branches and support teams.
• Work with creditors to resolve supplier issues and queries.
• Resource management of F&B staff across regions; schedule and assign duties during peak periods.
• Ensure timely submission of daily, weekly, and monthly F&B reports.
• Collaborate with Regional Betting Managers to monitor customer experience and retention.
• Handle any other ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Cash management

Reporting

Resource management

Stock control

Education

A valid driver's license

Job description

Skill Set

• Cash management


• Reporting


• Resource management


• Stock control

Responsibilities

• Reporting from GAAP on GP% to National F&B Manager


• Ensure all F&B branches effectively operate on GAAP and input into system is correct. Ensure GRV process is conducted according to set requirements.


• Collate stock reporting for all regions, all branches. Conduct bank recon against stock recon and sales recon. Investigate with F&B branch managers in Gauteng for reasons for variances, wastage, shortages.


• Stock control and reconciliation of stock in regions. Investigate and provide explanations for variances, shortages, wastages.


• Assist the National manager in investigating stock shortages and investigate with branches to determine reasons for variances, shortages, wastage etc.


• Ensure efficient F&B cash management. Work closely with internal audits and investigate variances.


• Extraction of sales information for regions from recons. Advice cash books of transfer required. Capture EFT's


• Daily checking of F&B documentation submitted by the operation branches for both completeness and accuracy


• Preparation of the F&B trading results for inclusion in the monthly management accounts as well as the monthly GP excel spreadsheet. Submit to National F&B Manager beforehand for verification.


• Checking and final preparation of the daily waitron sales data submitted by food and beverage management


• Checking entails balancing to daily sales ex recon, highlighting areas to F&B national Manager and follow up with F&B branch managers to investigate, resolve and, if necessary to correct


• Assist branch managers to implement F&B procedures. Implement F&B procedures in regions.


• Manage flow of documentation between the branches and team support


• Work with team support creditors in resolving supplier problems/queries


• Resource management of F&B resources across regions (in conjunction with Branch managers) in line with operational trends and events to ensure optimal staff utilization. Schedule resources and assign duties taking into account busy periods, events, operating hours to ensure that the F&B department is sufficiently staffed and able to meet operational requirements.


• Ensure timeous submission of daily, weekly, monthly F&B reports


• Work closely with Regional Betting Managers and Betting Branch Manager to enquire about customer experience to ensure that the F&B experience attracts and retains customers/punters.


• Any other ad hoc duties that might be required

Qualifications

• A valid drivers license


• Experience in the F&B industry

Required Skills

• Cash Management


• Reporting


• Resource Management


• Stock Control

About Us

Winning Form was founded in 1987 and has since grown to become a prominent brand in South Africa. Over the years, Winning Form has expanded to include four other companies, SplashOut, Star Merchant, Star Bar & Café and Racing Distribution, making it a large and dynamic brand with a wide range of expertise.

The Winning Form Group has created an environment where our Team can thrive. We believe in fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Our Team is made up of talented individuals who are passionate about their work and committed to delivering the highest quality results.

As a part of our Team, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with Team Members from different areas of the business, grow with our development plans and contribute to the success of the Wining Form Group.

Job Info

• Job Identification 2486


• Job Category Operations


• Posting Date 09/01/2026, 07:28 AM


• Apply Before 10/31/2026, 07:28 AM


• Roster No