Job Description:
Cost Control & Analysis
- Perform accurate menu and recipe costing for new and existing food and beverage items, including evaluation of standard recipes, yields, portion sizes and ingredient costs.
- Work closely with the F&B and Kitchen teams on menu costing, pricing, menu testing and planning to optimise profitability.
- Monitor and analyse food and beverage costs incurred against budget and theoretical costs, identify significant variances and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Review food and beverage sales and production reports regularly to identify irregularities, pricing discrepancies and potential revenue leakage.
- Prepare weekly and monthly F&B cost reports, providing clear analysis and insights to the F&B and Finance management on cost performance and profitability.
Inventory Management
- Establish and monitor appropriate par stock levels for F&B outlets and beverage stores to support efficient operations while minimising excess inventory.
- Conduct regular physical inventory counts of food and beverage stocks and investigate significant discrepancies between physical and system records.
- Ensure all inventory movements, including inter-kitchen/inter-outlet transfers, staff meals, complimentary items, wastage and breakages, are properly recorded and supported by documentation.
- Ensure month-end food and beverage inventories are accurately recorded, reconciled and agreed to the General Ledger.
- Monitor inventory levels, slow-moving and excess stock, and highlight potential risks to management.
Purchasing, Receiving & Stores
- Work closely with Purchasing, Receiving and Stores to ensure established inventory control policies and procedures are consistently followed.
- Review market lists, purchase orders, receiving records, invoices and costing information to ensure accuracy, completeness and effective cost control.
- Monitor purchasing and receiving activities and identify significant price or quantity variances for further investigation.
- Oversee the Receiving and Stores functions from a cost control perspective, ensuring proper documentation, inventory records and control procedures are maintained.
Wastage & Loss Prevention
- Monitor food and beverage wastage, spoilage, breakages and other inventory losses, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Investigate unusual inventory variances and potential leakage or pilferage and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Work with F&B and Kitchen teams to improve portion control, recipe compliance and wastage management.
F&B Revenue & Reconciliation
- Perform daily and monthly F&B reconciliations using POS-generated sales and operational reports, ensuring all discrepancies are investigated and satisfactorily explained.
- Review F&B sales against production and consumption reports to ensure that food and beverage items leaving the kitchen or bar are properly recorded and charged.
- Ensure selling prices in the POS system are aligned with approved menu prices and that any discrepancies are promptly identified and rectified.
Continuous Improvement & Projects
- Identify opportunities to improve F&B cost control processes, systems and procedures, with a focus on efficiency, accuracy and profitability.
- Support Finance and F&B initiatives, including procurement or system implementation and conversion projects.
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned by the Finance Manager / Director of Finance.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of working experience, preferably in Finance. Prior experience in 5 star luxury environments will be an added advantage.
- Projects professional image at all times through personal presentation / interpersonal skills.
- Initiates contact and establishes rapport easily.
- Appreciates and maintains an effective outlet for stress.
- Has the ability and willingness to undertake further development.
- Exceptional people and communication skills.
- The highest level of attention to detail.
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
- Microsoft Office expertise to Intermediate or Advanced level.
- Creativity and imagination.
- Experience in preparing, writing and proofing advertising copy.
- An affinity with technology in relation to Press Release distribution.