Skills
Accountant
Job Description
Position: Financial Accountant
Location: Miami, FL
Duration: Permanent/Full Time
Compensation & Benefits:
- $90,000-$115,000 annually
- Daily breakfast and lunch provided
- Health insurance covered 100% by client (employee only)
- Dental, vision, and life insurance (1x salary)
- 80 hours PTO accrued annually
Our Client — an internationally acclaimed steakhouse brand with roughly 30 locations across cities like New York, London, Dubai, and Istanbul — is seeking an experienced Operational Financial Accountant to join its Miami team. This is a hands-on, high-visibility finance role at one of fine dining's most recognized global brands.
About the Role:
- You'll work closely with the Finance Manager to oversee day-to-day financial operations, F&B cost control, and AR/AP management for a large-scale, high-volume fine dining operation. You'll act as a financial consultant to senior restaurant managers, driving cost and revenue analysis that directly shapes operational decisions.
What You'll Do
- Monitor daily sales, cash reconciliation, credit card batches, deposits, and petty cash — including oversight of the cashier team
- Partner with the outsourced accounting team to finalize weekly and monthly reports
- Oversee weekly food inventory and biweekly beverage inventory counts, identifying and resolving variances
- Track food, beverage, and operating supply costs using StockTake Inventory Software
- Analyze purchasing trends and inventory turnover
- Review purchase orders and vendor invoices; negotiate better pricing where possible
- Partner with operations managers to improve efficiency around menu pricing, recipes, and POS updates
- Support month-end close and financial reporting
- Review and approve accounts payable invoices
- Assist with system implementations and process improvements as needed
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as an Operational Accountant or in a similar role
- BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CPA a plus
- 3+ years of GAAP experience; 5+ years in accounting overall
- 2+ years of Food & Beverage industry experience
- Large-scale fine dining background strongly preferred
- Strong Excel and accounting software skills; Toast POS and StockTake experience preferred
- Excellent analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Strong negotiation, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally with Culinary, Beverage, Operations, and vendors