Food Beverage Controller (WFH)

About the job:

About the Company

The Leela Gandhinagar, Gujarat is committed to providing exceptional hospitality and service, ensuring a luxurious experience for all guests.

About the Role

The F&B Controller is responsible for controlling, monitoring, and optimizing all Food & Beverage costs across outlets, banquets, and events, ensuring adherence to The Leelas financial standards, internal controls, and profitability objectives.

Responsibilities

Cost Control & Financial Management
- Monitor and control food, beverage, and operating costs across all F&B outlets.
- Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly F&B cost reports, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Ensure accurate calculation of food cost %, beverage cost %, and gross profit margins.
- Review recipes, standard portion sizes, and menu engineering for cost efficiency.

Inventory & Stores Management
- Supervise receiving, storage, and issuing procedures in line with hotel SOPs.
- Conduct and reconcile monthly physical inventories for food, beverage, and operating supplies.
- Investigate inventory variances, wastage, breakages, and pilferage.
- Ensure proper valuation of stock and closing inventory for month-end reporting.

Purchasing & Vendor Coordination
- Coordinate with Purchase and Stores departments to ensure competitive pricing.
- Verify purchase orders, GRNs, supplier invoices, and credit notes for accuracy.
- Assist in rate comparisons for major F&B suppliers.

Budgeting & Forecasting
- Assist in preparation of forecasts.
- Track actual performance against budget and provide variance analysis.
- Support banquet and event costing to ensure targeted margins are achieved.

Compliance & Internal Controls
- Ensure compliance with The Leela Group policies, statutory requirements, and audit standards.
- Maintain strong internal controls to prevent revenue leakage and cost overruns.

Team Collaboration
- Work closely with Executive Chef, F&B Manager, Banquets, Stores, and Finance teams.
- Train operational teams on cost awareness, wastage control, and financial discipline.

Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in Commerce, Finance or Accounting
- 36 years of experience in F&B cost control or finance within a luxury hotel or large hospitality operation
- Strong knowledge of hotel accounting systems, inventory controls, and F&B operations
- Experience with ERP/POS systems (e.g., SUN, WINHMS, Oracle & Opera)

Required Skills

- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Knowledge of luxury hotel F&B standards
- Effective communication and coordination skills
- High integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Proficiency in MS Excel and financial reporting tools

Who can apply:

Only those candidates can apply who:
- have minimum 3 years of experience

Salary:
Competitive salary

Experience:
3 year(s)

Deadline:
2035-01-01 00:00:00