Senior Cost Controller

Senior Cost Controller

   Location: Ramada by Wyndham, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   Employment Type: Full-Time   Application Deadline:  15 days

Job Summary

The Senior Cost Controller is responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and controlling the hotel’s food, beverage, operational, and other departmental costs to ensure efficient financial performance. The position works closely with the Finance, Food & Beverage, Purchasing, Stores, Kitchen, and Operations teams to maintain accurate cost records, identify variances, and implement effective cost-control measures.

Key Responsibilities

• · Monitor and control food, beverage, and operational costs to ensure they remain within approved budgets and targets.
• · Conduct daily and monthly cost analysis and variance reporting for Food & Beverage and other operational departments.
• · Review food and beverage consumption, wastage, spoilage, transfers, and complimentary items.
• · Conduct regular and month-end physical inventory counts and reconcile results with accounting records.
• · Investigate discrepancies between physical stock and system balances and recommend corrective actions.
• · Calculate and monitor food and beverage cost percentages, gross profit margins, and departmental profitability.