Posted 08/17/2026
Job Number: 17528
Controller
San Diego, California • Onsite
Industry: Hospitality
Job Category: Hospitality
Job Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 / Annually
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Job Description
Position Title: Controller
Salary Range: $120,000–$150,000 / Year, DOE
This is an opportunity to take ownership of the financial engine behind a growing, multi-unit restaurant organization and make it smarter, cleaner, and more scalable. The Controller will oversee accounting across six locations, lead month-end and year-end close, manage AP and reporting, build out P&L reporting, and identify opportunities to automate and streamline processes that are still manual today. The ideal candidate is a sharp, hands-on accounting professional with multi-unit restaurant or hospitality experience who knows the fundamentals cold but also sees how things can be done better. They want a self-starter who asks smart questions, communicates directly, brings ideas to the table, and can balance serious financial accountability with a collaborative, down-to-earth personality.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day accounting operations across six restaurant locations, including daily sales reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, AP and payroll reporting inputs
- Lead month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring financial information is complete, accurate, and delivered on time
- Build and maintain P&L reporting from the ground up, providing clear visibility into financial performance at both the company and store level
- Oversee high-volume bill pay and AP/AR activity while maintaining strong controls and accurate records
- Evaluate existing accounting workflows and implement automation that reduces manual work, improves accuracy, and creates more scalable processes
- Manage inventory and store-level financial reporting while partnering closely with operations to ensure the numbers reflect what is happening in the business
- Coordinate with the company’s outside CPA firm on year-end close, tax matters, and other financial reporting requirements
Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with hands-on responsibility for close, reconciliations, AP, reporting, and core accounting functions
- Strong accounting experience within a multi-unit restaurant or hospitality environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent depth of relevant accounting experience
- Strong QuickBooks proficiency and advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs
- Solid command of journal entries, debits and credits, month-end close, year-end close and tax-related accounting processes
- Ability to independently build processes, solve problems and manage a high-volume workload without sacrificing accuracy
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to ask questions, challenge inefficient processes and collaborate closely with operational leadership
Benefits
- 10%–15% performance-based bonus incentive
- HMO and PPO medical plan options with 50% of the employee premium covered
- Two weeks of PTO with potential flexibility based on experience
- Complimentary food at the company’s restaurants
- Free parking
If you know restaurant accounting, love making messy processes better, and want the freedom to build a finance function that can scale with the business, apply today.
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