Cost Controller - F&B

• Work Experience 3-5 years in F&B cost control, preferably in restaurants, cafes, hotels, or catering operations. • Job Opening Status Open • Degree Bachelor's • City Muscat • Country Sultanate of Oman Job Description Monitor and control food, beverage, inventory, recipe,wastage, and operational costs to protect profitability and ensure strong financial discipline across F&B operations. Key Responsibilities Cost Monitoring • Calculate and analyze food cost, beverage cost, packagingcost, wastage, consumption, and cost of sales. • Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly cost reports with clearvariance explanations and corrective actions. Inventory Control • Supervise stock counts, spot checks, inventory reconciliations, transfers, returns, and expiry monitoring. • Investigate variances between system stock, physical stock, purchases, sales, and production usage. • Maintain standard recipes, portion costs, menu costing sheets, and selling price recommendations. • Review menu profitability and highlight low-margin,high-wastage, or slow-moving items. Controls & Compliance • Audit receiving, issuing, storage, wastage, staff meals,complimentary items, and approval processes. • Implement controls to reduce leakage, theft,over-portioning, incorrect posting, and unauthorized adjustments. Coordination • Work with chefs, procurement, stores, accounting, and operations to improve cost performance. Requirements Education & Certifications • Bachelor degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance,Hospitality, Cost Control, or related field. Experience • 3-5 years in F&B cost control, preferably in restaurants, cafes, hotels, or catering operations. • Inventory systems, POS, recipe costing, Excel, stock audits,variance analysis, menu engineering, purchasing controls. • Analytical thinking, firmness, integrity, accuracy,investigation skills, communication, follow-up, cost discipline.