Assistant Controller, Restaurants
Legacy Ventures · lvmgt.com
AtlantaMid level4+ yrs
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The job in short
Restaurant controllership.
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Details
- Found
- 6 d ago · posted 2026-10-19
- Location as listed
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Role
- Finance Manager / Controller
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Job Details: Job Location: Legacy Ventures - Restaurants - Atlanta, GA, Position Type: Full Time, Salary Range: $85000.00 - $95000.00Salary/year, Job Category: Accounting, Legacy Ventures responds thoughtfully to the built environment. We are planners, developers, hoteliers and restaurateurs. We are innovators who use our multi-disciplined approach to create timeless places – be they hotels, restaurants, new developments or something completely new. We deliver exceptional customer experiences through an engaged and passionate team, yielding measurably better results for partners and investors.
Our combined operations position us as one of America’s leading hospitality companies with employees supporting two dozen hotels and restaurants under ownership or management. In addition to work on its owned account, Legacy today assists third party owners with development, operations management and asset management services.
Development projects have ranged in size from $10 million to $100 million and have often involved complex financial structures or public-private collaborations. Our mantra, “Thoughtfully Enhancing The Built Environment”, ™ highlights one of our key differentiators and is an important reason why we take great pride in our work.
The Restaurant Assistant Controller position reports to the company’s Controller. This position is responsible for all day to day and ongoing aspects of accounting and analysis for reported entities including involvement with forecasting and budgeting. This includes:
Operations Support
Assist with examining operational and accounting practices and related reporting
Facilitate ensuring policies are adhered to regarding the safeguarding of assets, controls, timely and accurate reporting, standardization and scalability
Actively participate in pre-opening services for new restaurants
Assist with conducting audits and other related functional training for Director
Accounts Payable
Review entry and payment of bills, invoices and other items related to restaurants
Review of items for proper approval, coding, potential duplication and underreporting of invoices
Management of vendor files including year end creation of 1099s
Payroll and Sales Tax
Work with HR, GMs and payroll company to account for biweekly payrolls and manual checks
Maintain the monthly sales tax file for all entities
Processing of Daily Sales Reports
Entry and posting of daily sales reports from various restaurants
General Ledger
Prepare and enter Journal Entries
Weekly reconciliation of BEO deposits, petty cash & timely completion of all bank reconciliations
Responsible for intercompany transfers, entries & billings
Analyze inventory costs and investigate discrepancies.
Financial Statements
Prepare complete, timely and accurate financial statements to the Controller for publishing to ownership & stakeholders
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in accounting from a 4 year college or university or extensive applicable experience.
Self motivated with strong analytical skills.
Ability to scale processes as the division grows
Fluency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Windows and relevant accounting software.
Strong reconciliation skills for A/P, A/R, Cash Management and General Ledger.
Ability to work in a multi-company environment is critical. Must be able to handle multiple concurrent working assignments and deadlines; hard working and very organized; effective communication skills including the ability to interface effectively with other team members; ability to learn quickly; self-motivated and self-managed; sense of humor and ability to function effectively in a small professional office.
Restaurant accounting experience and Restaurant365 accounting software experience is a strong plus.
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