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Finance and Accounting · Full-time

Recruitment agency · Career Directions Limited

Cost Controller-Beverages&Hospitality

Employer not disclosed by agency

NairobiMid level · Not statedDeadline not stated by agencyChecked 2 Nov 2026
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About this role

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Role overview

A hospitality employer in Nairobi is looking for a Cost Controller to manage food, beverage, wine, and spirits costs and inventory across multiple outlets. This role suits candidates with experience in hospitality cost control and strong analytical skills.

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What you will do

  • Monitor costs against standards and budgets, analysing variances in cost-of-sales, gross profit, and contribution margins.
  • Maintain and update recipe and beverage costing, standard yields, portion sizes, and pour measures.
  • Reconcile POS sales and expected consumption with actual inventory and ERP records, investigating discrepancies.
  • Review stock transactions including receipts, issues, transfers, returns, and adjustments for accuracy and approvals.
  • Coordinate stock counts and reconcile physical stock with system balances, following up on corrective actions.
  • Monitor stock ageing, slow-moving items, wastage, spoilage, breakages, shrinkage, and over-pouring.
  • Prepare reports on costs, stock, yields, wastage, and profitability, recommending corrective actions and supporting budgeting and pricing initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Hospitality Management, or related field.
  • Three to five years of cost control experience in hospitality, restaurants, food and beverage, or inventory-intensive environments.
  • Experience in recipe costing, yield analysis, portion and pour controls, stock reconciliation, and loss investigations.
  • Proficiency with ERP, POS, and inventory management systems; familiarity with Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Loyverse POS is preferred.
  • Strong Excel skills including reconciliations, pivot tables, lookup functions, and data analysis.
  • Experience working across multiple outlets is preferred.
  • Practical food production experience in kitchens, food processing, or bakery operations is preferred.
  • Understanding of recipes, ingredient quantities, preparation processes, and production workflows.
  • Ability to analyse ingredient consumption and calculate yields and variances.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
  • High integrity, accountability, and sound judgment in handling stock records.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills to work with finance and operational teams.
  • Ability to work independently and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

How to apply

Apply through the employer's official contact with your application. The employer has not published a closing date.

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