Restaurant Accounting Manager

Overview
Eligible for a hybrid work schedule split between home & office.
Position overview:
You may know us for our huge menu of delicious food! What you may not know is how our Accounting Team skillfully prepares and examines the financial records of nearly 300 restaurants and 200 corporate cost centers.
Reporting to the Accounting Director, you will work with a team of 10 at The Cheesecake Factory corporate support center in Calabasas Hills, CA. As the Restaurant Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for managing the month-end closing process, financial statement review, monthly account analysis, and reconciliations, as well as coaching and developing three direct reports, for a global $3.4 billion publicly traded company.
You'll thrive in this position if you are:
Exhaustively meticulous: you have unrelenting attention to detail and leave nothing to chance.
A GAAP guru: you possess solid working knowledge, along with experience working within the "Accounting Standards".
A skilled time manager: deadlines are a key part of an Accountant's life, especially at a publicly traded company. You confidently charge toward them with proper planning and execution.
A strong communicator: whether it's verbal or written, you present information in a clear, professional manner. You also understand keeping your manager in the loop is critical to the team's success.
A team player: while you're a capable self-manager, you thrive when you're part of a team; you enjoy collaborating and brainstorming with others, especially on new projects.
Responsibilities
Here's more of what you'll get to do:
Manage the Restaurants' month-end close process, including the review of monthly journal entries, balance sheet schedules, bank reconciliations, and other related close processes.
Supervise 3 direct reports, including their daily activities while providing career growth opportunities and delivery of coaching and annual performance reviews.
Seek process improvements in routine tasks, schedules, and close processes.
Maintain effective internal controls to ensure transactions follow Company policies and are properly reflected on the financial statements.
Oversee revenue recognition under ASC606, including promotional and loyalty accounting, multiple element arrangements, and royalty revenue.
Administer vendor rebates, including working with the procurement team to get monthly/quarterly updates on collections as well as their reconciliation.
Monthly fluctuation analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts.
Present monthly results to upper management.
Work cross-functionally with department heads throughout the company.
Prepare footnote supporting schedules for 10-Q and 10-K documents.
Work directly with external auditors to prepare schedules and provide audit support.
Complete ad hoc analysis and projects, as needed.
Qualifications
What we require:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Accounting or other business-related field.
6+ years of general accounting experience within a large multi-concept public company, including sound knowledge of GAAP and internal/external audit experience.
Experience managing staff to perform more efficiently and accurately, including creating and training new positions to accommodate organizational transformation as a result of system implementations and company growth.
Proven ability to collaborate with other departments, building relationships and gaining commitment and resources for finance-led initiatives.
Ability to manage multiple requests, assess priorities, and consistently achieve deadlines.
Strong Microsoft Office skills (i.e. Excel - v/h lookup, sumif, pivot tables) and ERP applications.
Solid analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills.
Detail-oriented and accurate.
What we require:
Background in the restaurant industry or multi-unit retail.
Public accounting or publicly traded company experience.
Certified Professional Accountant (CPA).
About the Company
Recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® since 2014, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a global $3.3 billion public company with 47,500 staff members across more than 300 casual dining restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Grand Lux Cafe, Social Monk, and Fox Restaurant Concepts. Internationally, 30 The Cheesecake Factory restaurants operate under licensing agreements. Our Bakery division creates over 35,000 delicious cheesecakes per day
and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees, and third-party bakery customers.
We offer a people-centered culture and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, and experiences, and encourage individuals from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
Compensation Range
$140,000 - $160,000 / Year