F&B Cost Controller

F&B Cost Controller - art'otel Battersea

We are now recruiting an F&B Cost Controller for our art'otel Battersea in London! A premium lifestyle hotel situated in the heart of the iconic Battersea Power Station development. Perched on the Electric Boulevard, the 164 keys art'otel London Battersea power station sits in the heart of this energised neighbourhood, offering restaurants, bars, shops and galleries, amidst the eye-catching architecture that surrounds the historical Battersea Power Station.

As our F&B Cost Controller, you will be responsible for controlling, and analysing purchases, transfers, voids, and stock management. Whilst helping to ensure that products keep to the company and hotel brand standards, evaluating the quality and quantity of the products prior to accepting and storing shipments, and ensuring all purchased items are recorded and controlled throughout their movement within the hotel.

Benefits of working for us as a F&B Cost Controller:

• Two wellness days per year, meaning all team members start with 30 days of holiday per year - including bank holidays, increasing with years of service!
• Heavily discounted hotel rates in Europe (extends to the Radisson Hotel Group and family & friends)
• 50% F&B discounts at our restaurants and bars (for your whole party)
• Two free meals per day, every day (including days off if you wish to come in!
• Access to 40% of your pay before payday through Wagestream
• Recommend a friend scheme - up to £750
• Benefit Hub - Discounted prices at hundreds of stores
• Vitality at work scheme with great gym discounts & more
• Ride to Work scheme & free cycling lessons
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Dry Cleaning for work clothing
• Annual Staff parties and events
• Company pension plan & award-winning training

The role as F&B Cost Controller includes:

• Investigating the differences between the actual and theoretical results and reporting to management where the variances are
• Leading the month-end stock-taking for all stores, cellars, and outlets in the hotel
• Managing stock: Reviewing stock levels, and ensuring accurate record keeping
• Food & Beverage Costing: working to optimise F&B menus and COS
• System and best practice reporting: review and report on company policies and procedures
• Updating all inventory requisitions through the inventory and purchasing system
• Maintaining accurate records for all purchase orders raised and cancelling old or non-returned orders in a timely manner
• Maintaining inputting prices, menu changes, and user changes in the point of sale (POS) system. Validating these to the recipes in the Adaco system
• Reviewing and signing off voids' summary for suspicious transactions
• Actively seeking ways to improve the hotel spending and cost controls, agree and implement any resulting actions
• Ensuring that all items requisitioned are properly accounted for by observing the requisitioning process, using both outlet and purchase requisition process as set up in Adaco

If you share a passion for art, culture, and hospitality, art'otel is where people's talents will feel at home. We aim to inspire guests to be creative and discover the arts; by dazzling them with sensational service; by enriching their knowledge; by encouraging their passion for art and appetite for the finer things in life.

be bold. be creative. be original.

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