Staff Accountant

Restaurant Accounting Specialist Pay:  $65,000 to $75,000, commensurate with experience Job description: If you have a passion for beautifully tied out numbers, details, creating and maintaining systems and making things happen, and come from a solid and storied background in Restaurant Accounting, The Goddess is looking for you! The Goddess Restaurant Group is a privately owned collection of wholesale and retail locations, including The Goddess and Grocer stores and The Goddess Rocks! Backstage Catering. We are currently seeking a seasoned Accounting Professional to join our office in Chicago. Reporting to our Controller, and working alongside our Controller, Director of Operations, and Owner, you will be eligible for generous benefits, United Healthcare Health Insurance, Dental and Vision, PTO, Equitable Life and AD&D, Colonial Life supplemental offerings, MetLaw and Pet Insurance. Our combined office and Commissary Kitchens are located in West Humboldt Park, and this is where you will work, while also occasionally traveling to store and concert locations. Our office is both dynamic and quiet. Most of the action is back in the kitchens, but spills upfront some too- for conversations, meetings and tastings. The Accounting/Payroll Department is small but mighty, and the Controller is solely remote from the West Coast. We are looking for someone well-versed in full-cycle Restaurant Accounting: Revenues verification and reporting TPP account management and reconciliation Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Journal entries Inventory Transfers Sales Tax Preparation Bank Account Reconciliation High Volume Credit Card receipt management and reconciliation Vendor Maintenance Recipe costing, COGs and Prime Cost open book management Industry standards and KPIs Qualifications: 5+ years of experience in Restaurant Accounting 3+ years of experience with QuickBooks Desktop/Enterprise The Ideal Candidate has/is: Excellent time management skills Totally comfortable working independently towards known and time-sensitive deadlines Exceptional work ethic and reliability Fantastic communication skills, both written and verbal Open-mindedness to learn and confidence to teach Outstanding organization skills, and ability to manage and track multiple “hanging threads” Able to work in both solitary and collaborative environments Intermediate to Pro level mastery of Excel If this sounds like a fun and rewarding opportunity, then The Goddess looks forward to meeting you! Job Type: Full-time Benefits: Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Physical Setting: Office Schedule: 8 to 9 hour days Day shift Monday to Friday Ability to commute/relocate: Chicago, IL 60651: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred) Experience: 5+ years in full cycle Restaurant Accounting Work Location: In person More detail about The Goddess and Grocer Catering/Commissary part of The Goddess and Grocer, please visit