Manager Accounts – North Region

Cheezious is looking for a hands-on Manager Accounts with solid experience in the fast-food or QSR industry to oversee comprehensive accounting operations for the North Region. This role demands practical expertise in ERP systems, specifically Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, along with strong skills in inventory and food cost accounting, financial reporting, and month-end and year-end closing processes. The ideal candidate will be directly involved in executing accounting tasks rather than simply supervising or reviewing checklists, ensuring accuracy and efficiency throughout the accounting cycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage daily accounting operations including sales accounting, cash and bank transactions, delivery-platform settlements, accounts payable, journal entries, and routine reconciliations.
- Oversee the entire procurement-to-payment process, handling purchase orders, goods receipt notes (GRNs), vendor invoices, inventory valuation, stock transfers, physical stock reconciliations, and supplier balance management.
- Validate recipe/BOM costing and ingredient consumption relative to sales, analyze food cost variances, wastage, spoilage, stock adjustments, and cost of goods sold. Investigate and resolve material discrepancies in collaboration with operations teams.
- Prepare branch-wise profit and loss reports, analyze food costs, sales, operating expenses, and budget variances. Identify areas of cost leakage and opportunities to improve branch profitability.
- Independently manage monthly and annual financial closing activities, including accruals, prepayments, depreciation, inventory cut-offs, subledger reconciliations, trial balance reviews, and the preparation and finalization of financial statements.
- Ensure compliance with Pakistani tax regulations, reconcile tax records with ERP balances, prepare audit schedules, and address queries from both internal and external audits.
- Administer fixed asset accounting including capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, and reconciliations. Maintain strong accounting controls and resolve recurring ERP and process-related issues.

Required Qualifications

- ACCA/FCCA, CA Finalist, ACMA, or MBA in Finance with relevant hands-on experience.
- Proven background working in a multi-branch fast-food, QSR, or restaurant environment.
- Practical knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, focusing on General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Inventory Management, and Fixed Assets modules.
- Strong expertise in inventory accounting, BOM costing, food cost analysis, financial statement preparation, and managing end-to-end month-end and year-end closing processes.

Key Expectations

The successful candidate will take full ownership of the entire accounting cycle—from procurement and inventory consumption to branch profitability analysis, monthly closing, and annual financial statements. They must ensure accurate financial reporting, effective cost control, and timely compliance with statutory requirements, demonstrating a proactive and detail-oriented approach throughout.

No additional preferred qualifications or benefits were specified for this role.