Assistant Controller

Commander’s Family of Restaurants, Inc.

Assistant Controller

Great career opportunity for an accountant to join a renowned culinary group and become an integral member of the Commander’s Family of Restaurants, Inc. team. This challenging, rewarding opportunity offers competitive pay and benefits with an opportunity for growth. This position reports to the Controller and Chief Financial Officer and has a diverse list of responsibilities. Trustworthy with the utmost integrity, the ideal candidate has experience with accounting, payroll, benefits administration and other areas as explained below.

• Review all work of staff level accountants, including bank reconciliations, all G/L account reconciliations, daily sales and payables transactions, billings and other.
• Prepare financial statements including developing necessary entries and adjustments to close financial periods for multiple legal entities; handle year-end financial reporting including reports for annual shareholders’ meetings.
• Review and/or prepare reconciliations for balance sheet accounts including trouble shooting issues.
• Fixed assets – handling all aspects for selected companies.
• Taxes:
  Preparation of monthly sales tax returns, assistance with tax work papers for income tax returns to be provided to outside CPA for tax preparation and review of business license filings.
• Compilation of financial package for monthly Board of Directors and annual shareholders’ meetings.
• Oversee timely completion of bi-weekly payroll runs and review of tax filings prepared by third party payroll provider.
• Prepare and/or review of monthly census for all benefits and review reconciliation to invoices.
• Assist with the administration of Welfare and 401k benefit plans including review of eligibility and employee enrollment, compliance questions, billing, etc.

• Accounting degree preferred.
• Analytical skills are a must.
• Fluent in MS Excel and Word.

We are located in the historic Garden District and offer benefits including group health insurance, group life insurance and a retirement plan. The salary will be determined based on the experience level of the candidate. We look forward to hearing from all qualified applicants.

Commander's Palace, nestled in the historic Garden District, is a New Orleans landmark renowned for its haute-creative cuisine and has received numerous awards.