Cost Control / Lead Cost Control / Senior Cost Control Specialist

Reports to Reporting & Cost Control Manager

About the role:

• Cost Control function provides independent oversight of food and beverage cost management across the Company. This role is responsible for monitoring cost performance, identifying and investigating variances, ensuring compliance with approved costing standards and partnering with operational teams to improve profitability and cost efficiency.

Key responsibilities:

• Produce weekly theoretical-vs-actual food & beverage cost variance per venue; investigate every gap above the agreed threshold and drive corrective action with the chef / restaurant manager
• Monitor Food Cost percentage, Beverage Cost percentage and Prime Cost against target.
• Conduct menu engineering and monthly ABC menu analysis/Sales analysis per product.
• Monitor supplier price movements and track purchase-price variance; flag price creep and off-spec substitutions.
• Validate menu item costing and margin calculations against target margin.
• Run portion and yield tests and bar pour-cost checks.
• Maintain the approved recipe costing database / recipe cards.
• Update standard costs whenever supplier prices change.
• Ensure every active menu item has an approved costing sheet, priced to target margin.
• Verify recipe implementation in POS and costing systems matches the approved recipe.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Hospitality Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Cost Control, Finance, Audit, or Inventory Management within the hospitality or F&B industry.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel; experience with ERP, POS or inventory management systems is an advantage.
• Understanding of food costing, recipe costing, menu engineering, inventory control, and purchasing processes.
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends, and provide practical recommendations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with operational teams.
• Good command of English and Azerbaijani; Russian is an advantage.

Working Schedule:

• Standard five-day work week (40 hours)

Please note that this position is open to Azerbaijani citizens only.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to the next stages of the recruitment process.

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