About this role
Restaurant Accountant
Coppell, TX
What does it mean to be a BrinkerHead? It means creating moments that make everyone feel special — whether you’re supporting our restaurants, celebrating wins with your team, or sparking ideas that keep Guests coming back. We play like a team, take pride in our culture, and know that life’s too short not to work happy.
At Brinker’s Restaurant Support Center (RSC), every role fuels the success of our brands — Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy® — and directly impacts Team Members and Guests. From bold ideas to everyday support, we help create a fun atmosphere, great food and drinks, and the kind of hospitality that keeps everyone coming back. Here, you’ll discover opportunities for career growth, belonging, wellbeing, and plenty of chances to work hard and have fun.
Brinker International is an equal opportunity employer. We’re proud to provide a welcoming, respectful environment where everyone can thrive.
Job Summary
Responsible for ensuring accurate and timely monthly restaurant P&L statements for approximately 100 restaurants. Requires knowledge of basic financial processes. Individuals in this position manage several tasks concurrently and are called upon to quickly troubleshoot and provide practical solutions to problems. This position requires interaction primarily with internal team members and operations management staff
What You’ll Do
- Provide level one support to Brinker restaurant operations management teams, including but not limited to Inventory questions/clarifications, problem-solving, research and ad hoc operations requests
- Provide front-line/customer-facing support to Brinker team members, supplier partners and third-party service providers
- Perform end of period trend analysis on P&L account categories and research P&L detail
- Prepare and update recurring journal entries
- Utilize critical thinking and research skills to resolve issues and identify opportunities
- Enforce Company policy where appropriate
- Support training of third-party outsource provider on new processes and ongoing functional issues that arise
- Support timely and accurate review and sign-off of journal entries and reconciliations
- Perform some specific balance sheet reconciliations
- Support ad hoc reporting and audit schedules as requested
- Support payroll functions, such as researching payroll issues and correcting suspense accounts
- Support monitoring, maintaining and reconciling of all brand charity initiatives
What You Bring to the Team
• Accounting degree or equivalent work-related experience
• 5 years Accounting experience
• General ledger knowledge required
• Through accounting principles, GAPP, GL Reconciliation knowledge
• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Display knowledge of accounting principles and general ledger systems; ability to apply principles to job responsibilities.
• Word and Oracle experience a plus
• Verbal communication Restaurant experience a plus
• Ability to work with all levels to accomplish department/group objectives.
Why Brinker
At Brinker, we believe life is short, so work happy! That means creating an environment where you can grow your career, feel a sense of belonging and wellbeing, and have fun along the way.
Here’s how we make that real for our BrinkerHeads at the RSC:
Flexibility that fits your life: Hybrid schedules with weekly flex days to work from home.
Benefits that support you: Competitive package with medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; paid vacation and holidays; 401(k) with company match; Employee Assistance Program with counseling, financial, legal, and life resources; and Best You EDU, offering education programs and tuition reimbursement.
Enjoy our brands: Generous dining discounts at Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy®.
Rewards for your impact: Annual bonus eligibility for every RSC Team Member.
Wellbeing at work: On-site gym and fitness classes like yoga and boot camp.
A culture worth celebrating: From company-wide events to a casual, collaborative atmosphere, you’ll find plenty of ways to connect, work hard, and play hard.
Check our Careers page and LinkedIn for more exciting opportunities!
Other facts
About Maggiano's
Even with excellent people, you cannot build the best restaurant company overnight. We've chosen to follow a sensible, well-managed and well-paced growth plan that will allow us to have a strong, long-term presence in every major U.S. metropolitan market from coast to coast.
Maggiano's Little Italy® truly is a very special group of restaurants. Technically, we're a "chain," but in principle, we're more like an extended family. Each restaurant is similar in menu and philosophy but is built to reflect the history of its host city. Inside, high-energy, full-service dining rooms reminiscent of pre-war Little Italy, elegant banquet facilities and customer-friendly carryout leave no doubt you're visiting an authentic Maggiano's restaurant.
When we talk about our culture, we talk about our people and our food in equal doses with a healthy addition of passion. It's a recipe that has yielded great results. We've become a place where people find a permanent home. From entry-level employees to the most senior of our staff, our people call Maggiano's "family." This may explain why we have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry.
Our passion for people, food and service unites us all. Our common goal is to build Maggiano's into the best Southern Italian Restaurant Company. Not the biggest, just the best. How will we do it? By providing the tools our people need to be successful and, more importantly, by providing personalized time and support to each individual.
What you'll do
- The role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely monthly restaurant Profit and Loss (P&L) statements for approximately 100 restaurants, while also providing level one support to operations management teams regarding inventory and operational requests. This involves performing end-of-period trend analysis, preparing recurring journal entries, and resolving various operational and financial issues.
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