Restaurants job descriptions

Restaurants - Chief Executive Officer

Company Name: [INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE]

Department: Leadership

Reports to: Owners or board of directors

Location: [INSERT LOCATION HERE]

1. Position Summary

The Chief Executive Officer sets the direction for our restaurant group: which concepts we run, where we open next, and how we pay for it. The CEO leads the executive team, owns the relationships with investors, lenders and landlords, and protects the reputation of every restaurant that carries our name.

2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Decide which concepts to grow, remodel, fix or close, based on each restaurant's P&L, sales trend and lease terms.
• Choose new sites and negotiate leases, renewals and build-out allowances with the CFO and [your real estate broker].
• Raise and manage capital: bank lines, equipment loans, and updates to investors or partners on [your reporting schedule].
• Hire and lead the COO, CFO and Marketing Manager, and set clear yearly goals for each.

Restaurants - Server

Company Name: [INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE]

Department: Front of House

Reports to: Assistant General Manager

Location: [INSERT LOCATION HERE]

1. Position Summary

We're hiring Servers for one of our full-service restaurants. You'll guide guests through the menu and drinks, enter orders accurately, flag allergies to the kitchen, serve alcohol responsibly, and pace your section so tables turn on time. Shifts include side work and a checkout at the end of the night.

2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Greet each table quickly, explain the menu and specials, and suggest food and drink pairings.
• Enter orders in [your POS] with seat numbers, course timing and every modifier.
• Ask every table about allergies, ring allergy orders with the house allergy flag, and tell the manager or chef.
• Check IDs and follow house rules for alcohol service, including when to slow or stop service and when to get a manager.

Restaurants - Bookkeeper

Company Name: [INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE]

Department: Finance

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Location: [INSERT LOCATION HERE]

1. Position Summary

We're hiring a Bookkeeper to keep the daily numbers clean for all of our restaurants. You'll reconcile POS sales to bank deposits and card batches, enter and pay food and beverage invoices, track gift cards and delivery app payouts, and prepare tip and payroll records for the CFO and our outside CPA.

2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reconcile each restaurant's daily sales report to cash deposits, card batches and delivery app payouts.
• Enter vendor invoices, match them to receiving records and credit memos, and pay on terms.
• Reconcile bank and credit card accounts every month.
• Track gift card sales and redemptions across locations.

Restaurants - Assistant General Manager

Company Name: [INSERT COMPANY NAME HERE]

Department: Front of House

Reports to: General Manager

Location: [INSERT LOCATION HERE]

1. Position Summary

We're hiring an Assistant General Manager to own front-of-house staffing, training and standards, and to run the restaurant when the GM is off. You'll write the server, host, busser and runner schedule, hire and train the front-of-house team, lead the Floor Managers, and work the floor as manager on duty on [number] shifts a week, including weekends.

2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Write the front-of-house schedule against forecast covers and the labor budget, and post it [number] days ahead.
• Interview, hire and train servers, hosts, bussers and food runners with the GM.
• Lead the Floor Managers: set their shifts, read their shift logs, and follow up on comps, voids and cash variances from their nights.
• Keep the front-of-house training plan current: menu and allergen tests, shadow shifts, and sign-off before a new server takes a full section.