The Staff Accountant plays a critical role in achieving Velvet Taco’s annual and long-term growth plans. Reporting directly to the Manager of Accounting & Finance, the position

will be primarily responsible for period close and improving and maintaining accounting processes. We are a small accounting team, which means the Staff Accountant will eventually have opportunities to gain exposure to many different areas.

Recently certified by QSR magazine as one of the “Best Brands to Work For”, this person must have a “people first” approach to working with their Teams to maintain a culture that is inclusive, developmental, & Kick Ass!

Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/

BENEFITS

• Competitive Salary and Performance Bonus Plan
• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits after 30 days
• LTD, STD, Life Insurance & 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership and Career Development Opportunities
• Casual Work Attire
• Free TACOS!
• Oh, and if you're inclined to get a Velvet Taco tattoo, our CEO will pay for it

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

Fixed Assets:  Maintain and improve fixed asset schedules and related depreciation.

Lease Accounting:  Own all aspects of lease accounting. Maintain good relationships with our property management partners. Create lease schedules for base rent and additional rent payments, deferred rent, and amortization of tenant improvement allowances. Maintain property tax schedule and make payments.

Financial Reporting: Update and consolidate financial reports and templates that go out to the rest of the company.

Chargebacks: Reconcile chargebacks and follow up with merchants.

Other. Organize and follow up with accounting-related notices and mail. Help fill in responsibilities as gaps occur.

Possible additional responsibilities include the following:

Balance Sheet:  Review general ledger activity for accuracy and completeness. Validate and support ending balances each period and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and organizational policies.

Inventory:  Review and prepare ending inventory entries. Reconcile restaurant level cost of goods with financial reports.

Prepaid/Accrued Expense: Manage balance sheet accounts so that expenses are recorded properly and booked to the appropriate accounting period.

Gift Card Liability: Ensure that customer liability is recorded and supported properly by reconciling Gift Card activity. Record monthly E-Gift sales and cross-redemption between restaurants.

Tax Liability:  Calculate and submit monthly sales & use tax and alcohol tax returns for various states and municipalities. Manage the annual property tax return process from

property valuations, renditions, and annual payments. Set up property tax accruals to record tax expense monthly.

Financial Statement Close:  Assist Accounting with all journal entries to record the company’s operating activity and changes in assets and liabilities.

Operations Liaison:  Assists Directors of Operations, General Managers and other Departments as needed with inquiries regarding various accounts. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• BE RELENTLESS, NEVER SETTLE: You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or finance. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• BE A REBEL:  You can demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office, emphasis on Excel. Power Query is a plus. You love tacos that break boundaries!
• KICK ASS & TAKE NAMES: You have 1-3 years audit or accounting experience. Fixed Assets and Lease Accounting experience is highly preferred.
• STAND TOGETHER: You are a self-starter and can work autonomously. You have strong oral and written communication, work ethic, sense of urgency, and time management skills. You work well with team members and with other departments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Aligns with Velvet Taco's culture
• Open-minded to changing roles & responsibilities

At Velvet Taco, we celebrate individuality! We are an equal opportunity employer and try to select and retain the best Team Members and Managers based on their job-related

qualifications regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or medical condition.

Company Introduction

Velvet Taco is a temple to the liberated taco. We’re a one-of-a-kind taco concept serving a chef-driven menu in a unique & funky fast-casual setting. Founded on the idea that tacos don’t have to be associated with Tex-Mex cuisine and can be made with the same care and quality ingredients as fine dining, Velvet Taco is where “anything goes meets the art of the possible.” Some cool things about us: we use only the freshest ingredients available to offer a menu that explores the edge of multi-cultural boundaries, taking the taco to a whole new liberated level. We slow roast our own chicken and corn, use lots of booze in our margaritas, and make everything from scratch. Which means our food tastes really awesome. Our tacos may not change the world, but we think they’re pretty freakin’ great. The best part? Our kick ass Tribe is at the center of it all and we were even voted one of the Top 25 Best Brand’s To Work For in 2023 by QSR! Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/

The Director of Construction will drive brand growth while maintaining Velvet Taco high level of design and execution. Partnering with the VP of Development & Construction, this position will leverage existing relationships with external vendors as well as establish new connections to maintain a strong network to drive Velvet Taco’s growth of 10-12 restaurants per year.

BENEFITS: 

• Competitive Salary and performance bonus plan (20% of Base Salary) 

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits after 30 days  

• LTD, STD, Life Insurance & 401(k) 

• Paid Time Off 

• Leadership and Career Development Opportunities & Programs  

• Casual Work Attire  

• Free TACOS!  

• Oh, and if you're inclined to get a Velvet Taco tattoo, our CEO will pay for it  

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Responsible for construction, architecture, and engineering leadership required for development of new restaurants meeting local codes, landlord requirements, Velvet Taco standards, and financial requirements.

• Be a champion of change - leading cross functional teams to implement new standards and tests in the built environment.

• Align design direction with appropriate budgets, and track development spending, holding team members and vendors financially accountable throughout the development process

• Lead the development process to ensure projects milestones are maintained, and effectively communicate to the broader team and changes

• Develop brand standards/processes to ensure team members and external partners have the support to successful execute new restaurant openings 

• Work with key departmental leaders to establish a change management process to that will allow the brand to evolve with the design and build of new restaurants

• Own the project closeout and budget reconciliation, as well as the tenant allowance collections

• Take on the role of a construction project manager as workload requires, while maintaining other responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a group of professionals to achieve individual and group goals 

• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BE RELENTLESS, NEVER SETTLE: You push the Brand and the Development team members forward. You have strong discipline of financial management including financial tracking, budgeting, forecasting and analysis.
• BE A REBEL: You have a strong analytical mindset with a sound financial business acumen. You are comfortable managing competing and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• KICK ASS & TAKE NAMES: You have 10 years recent and related experience. You are flexible, detail-oriented & a team-player who works well under pressure and has a strong organizational and time management skills.
• STAND TOGETHER: You have a proven record of leading the development teams and processes with a focus on dates and budgets with an elevated eye for design. You have strong communication skills with the proven ability to successfully communicate to team members, vendors, contractors, and executive team.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Aligns with Velvet Taco’s culture.
• Travel Requirements: Expected to visit all restaurants once per year.
• Education Requirements: Undergraduate degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or related field preferred.

Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/ 

At Velvet Taco, we celebrate individuality! We are an equal opportunity employer and try to select and retain the best Team Members and Managers based on their job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or medical condition.

Company Introduction

Velvet Taco is a temple to the liberated taco. We’re a one-of-a-kind taco concept serving a chef-driven menu in a unique & funky fast-casual setting. Founded on the idea that tacos don’t have to be associated with Tex-Mex cuisine and can be made with the same care and quality ingredients as fine dining, Velvet Taco is where “anything goes meets the art of the possible.” Some cool things about us: we use only the freshest ingredients available to offer a menu that explores the edge of multi-cultural boundaries, taking the taco to a whole new liberated level. We slow roast our own chicken and corn, use lots of booze in our margaritas, and make everything from scratch. Which means our food tastes really awesome. Our tacos may not change the world, but we think they’re pretty freakin’ great. The best part? Our kick ass Tribe is at the center of it all and we were even voted one of the Top 25 Best Brand’s To Work For in 2023 by QSR! Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Regional Culinary Manager reports directly to the Director of Operations with a “dotted-line” to the Director of Culinary at the RSO. Primary responsibilities include creating goals and actions plans with DO to help restaurants meet financial and non-financial results and working with Culinary Department on culinary focused training initiatives to continuously improve current processes. The Regional Culinary Manager is responsible for acting as a brand guardian to ensure culinary consistency and communication at the restaurant level is accomplished and committed to making sure the restaurants are supported and profitable.  

Recently certified by QSR magazine as one of the “Best Brands to Work For”, this person must have a “people first” approach to working with their Teams to maintain a culture that is inclusive, developmental, & Kick Ass! 

Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/ 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Restaurant Support: Creates goals and action plans with Director of Operations to ensure restaurants are at or above company standards on food cost, ticket times, and sanitation scores. Supports Culinary and Purchasing Departments in communicating food shortages, outages, etc. to restaurants. 
• Culinary Manager AOO Support: Partners with GMs on development of culinary focused restaurant managers to ensure they are successful and driving the brand forward. Including identifying new trainers, line check and food quality action planning and follow up, Heart of House development and scheduling, and regular maintenance of inventory sheets, order guides, and prep sheets.  
• MIT Development: Builds relationship with MITs, spends a minimum of 7 days with them during their training, conducting skillouts, and following up on their post certification food knowledge.  
• New Restaurant Openings: Provides support leading up to NRO, ordering smallwares, assisting with kitchen setup, setting up order guides and prep sheets, and ensuring food quality, food safety and sanitation is taught and followed. Oversees the Heart of House for food quality, recipe adherence, food safety, Taco builds/specs, line checks, trainer appraisals, etc. Provides notes post-NRO to help improve processes. 
• Culinary Initiatives: Partners with RSO to create, implement, test and/or follow up with culinary initiatives including menu rollouts, menu tests, equipment tests, etc. Ensures the WTF is executed at a high standard in each restaurant every week of the year. 
• Culinary Innovation:  Leads participation in our yearly Tacopalooza that involves each restaurant submitting a potential WTF and leads the selection of their region’s winner. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BE RELENTLESS, NEVER SETTLE: You continuously recognize problems and exercise problem solving abilities. You set goals and convert plans into action.  
• BE A REBEL: You are a foodie. Who loves to cook and learn new cuisines.  You have proven out-of-the box thinking. 
• KICK ASS & TAKE NAMES: You have Velvet Taco or restaurant experience. You have proven NRO experience. 
• STAND TOGETHER: You consistently establish and maintain relationships both internally and externally. You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Aligns with Velvet Taco’s culture 
• Restaurant Management experience required 
• Training Manager and/or MIT development preferred 
• Travel Requirements: Expected to have presence in restaurants (30-60% of time depending on market geography) 
• Educational Requirements: Undergraduate degree 

At Velvet Taco, we celebrate individuality! We are an equal opportunity employer and try to select and retain the best Team Members and Managers based on their job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or medical condition.

Company Introduction

Velvet Taco is a temple to the liberated taco. We’re a one-of-a-kind taco concept serving a chef-driven menu in a unique & funky fast-casual setting. Founded on the idea that tacos don’t have to be associated with Tex-Mex cuisine and can be made with the same care and quality ingredients as fine dining, Velvet Taco is where “anything goes meets the art of the possible.” Some cool things about us: we use only the freshest ingredients available to offer a menu that explores the edge of multi-cultural boundaries, taking the taco to a whole new liberated level. We slow roast our own chicken and corn, use lots of booze in our margaritas, and make everything from scratch. Which means our food tastes really awesome. Our tacos may not change the world, but we think they’re pretty freakin’ great. The best part? Our kick ass Tribe is at the center of it all and we were even voted one of the Top 25 Best Brand’s To Work For in 2023 by QSR! Learn more about us at https://www.velvettaco.com/about-us/