Job Details

Job Location: Maine Office - Portland, ME 04101Position Type: Full-timeJob Category: Restaurant - Food Service

  Company Overview

 

Luke’s Lobster is a renowned seafood brand and a leading national restaurant group with nearly 30 locations, with both fast-casual and full-service lobster roll restaurants. We also operate our own seafood processing facility in Saco, Maine, ensuring our 'Shacks' provide our guests the highest quality, best tasting seafood. Further, we produce branded seafood grocery products as part of our CPG business at grocery stores and other outlets around the country.

Overview

We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our growing company. As a key member of the Finance team, the Staff Accountant supports accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and effective partnerships across our Operations teams. This role offers high visibility to senior leadership and the opportunity to improve, streamline, and implement financial processes across the company.

 

Key Responsibilities

Monthly & Weekly Recurring Responsibilities

• Book the weekly payroll journal entry and ensure accuracy across locations.
• Reconcile receivables from third-party delivery platforms.
• Reconcile undeposited funds and investigate variances.
• Manage the AP and AR approval and data entry workflows to ensure timely processing.
• Accrue expenses as needed in accordance with GAAP.
• Assist the Controller with maintaining and renewing company licenses, permits, and regulatory filings.
• Act as a business partner for General Managers, ensuring financial information is timely, accurate, and actionable.

Operations Partnership

As part of a hospitality organization, the Finance team’s “customers” are our Operations teams. The Staff Accountant will:

• Address General Manager inquiries and provide coaching on scalable financial best practices.
• Serve as a problem-solving partner for operations teams and external vendors.
• Support development of financial literacy across the team to drive stronger P&L performance.
• Communicate issues proactively and offer solutions that support operational efficiency.

 

Month-End Close & Reporting

• Assist with the monthly close process by preparing journal entries, booking fees, amortizing expenses, and archiving bank statements.
• Perform detailed analysis of general ledger accounts and investigate variances.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations with a high degree of accuracy.
• Collaborate with the Controller on preparation of monthly financial statements and management reporting packages.
• Support internal and external requests, including year-end audit and tax filing requirements.

Continuous Improvement & Special Projects

• Recommend and implement process improvements to drive accounting efficiency and accuracy.
• Participate in system enhancements, workflow redesigns, or automation opportunities.
• Assist with ad hoc reporting, analysis, and special projects as requested by senior leadership.

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