Chuck E Cheese Looking for Staff Accountant, Store Accounting at United States, Texas, Irving Full Time

At CEC Entertainment, we build careers around great food, family, and fun! Our purpose and our passion is to create the best place for kids and families to eat and play!

Job Description

At CEC Entertainment, we build careers around great food, family, and fun! Our purpose and our passion is to create the best place for kids and families to eat and play!

CEC Entertainment, the global leader in family entertainment and operator of Chuck E. Cheese’s and Peter Piper Pizza restaurants has an immediate opening at our Support Center based in Irving, TX for a Staff Accountant to join our driven, results-oriented team!

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Perform all duties and responsibilities with a friendly sense of urgency in support of our corporate objectives, including: “If you are not serving the Guest, serve someone who is.”
• Review and research restaurant financial reports through controllable profit for consistency and reasonability. Determine and make correcting entries and follow up with Manager.
• Provide feedback and follow-up with field operations on numerous accounting issues and questions.
• Aid support center departments regarding field operational accounting issues.
• Perform polling related functions as needed to correct, post, and summarize daily revenues for our company locations.
• Review store inventories for accuracy and completeness. Research and adjust as necessary.
• Analyze Cost of Sales and communicate with store operations, management, and other appropriate departments on issues. Resolve problems and adjust as necessary.
• Assist with the timely answering of P&L questions submitted by store operations through e-mail and over the phone. Explain charges to various expense accounts and record journal entries to correct errors if necessary.
• Perform monthly reconciliations over key balance sheet accounts (e.g. accounts receivable, third party delivery, accrued liabilities, etc.).
• Assist in development and deployment of best practices communications and research initiatives for continuous process improvements.
• Prepare and review income statements and financial analyses for purposes of accumulation of operational results knowledge, identification of anomalies, and correction of errors.
• Review transactional information for assigned areas and prepare summarized reporting for snapshot reviews.
• Assist in the Gift Card program for CEC including but not limited to; deferred revenue, Gift Card Accounts Receivables, and Gift Card Breakage.
• Special projects as needed for the Manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 2+ year experience in Accounting preferred
• Available to travel to warehouses for inventory observations – (annually)

Required Skills:

• Proficient in MS Office and Outlook
• Strong data entry and 10 key by touch
• Proven ability to critically evaluate key processes and internal controls and implement improvements
• Relentless focus on customer satisfaction to support internal staff
• Must be adetail-oriented self-starter who can work independently
• Strong organizational skills to manage projects from concept to finish
• Strong interpersonal/collaboration skills; ability to interface with all levels within the organization and external partners
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and presentation skills

Physical Demands

To perform the duties of this position, the incumbent must have the ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, twist, reach, and carry, lift, pull, push between 1 – 25 lbs. Incumbent must use a computer, with repetitive movement of both hands. Incumbent must be able to work an 8-hour shift, with some overtime. Incumbent must also be available to travel to various locations by airplane or by operating a vehicle if needed.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions is included.

The Company;

CEC Entertainment, LLC (“CEC”), headquartered in Irving, Texas is the nationally recognized leader in family entertainment and dining with its Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza brands and virtual kitchen concept, Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings.

As the place where half a million happy birthdays are celebrated every year, Chuck E. Cheese’s goal is to create positive, lifelong memories for families through fun, food, and play and is the place Where a Kid Can Be a Kid. Committed to providing a fun, safe environment, Chuck E. Cheese helps protect families through industry-leading programs such as Kid Check. As a strong advocate for its local communities, Chuck E. Cheese has donated more than $19 million schools through its fundraising programs. Peter Piper Pizza features dining, entertainment and carryout with a neighbor-hood pizzeria feel and “pizza made fresh, families made happy” culture.

Peter Piper Pizza takes pride in delivering quality food and fun that reconnects family and friends. Created in 2020, Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings offers a distinct, customized eating experience outside of a restaurant environment that amplifies classic pizza and wings and operates out of 400 ghost locations nationwide. The Company and its franchise operate a system of nearly 600 Chuck E. Cheese and more than 120 Peter Piper Pizza venues, with locations in 47 states and 17 foreign countries and territories. For more information, visit chuckecheese.com, pasquallyspizza.com, and peterpiperpizza.com.

Benefits:

CEC Entertainment offers a wide variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k) retirement savings plan to eligible U.S. employees as part of their overall employment package. We also offer job training and career growth opportunities. Chuck E. Cheese is a “Work Today, Get Paid Tomorrow” employer.

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At CEC Entertainment, we believe that our workforce should reflect the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of many guests we serve. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ancestry, color, genetics, gender identify, gender ex-pression, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or on the basis of any other federal, state or local protected class.