Hospitality Accountant | PAX HospitalityPAX works behind the scenes with hospitality businesses.
We assist in training their teams, coaching their managers, fixing their operations & opening their venues.
A lot of that work comes back to the numbers.We're hiring an in-house accountant to own them.
You'll run the day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting across a portfolio of our clients' businesses — multiple venues, multiple entities, every corner of the hospitality finance function.This isn't a back-office seat.
You'll be in front of owners every week, explaining what the numbers mean and fixing the processes behind them.PAX HospitalityFull-timeFitzroy North locationHybrid WFH / On-SitePAX works behind the scenes with hospitality businesses.
We assist in training their teams, coaching their managers, fixing their operations & opening their venues.
A lot of that work comes back to the numbers.We're hiring an in-house accountant to own them.
You'll run the day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting across a portfolio of our clients' businesses — multiple venues, multiple entities, every corner of the hospitality finance function.This isn't a back-office seat.
You'll be in front of owners every week, explaining what the numbers mean and fixing the processes behind them.What you'll ownThe day-to-day numbersPayroll, plus supplier and bank reconciliationsWeekly wage and revenue forecastingCash flow forecasts — set up from scratch, then kept currentHelping build annual budgetsMonth end and complianceMonth-end reporting: balance sheet reconciliations, journals and accrualsIAS and BAS returns, prepared for client reviewAll of it in XeroReporting owners actually readFinancial reports with clear commentary — what happened, why, and what to do about itConnecting the numbers to what's happening on the floor, so owners make better callsProcess,



on the groundWorking with clients daily and weekly so financial processes are understood, implemented and followedFixing them where they're notBringing stronger processes and controls in across the portfolioWhere this goesBroad, by design.
You'll see multiple businesses, multiple entities and every part of hospitality finance.
You'll work alongside Kate Bradford, our CFO, and directly with venue owners and their managers.
You'll have a real say in how processes run and which tools we use, and you'll take on more responsibility as PAX grows.What you'll needHospitality experience.
You know how a venue makes and loses money, and you can connect the numbers to what's happening on the ground.Substantial experience managing a portfolio of businesses, in a restaurant group or an accounting practice.
Multi-entity is your normal.Solid in Xero.
Not "familiar with".
Hands-on with payroll, reconciliations, BAS/IAS and month end.
You've done it, not watched it.Comfortable in front of clients every week.
You can walk a chef-owner through a P&L; without losing them.You'd rather fix a broken process than work around it.Bonus: Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ) or CPA — great if you've got it, not a deal-breaker.
Portfolio and hospitality experience matter more to us.What you getBreadth most accounting roles never give you — multiple venues, multiple entities, the whole hospitality finance functionRoom to shape the processes and systems, and grow with PAXThe hospitality network.
You'll work with some of Melbourne's best operators — people worth knowing.Generous discounts at PAX-owned venuesFlexible WFH arrangements (2-3 days in-front of clients, in their venues)Success looks likeEvery client's books reconciled and month end closed on time, every monthForecasts that hold up against what actually happensBAS and IAS ready for review well before they're due — no scrambleOwners reading their reports, and making decisions off themFinancial processes venues follow without being chased
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📌 Hospitality Accountant | Pax Hospitality (Victoria)
🏢 PAX Hospitality
📍 Victoria