Payroll Manager and Food & Beverage Analyst

Payroll Manager and Food & Beverage Analyst

Full-time
• Job-Category:
Finance
• Job Type: Permanent
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Job Schedule:

Full-time

Fairmont Breakers is a beloved feature of the Long Beach skyline, a historic landmark with a character and soul of its own. Originally opened in the roaring twenties as a lavish hotel on the waterfront, Breakers was a sought‑after destination for world‑famous stars. Following an extensive renovation, Fairmont Breakers returns as Long Beach’s only luxury hotel, restoring one of California’s most storied properties to its original grandeur.

It offers 185 boutique rooms and suites; a rooftop pool and terrace; an open‑air rooftop lounge with views of the Pacific; a blissful two‑story spa, wellness and fitness center; dining venues and bars including a live jazz club; and 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space. Whether exploring the comforts of elevated coastal Italian cuisine in Nettuno or dining among the stars with champagne and caviar in Sky Room, Fairmont Breakers aims to delight all of your senses with artful surroundings and innovative offerings from our culinary team.

• Approach all encounters with guests and employees in a friendly, service‑oriented manner.
• Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Fairmont standards, as required by scheduling which will vary according to the needs of the hotel.
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming.
• Comply at all times with Fairmont standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
• Manage all aspects of the weekly payroll.
• Responsible for all statutory reporting.
• Ensure that People & Culture information is processed and incorporated into the payroll.
• Ensure that vacation entitlements and accruals are accurately tracked and calculated in accordance with our hotel vacation policy.
• Ensure that legal holiday entitlements and accruals are accurately tracked and calculated in accordance with our collective agreement.
• Ensure strict compliance with all Wage & Hour regulations.
• Preparation for month‑end processing of payroll related reports.
• Ensure that garnishments are deducted and submitted in a timely manner.
• Manage correspondence with the state regarding garnishment requests.
• Preparation and reconciliation of payroll related tax remittances to ensure compliance with all legislation.
• Simultaneously partner with operational leaders to analyze revenue, cost, labor, guest satisfaction, and product performance data to identify opportunities for increased profitability and operational efficiency.
• Utilize advanced analytical and reporting tools to interpret complex data from multiple systems, develop financial models, monitor key performance indicators, evaluate pricing and product strategies, and provide strategic recommendations that enhance revenue generation, control costs, improve labor productivity, and elevate overall guest experience.
• Support leadership through forecasting, trend analysis, business case development, and creation of automated reporting solutions that drive informed business decisions.
• Analyze food, beverage, labor, and procurement costs to identify opportunities for improved profitability and operational effectiveness.
• Partner with operational leaders to evaluate business performance, develop action plans, and support strategic decision‑making.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into concise, actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Support business cases, new initiatives, and post‑implementation reviews to measure success and return on investment.
• Champion labor management systems, workforce analytics, and reporting tools to drive operational efficiency and accountability.
• Be familiar with all Fairmont standards related to financial controls and operational procedures.
• Be familiar with all Fairmont financial policies, procedures and controls.
• Prepare daily labor reports.
• Manage the reconciliation of tip reports.
• Weekly verification of time cards to ensure that appropriate approvals have been granted.
• Prepare batch total and balance payroll (pay‑period report).
• Bi‑weekly preparation of the payroll executive summary report.
• Manage the online…