🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨
FRANCHISE RESTAURANT ADMINISTRATOR – PEDROS
📍 Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
🏢 Company: Pedros
💼 Employment Type: Permanent
📊 Experience Level: Mid-Senior
📅 Posted: 17 September 2026
⏰ Closing Date: 31 October 2026
🏪 Division: Stores
🍗 Industry: Restaurants
📋 Job Function: Administrative
📋 JOB PURPOSE
Pedros is looking for an experienced and organised Franchise Restaurant Administrator to provide accurate financial and administrative support to the Franchise Partner and restaurant operations.
The successful candidate will assist with daily administration relating to debtors, creditors, payroll, banking, reconciliations and month-end reporting.
The role requires a highly organised individual with strong numerical skills, attention to detail and the ability to work accurately within a fast-paced restaurant environment.
💰 FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing day-to-day debtors and creditors administration.
- Processing supplier invoices and payments.
- Maintaining accurate creditor records.
- Monitoring outstanding debtor accounts.
- Following up on outstanding payments where required.
- Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Capturing and maintaining accurate financial records.
- Assisting with cash-up reconciliations.
- Investigating financial discrepancies.
- Maintaining organised filing systems and supporting documentation.
- Ensuring financial records are complete and accurate.
💵 PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION
The successful candidate will assist with payroll-related activities, including:
- Preparing and processing payroll information accurately and within deadlines.
- Maintaining employee payroll records.
- Capturing new starters and employee terminations.
- Recording overtime, leave, deductions and other payroll information.
- Ensuring payroll information is supported by accurate attendance records.
- Assisting employees and management with payroll-related queries.
- Maintaining confidentiality of employee and payroll information.
💻 RESTAURANT SYSTEMS & REPORTING
Responsibilities will include:
- Working with MICROS and/or GAAP restaurant/POS systems.
- Extracting sales and transactional information.
- Reconciling information obtained from restaurant systems.
- Preparing weekly and monthly administrative and financial reports.
- Assisting with month-end reporting and reconciliations.
- Identifying discrepancies and escalating concerns to the Franchise Partner.
- Maintaining accurate records for financial reviews and audits.
📁 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The role will also involve:
- Providing administrative support to the Franchise Partner and restaurant management team.
- Maintaining employee, supplier and operational records.
- Ensuring documentation is complete, accurate and properly filed.
- Assisting with supplier queries and account reconciliations.
- Maintaining confidentiality when handling financial and employee information.
- Supporting the restaurant with general administrative requirements.
🎓 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should have:
- Matric / Grade 12 – Essential.
- Relevant Finance, Bookkeeping or Administration qualification will be advantageous.
- Previous administration experience is essential.
- Experience in restaurant, hospitality, retail or QSR environments is advantageous.
- Practical experience with debtors and creditors.
- Payroll administration experience.
- Experience with bank reconciliations.
- Experience assisting with month-end reporting.
- Exposure to MICROS and/or GAAP is highly advantageous.
- Strong computer literacy.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Good understanding of basic bookkeeping and financial administration.
⭐ KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
The ideal candidate should have:
- Strong numerical and financial administration skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong Excel and computer skills.
- Good organisational and time-management abilities.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to meet strict deadlines.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to identify and investigate discrepancies.
- Excellent record-keeping and administrative discipline.
- Trustworthiness and integrity.
- Ability to handle confidential information.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced restaurant environment.
📌 VACANCY DETAILS
Position: Franchise Restaurant Administrator
Company: Pedros
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Employment Type: Permanent
Experience: Mid-Senior
Closing Date: 31 October 2026
👉 If you meet the requirements, apply before the closing date and share this opportunity with someone who may qualify!