Amber Grebenc
Restaurant & Hospitality Accounting Controller
- Role
- Accounting Controller at Homegrown Hospitality Group
- Location
- Charleston, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amber Grebenc
A true hospitality professional who is results-driven with over 20 years’ experience. Amber started her hospitality career early on preparing dinner for her family during her school-age years and then went on to earn an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts thinking she was on the path to becoming a Chef. During this time Amber found herself in many different roles both in the kitchen and in front of the house. The operations ranged from casual dining to the highest standard of fine dining restaurants and country clubs. Through these roles Amber discovered a true passion for guest interaction. With this in mind, she went on to earn her Master’s of International Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of South Carolina. After obtaining her master’s degree Amber accepted the role of Food and Beverage Manager at Myers Park Country Club. After several years Amber joined the team of Ruth’s Chris Steak House as Beverage Manager and worked her way up to General Manager. During this time Amber earned Level 3 with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. Amber then moved back home to Charleston, SC accepting the role of General Manager at Eli\'s Table with Charleston Hospitality Group. Amber was promoted to Purchasing Director and Senior Accountant with a focus on accounting, operations support, training, and purchasing for Charleston Hospitality Group. Amber recently took on the role of Assistant Controller for a larger local Hospitality Group.Through her many roles, she has found a true desire to ensure each, and every guest receives the best possible experience. Amber developed a skill set that is able to balance the wants and needs of the guests with delivering operational results both qualitative as well as quantitative along with employee morale. During the many roles she realized that one can never accept that good is good enough and you must consistently work to be better each and every day.
Experience
Accounting Controller
Jun 2022 — Present · Charleston, SC, US
Yearly budgeting and period updates based on trends for 17 restaurants and an inn across eight brands with $55 million net salesP & L and balance sheet analysis to identify trends, errors, and opportunities for improvement Production of financial reports within R365 and excel, including period and year end Regular trainings and meetings held with Directors, GM’s and managers to review budgets, financial performance, along with ways to better utilize SOP’s and our technology to improve operations and bottom lineCreation and importing of various journal entries to reclass and properly account for expensesTeam lead for conversion from Upserve/Breadcrumb to Toast POS for 16 restaurants including R365 mappingReconcile 3rd party delivery and other AR accounts, including ensuring seamless interactions with Chowly & ToastWork with an outsourced company to handle day to day invoice entry and basic daily accounting functionsVendor contract review and negotiations leading to reduced expenses and better service across multiple vendorsDevelop and update SOP’s to fully utilize the power of Toast and R365 bridging financial needs with manager’s daily processes
Education
Trident Technical College
A.S., Culinary Art Technology
2001 — 2002
University of South Carolina
B.S., Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
2003 — 2005
Trident Technical College
Baking and Pastry making Certificate, Culinary Arts and Related Services
2000 — 2003
Trident Technical College
A.S., Hospitality and Tourism Management
2001 — 2003
University of South Carolina
Master, International Hospitality and Tourism Management
2005 — 2006
Skills
- Restaurant Management
- Menu Development
- Compeat
- Hospitality
- Micros Pos
- Culinary Skills
- Menu Engineering
- Budgeting
- Wine Lists
- Budgets
- Micros
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Communication
- Time Management
- Quality Assurance
- Gardening
- Labor Control
- Training
- Restaurants
- Organization
- Food & Beverage
- Bee Keeping
- Customer Service
- Leadership
- Inventory Management
- Fine Dining
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