Un-Matched Experience
Our unique understanding of bookkeeping along with our un-matched restaurant experience allows us to provide you a personalized and tailor-made product.
Bookkeeping for Restaurants and Food Service Businesses
Experienced, world-class business planning and consulting for restaurant and food service businesses
About Us
Restaurant Financial Services, LLC is a Maryland based bookkeeping company with over 35 years of combined restaurant industry experience. We pride ourselves in offering a personalized, unique service to each one of our clients. With our hands-on experience within the food service industry, Restaurant Financial Service is able to offer an insight that not many other companies can offer. We are here to help make the day to day operations of the restaurant work smoothly and efficiently by ensuring an accurate set of financial records including a day to day trial balance, if requested. This also allows your time to be focused on running the restaurant, not worrying about the books.
Both of our principals have worked in different aspects of the restaurant industry. Jason Righter, a CPA, worked his way up from prep cook to management to controller of a multi-unit restaurant chain. Paul Fields, the other principal of Restaurant Financial Services, has owned his own restaurant consulting company for over 15 years. He has extensive experience as a commercial mortgage broker and he has a very thorough knowledge of the financial requirements and operations of restaurants having also been a CFO of a $20 million a year 4-unit restaurant chain.
Why Choose Us?
You Are the Priority
We work with you, the business owner to ensure that you receive the information you need in a timely and accurate manner.
Do What You Do Best
Allowing us to streamline the bookkeeping process allows you to focus on running a successful business on a day to day basis.
Our Experts
Jason Righter, CPA
Jason Righter is a principal in Restaurant Financial Services, LLC and Restaurant Development Services, Inc. Additionally, his current consulting contracts include controller functions of Austin Grills, Inc. based in Gaithersburg, MD. Jason has more than 10 years combined operational and accounting experience within the restaurant industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Salisbury State University and an Associates of Arts degree in Business Administration from Montgomery College. He is also a licensed CPA and a graduate from the US Army Primary Leadership Development Course.
Paul Fields, M.S.
Paul Fields is a principal of Restaurant Financial Services, LLC and Restaurant Development Services, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in finance, real estate and restaurant transactions. Paul received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Ithaca College and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate and Urban Development from The American University.
Our Services
Restaurant Financial Services offers specialized full-charge bookkeeping services to restaurants. These services include:
- Data Entry
- Accounts Payable Processing
- Payroll Oversight
- General Ledger Entry
- Fixed-Asset Maintenance
- Periodic Reporting to Municipal Agencies
Frequently Asked Questions
What bookkeeping services does Restaurant Financial Services offer?
Specialized full-charge bookkeeping for the food service industry: data entry, accounts payable processing, payroll oversight, general ledger entry, fixed-asset maintenance (including depreciation) and periodic reporting to municipal agencies such as sales tax reporting.
Who runs Restaurant Financial Services?
Principals Jason Righter, CPA and Paul Fields, M.S. — together bringing over 35 years of combined restaurant industry experience, from unit operations to controller and CFO roles.
What area does Restaurant Financial Services serve?
A Maryland-based firm serving restaurants and food service businesses in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
In the four years Paul Fields spent as CFO of Sam & Harry's the company grew from one unit to five, the accounting and human resource departments became efficient and organized, and key operations systems were implemented. Paul's leadership and sound guidance, industry experience, and financial expertise made him an indispensable part of our senior management team.
