HOTEL MAIN ACCOUNTANT

Department FINANCE
Reports to FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Overall objectives
To be responsible for the hotel’s accounting and financial management requirements. To provide the general manager and unit management team with meaningful and timely information on the status of the hotel’s performance. To assist proactively with cost containment, revenue enhancement, profit improvement opportunities and safeguarding of the company’s assets.

Main duties
Records
To maintain proper and complete accounting records of the hotel. To ensure that the accounts, records and transactions of the hotel are accurate and correct at all times.

Safeguarding of assets
To implement all necessary controls to safeguard the assets of the hotel.

Financial reports
To prepare and interpret the financial statements and reports of the hotel.

Management information
To provide financial information to management as tools for maximizing profits and planning for the future. Reports which should stimulate management action.

Budgets and forecasts
To compile, together with the other executives, budgets and forecasts covering all activities of the hotel.
To compile treasury/cash flow forecasts for the business.

Controls and procedures
To ensure that the established controls and procedures in respect of the controller’s areas of responsibility are being complied with at all times.

Cashiers
To ensure that there are, at all times, proper procedures and controls for the guest cashiers and other cashiers in the hotel.

Purchasing, receiving and stores
To ensure that there are, at all times, proper procedures and controls for purchasing, receiving, stores and requisitioning.

Stock takes
To ensure that physical inventories of all supplies are being taken on a monthly basis and of all operating equipment on a quarterly basis.

Credit and collection
To ensure that the hotel complies with the established credit and collection procedures, with particular attention to front office, group and meetings/banqueting processes

Expenditures
To check and accept expenditures (via purchase requests, expenditure approval forms and purchase orders) in accordance with established procedures.


Bank accounts
To ensure that bank account statements are checked on a daily basis. To ensure that bank accounts are reconciled each month.

Inventories
To ensure that proper records are kept for all inventory items.

General ledger
To ensure that all revenue and expenditure are properly recorded in the general ledger. To ensure that all balances are reconciled on a regular basis.

Statutory accounts
To assist in the preparation of the year end statutory accounts.

NB: ACCOUNTING PACKAGE in PLACE is “SUN SYSTEM - Client v4.3.3”

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Send your CV to "mndalechi@theresidence.com" copy to "tprabakaran@theresidence.com"

Deadline 21 May 2014.

Attractive Remunerations will be offered.

Must possess Advanced Diploma/Degree in Accounting/Finance field.

Experience in Hotel industry will be added advantage.