Accountant at Dove Nest Lodge

Position Summary:

We are looking to hire a successful candidate who has a degree in finance, accounting, or related field.

• You will be responsible for maintaining accurate accounting records, supporting operations, and assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• You will be responsible for maintaining accurate accounting records, supporting operations, and assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• The ideal candidate should have at least more than 3 years of experience in bookkeeping and accounting.

Responsibilities

• Controlling the payroll and reconciling bank statements.
• Ensuring financial transactions are properly recorded and accurately entered into the accounting systems
• Ensuring compliance with government and corporate policies laws and regulations
• Prepares monthly reports
• Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and hotel procedures
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Undertake cash and bank reconciliations
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, cost centers and document business transactions.
• Take responsibility for daily stock takes, spot checks, reconciliation and timely of daily sales reports against expenses.
• Responsible for verification of income, receivables & debtors reconciliation
• Prepares monthly revenue and cost center reports
• Prepares financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
• Analyze transactions, processes and identify areas where additional accuracies and efficiencies can be achieved.
• Apply cost accounting methods to achieve efficient representation of cost center performance.
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
• Responsible for all statutory obligations i.e. paye, nssf, nhif, catering levy, corporate tax e.t.c.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in accounting or equivalent with experience as full-time bookkeeper preferably in a hotel environment
• Must possess a minimum of 3-5 years of experience as an accountant in a hotel or lodge
• Extensive knowledge about the spreadsheet
• Proficiency in any hotel operating and accounting system and Microsoft office and email applications
• Must be candidate of unquestionable integrity
• Should also be dynamic and a team player
• Excellent analytical skills and hotel controls
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a pressurized environment