Hotel Accountant Job in Athi River, Kenya

Job Title: Hotel Accountant

Industry: Hospitality

Gross Salary: 70k

Location: Athi River

Our client is a new medium sized hotel based in the outskirts of Nairobi. They seek to hire a highly competent and performance driven Hotel Accountant who will be responsible for knowing critical functions within the department and capable of mentoring and assisting employees within the department.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring financial transactions are properly recorded and entered into the computerized accounting systems
• Ensures compliance with government and corporate policies regulations and laws
• Prepares monthly forecast & annual budgets prepares all allocations
• Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and hotel procedures.
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Reviews accounts payables and weekly check runs and reconciles
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, cost centers and documents business transactions.
• Responsible for daily Stock takes, reconciliation and timely of daily sales reports against expenses.
• Responsible for verification of income auditing, receivables & debtors reconciliation
• Distributes monthly comparison reports and cost center reports according to schedules.
• Prepares financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position.
• Analyze transactional processes and identify areas where additional accuracies and efficiencies can be achieved.
• Applies cost accounting methods to achieve accurate representation of cost center performance.
• Coordinate monthly closing process and reconciliation of general ledger accounts
• Responsible for all taxes obligations.
• Maintain system of accounts and keep records on all company transactions and assets
• Report, analyze, and ensure integrity of all financial information.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Must be a CPA- K.
• 2 – 3 years’ experience as an accountant in a hotel or resort
• Proficiency in any hotel operating and accounting system and Microsoft Office Excel, Word and Outlook
• Suitable candidate should be of unquestionable integrity and mature
• Should also be dynamic and a team player
• Experience in Payroll.
• Analytical skills and hotel controls
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a pressurized environment
• Leadership skills.

How to Apply

If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Hotel Accountant) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 5th September 2018.

Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing.

Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted