Job Description

Job Title: Chief Accountant – Hospitality

Industry: Hospitality

Job Location: Nairobi

Salary: KShs 200K – 250K

Our Client is a well-established Hotel in Nairobi.

They seek to hire an experienced and competent Chief Accountant responsible for all areas relating to financial reporting, managing accounting and budgets and forecast.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the entire accounts department including Storekeeper, Cost Controller, Accounts clerks, Cashiers, etc.


• Maintain Cost Control records and taking of accurate physical inventories and generally supervise the Cost Controller and his assistants.


• Ensure the timely reporting of all financial information; monthly, quarterly and year end close.


• Ensure compliance with all tax matters, licensing bodies and authorities.


• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations and prepare reports and presentations to the Senior Management team and Directors.


• Prepare periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.


• Prepare monthly cash flows.


• Scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.


• Approve daily sales/covers reports and ensuring all reports are prepared and issued on a timely basis by the income auditor.


• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of pay transactions.


• Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures.


• Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features and ensure that the recommendations by both the internal and external audits of the follow-ups and corrections of the weak points raised.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance


• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in financial & management accounting particularly in the Hospitality Industry.


• Must have a CPA-K


• Must have a good understanding of hospitality accounting systems such as SUN system


• Excellent strategic planning skills


• MUST possess strong leadership skills.


• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills


• Excellent negotiation and presentation 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 (Chief Accountant- Hospitality) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 20th July 2021.

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