Duties and responsibilities

Prepare and verify reports i.e. officer checks, F&B costs and analysis, etc.
Define minimum and maximum stock levels, par stock management systems.
Perform daily and monthly F&B reconciliations, using check books.
Perform the physical count of beverage and food stocks with reported variances.
Perform the physical count for other consumable stocks and OE with reported variances.
Daily computation of food and beverages COS with reported variances.
Records & Bookkeeping: To ensure that the accounts, records and transactions of the are accurate and correct at all times. Ensure that all transactions are captured to correct GL accounts.
Financial reports: to timely prepare and interpret internal reports and financial statements of the Lodge, such as service stock schedules, debtor’s summary, balance sheet reconciliations, management accounts etc.
Cash Book Recons: To perform weekly and monthly reconciliations of cashbook transactions. To ensure that all monies collected are banked on time.
Balance Sheet Recons: To ensure weekly and monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts.
Tax Recons and Returns: to ensure all taxes returns are filed on time and reconciled back to source documents and balance sheet balances.
Creditors Reconciliations: to ensure all creditors accounts are well reconciled on a weekly and monthly basis.
Debtors Recons: to ensure that both front office and trade debtors are well reconciled and collected on time.
Costing: Ensure that the Lodge’s cost of sales and all costs are accurately computed and in line with target at all times.
Revenue: Ensure that revenue is well reconciled and captured to correct GL accounts.
Stock management: to ensure that Operating equipment and inventories of all supplies are being counted, reconciled and monitored regular as per the requirements of the company.
Budget and forecasts: to compile, together with the managers, budget and forecast covering all activities of the Lodge.
Control and procedures: to ensure that established controls and procedures in respect of the accountants’ areas of responsibility are being complied with at all times
Purchasing, receiving and store: to ensure that proper procedures and controls of purchasing, receiving, store and requisitioning are in place at all times

Requirements

ZICA/ACCA Diploma/ Certificate required
2-3 years’ work experience at Financial and Management Reporting Level & Experience in the hospitality industry in a busy hotel setting will be an added advantage.
Strong Team Player and one that works well with minimum supervision.
Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
Firm personal character yet very fair.