Hotel Accountant - Control at the Amazon Suites

The Amazon Suites, a 20-suite, five-star boutique hotel in Yaba, Lagos Nigeria. A rich luxury showpiece with a contemporary city garden ambience.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hotel Accountant - Control

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• Hotel Accountant - Control is in charge of the financial matters involved with running a hotel. Tasked with monitoring and approving all financial decisions a hotel makes, and therefore must have a thorough knowledge of Management, Accounting and finance to be effective at their job.

Job Role

• The Accountant - Control is responsible for all aspects of operations at the hotel and provides support to the General Manager.
• Directs and coordinates hotels activities to obtain optimum efficiency and economy of operations, and maximize full potential with a balanced focus on hotels mission, guests, employees and owners satisfaction.

Day To Day Management Responsibilities:

• Assist the General Manager in his day-to-day operations.
• Assigns duties to HOD’s and observers performance to ensure adherence to hotel policies and established operating procedures.
• Provides training to staff and HOD’s.
• Acts as the hotels public relations director and promotes the property within the hotel industry, local community and trade associations.
• Builds owner loyalty through proactive communication, setting and managing expectations and delivering solid business results.
• Assist GM in key property issues including capital projects, customer service and refurbishment.
• Assist General Manager in wage scale surveys and ensures employee wages are followed by the company and industry salary guidelines.
• Performs daily, weekly and monthly property inspections.
• Ensures property, grounds, physical plant and work areas maintained to standard.
• Builds strong working relationships and communications with hotel staff, HOD’s and other departments to ensure maximum operating effectiveness and fulfilment of special event need.
• Cover shifts is all departments as scheduled by the General Manager.
• Monitor maintenance progress and FF&E (Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment) conditions and provide status report to GM.
• Provide effective leadership to hotel team members.
• Ensure hotel staff is provided with uniforms and name tags, and upholds property grooming standards.
• Ensures effective, timely and accurate communications flow with regards to hotel policies and procedures.
• Assist the GM in all aspects of business planning.
• Performs sudden audits on rooms and other operating areas.
• Must be available 24/7 in case to respond to any guest or employee emergencies.
• Corporate client handling and take part in new client acquisition along with the sales team whenever required.
• Assisting in residential sales as and when required and development with strong sales prospects.

Financial Control Resposibilitiies:

• Respond to audits to ensure continual improvement is achieved.
• Review and appraise the soundness, effectiveness, and proper application of accounting and financial controls, compliance procedures and controls and timeliness of documentation generation
• Identify the risks that a business faces and develop preventive strategies.
• Reviewing of SOP from time to time.
• Provide training on policy and controls.
• Audits on par stock on all areas to make sure that all required hotel supplies are ordered and stocked in advance of need.
• Review Vendor creation, Customer Creation (Agreements), Credit setting for customers.
• Review Capex project briefs and compliance with procedures.
• Credit control (Receivables, staff float outstanding).
• Field force expenses management and control.
• Checking of Consumptions vs Bill of materials to detect and eliminate any shortages/pilferages.
• Checking the asset disposal bidding process.
• Reviewing the Fixed assets register from time to time, physical asset count exercise.
• Supervise the physical Stock positions
• Checking of payroll such as overtime, Leave allowance, incentives etc.
• Evaluating accounting processes audit trail.
• Tax and Regulatory Affairs - Ensure all tax and regulatory filings are made promptly.
• All Other duties as assigned by the General Manager or Management.

Prerequisites:

• Strong management skills, ability to appropriately assign or delegate work and authority to others in the accomplishment of goals. And provide coaching, advice and assistance as required.
• Analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail.
• Excellent Communication skills and perfect command of the English language.
• Conversant with Hotel Management Software System.
• Available to work when needed, including weekends, holidays, and nights.

Education

• A University Degree or Diploma in Accounting. 
• Experience in Financial accounting, personnel supervision and problem resolutions is an added advantage. Excellent computer system skills.

Experience:

• At least 5 to 10  years’ experience in Accounting/Finance. 
• Hospitality industry experience, with significant luxury and international experience is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
1st August, 2021.