Finance Manager at Eden Hotels Limited

Eden Hotels Limited is a Three Star hotel with internationally trained staff offering you quality and personalized service. We go the extra mile to provide our guests with exquisitely tailored and exceptional services. Eden Hotels Limited is designed to cater for the corporate market with top quality accommodation, fine dining as well as state of the art conferencing, training, executive meeting facilities and corporate night-out celebrations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Eket, Akwa Ibom
Employment Type: Full-time

Description 

• Responsible for the property’s accounting and financial activities.
• Responsible to represent the accounting department during daily morning meetings.
• Responsible for hotel’s compliance with the local tax authority.
• Responsible to support and liaise with the General Manager in meeting the strategic goals of the organization.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing annual budgets, monthly forecasts, profit and loss statements and operating results.
• Supervise staff accountants who handle Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll duties in the accounting department.
• Responsible for verifying all financial reports and ensuring that all transactions are accurate and in compliance with local government regulations.
• Responsible to liaise with the Corporate office of the organization.
• Able to prepare and submit management reports in a timely manner and also ensuring delivery deadlines.
• Able to effectively implement all accounting policies and procedures.
• Able to ensure a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard hotel assets.
• Able to assist proactively with cost control requirements.
• Able to assist with profit improvement opportunities for the hotel operations.
• Able to develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish the work.
• Assist in the building of an efficient and professional team of employees within Finance and Accounting Department.
• Monitor compliance with all Sales and Occupancy tax rules, and ensuring that taxes are charged and collected correctly.
• File the local tax with the concerned authority on a monthly/regular basis.
• Monitor and improve hotel’s operation costs, profitability and manage business risks.
• Ensure revenues and expenses are recorded accurately.
• Ensure property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
• Oversee internal, external and regulatory audit processes.
• Conduct regular weekly finance department meetings.
• Any other tasks as and when required by the management.

Job Requirements
Prerequisites:

• Interested candidates should possess a Master's Degree in relevant fields with 5 - 15 years work experience.
• Should have a high command of MS Applications like Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Knowledge of Back- office accounting systems.
• Knowledge of Hotel PMS, POS Software and Accounting Software – Opera
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent financial/business decision making.
• Should possess strong Business acumen.
• Analytical skills and very well organized.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2024.