Chief Accountant

Job Summary

• Perform financial analysis and reporting to management as needed.

• Perform month-end accounting activities such as reconciliations and journal entries

• Coordinate with finance team to complete assigned accounting tasks within deadlines

• Evaluate computerized accounting systems and provide recommendations to IT team for performance improvements

• Generate financial reports and statements to Managers for review

• Analyze financial discrepancies and recommend effective resolutions.

• Monitor expenditures, analyze revenues and determine budget variances and report the same to management.

• Respond to accounting inquiries from management in a timely fashion.

• Provide guidance to other Accountants when needed.

• Assist in budget preparation and expense management activities for assigned accounts

• Assist in auditing activities by providing necessary information and preparing requested documentations.

• Monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies and regulations.

• Review and recommend changes to existing accounting procedures

• Maximizes the hotel cash flow performance through controlling the disbursements.

• Enforces documents and establishes the adequate control system for all expenses for assets protection and ensure that control will not affect the guest service.

• Identifies training needs with develops formal training plans for all accounting staff.

• Establishes and maintaining the effective of the employee relations.

• Performs the accounting staff duties according to the accounting uniform system and the financial controller instructions.

• Maintains the up-to-date accounts analysis and bank reconciliation

• Ensures the completion of the regular reports of month end and year-end closing on time

• Controlling all prepaid and accrual expenses according to the contracts.

• Check and control all payment vouchers before signed by the financial controller.

• Co-ordinate with the financial controller against the accounting staff performance.

• Assists in maintaining accurate and timely financial and operating information.

• Implements and maintains acceptable accounting policies and procedures as required by the hotel’s policy and procedure and by the financial controller.

• Leading the accounting staff to the best performance and building the teamwork inside the accounting department.

• To continually check the accounts payable in order that no outstanding bills are kept pending

• Assists the financial controller on the performance appraisals of the accounting staff.

• Journal entry to general ledger account.

• General ledger accounts bookkeeping.

• Preparing all the monthly closing financial reports.

• Relieving the financial controller during his absence and or vacation.

• Keeping a good relation between the governmental authorities and the hotel in a good condition by ensure that all payments dues to these authorities paid on time by the right way.

• Checking the payroll statements and keep it going by the right way.

• Keeping a very good relation between the accounting dept. and all other dept.'s by co-operation with them all the time.

• Attending the general manager's meetings and daily briefing.

• Keeping the daily work of all accounting staff going well by supporting them and coaching them.

• To check the working and the reports of the night auditor and the income auditor.

• To constantly check and reduce the aging and make efforts for speedy collection of the bills and pass on information to the financial controller on doubtful accounts.

• To check and sign all documents before the financial controller and general manager approval.

• To follow up daily work for all accounting team and keep guiding them to the best performance.

Skills

IT Skills:

Proficient in MS Office, Oracle, Finance Systems Other Competencies

• Working with People

• Following Instructions and Procedures

• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

• Customer Focus

• Acting with Integrity

• Leadership and supervising

• Writing and reporting

• Decision Making

• Result oriented

• Coaching

• Analytical Thinking