Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 20 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Description
Job Description: Accountant
Position Overview: The Accountant will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with relevant policies and standards, managing procurement and supplier relationships, handling banking transactions and bank reconciliations, performing month-end activities, and managing comprehensive reporting tasks. This role also includes supporting various finance-related tasks in the absence of the Assistant Financial Controller (AFC) for hotels with no dedicated AFC role.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Finance Policy and Compliance:
• Review and adhere to the Finance policy.
• Follow policies as per MHG/Anantara standards.
2. Financial Reporting and Analysis:
• Support DOF/FC & AFC in preparing monthly P&L and executive summaries.
• Complete Critical Date lists, FC checklists, Management Contract Compliance, and P&P Manual Compliance checks.
• Initiate and implement improvements for revenue, profitability, and cost-saving measures.
• Assist in internal audits and finance operation compliance, ensuring documentation and follow-up on identified weaknesses.
3. Training and Development:
• Collaborate with AFC to ensure thorough training of finance associates on their responsibilities.
• Assume AFC responsibilities in their absence.
4. Banking Transactions and Reconciliation:
• Collate and verify payment cheques, vouchers, invoices, and supporting documents.
• Handle long outstanding cheques and stop payment procedures.
• Manage supplier reconciliation and confirm outstanding balances.
• Verify invoices and support received for liabilities and payments to MHG.
• Ensure accurate performance of Bank Reconciliation and promptly follow up on any discrepancies with the bank
5. Month-End Activities:
• Maintain a cut-off date for invoice posting.
• Prepare checklists for monthly journal entries and ensure review and posting.
• Verify and review entries for accruals, prepayments, expense reports, and financial commitments.
• Ensure reconciliation of sub-ledgers and recognition of deferred income.
• Process payroll-related entries and ensure compliance with management agreements.
• Support DOF/FC and AFC in P&L critique and distribution, and prepare necessary corrections.
• Prepare month-end templates, gather necessary data, and ensure accurate journal entries.
• Input trial balance into the pack and balance, respond to queries, and ensure correct tax and management fee postings.
6. Reporting:
• Perform Balance Sheet Reconciliations with necessary backup and compile BS Recon file for timely review.
• Organize quarterly BS Recon Review with the Executive and submission on SharePoint.
• Create forecast files, analyze expenses, and include future cost occurrences for accurate forecasting.
• Review and supervise AP payments, ensuring timely submission.
• Assist in budgeting processes and quarterly reviews.
• Prepare cashflow reports and spearhead month-end reporting.
• Manage all reports on the Finance Reporting Schedule, including MINT Pack reporting, FC checklist, Quarterly Management Fees report, and Contract compliance.
• Update and manage contract lists, follow up on expired contracts, and liaise with legal for requirements.
• Any other duties assigned

Qualifications
• ZICA qualification
• Full ZICA or ACCA will be an added advantage


Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
Additional Information
• Full grade twelve school certificate
• Three traceable referees with their emails and mobile numbers
• Closing date: 30th June 2024
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