Hotel Accountant at Bolton White Hotels and Apartments

Bolton White Hotel is a leading hospitality company located in the the heartland of Nigeria, approximately 30 minutes’ drive from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, about 5 minutes drive from the international Conference Center/ National Assembly complex and the Federal Secretariat. The hotel has 176 comfortable and stylish luxury bedrooms, en-suite self-catering rooms, great cooling system in all rooms, writing desk and satellite TV, tea/coffee making facilities, direct-detail telephone/modern and Wi-Fi. Non-smoking rooms available on request.

It has various conference and banqueting facilities available with seating capacity from 160 to 200 for conference and banqueting. Each venue is air conditioned, with standard audio visual equipment, available on request.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Hotel Accountant
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that the guests have the best possible experience by trouble-shooting and resolving all billing-related disputes.
• Represents the Accounts department on the daily department heads meeting with the general manager.
• Manage all phases ofAccounts Payable, Receivable and departmentbudget.
• Calculate and distribute wages and salaries.
• Prepare regular reports and summaries of accounting activities.
• Preparefinancial statementsand debtors’ listings.
• Verify recordedtransactionsand report irregularities to management.
• Providing direction to thenight auditteam so as to ensure proper revenue reporting.
• Reviewing allledgerdetails guest ledger,city ledgerand deposit ledgers to validate proper payment and revenueposting.
• Review the postings, payments, revenue and guestbalancereports on a daily basis.
• Follows up on any accounts within 3 days to ensure customer has received the invoice and does not have any questions.
• Review theAccounts Receivable(A/R)Ageingreports on a daily basis.
• Enters invoices intoaccounts payablesystem weekly after verifying apurchase orderwas received from ordering department head and obtaining General Manager’s approval.
• Forecastingcash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow.
• Ensuring that cash flows are adequate to allow business units to operate effectively.
• Maintain banking relationships and merchant services for the hotel
• Maintains files of all contracts, insurance policies, tax reports,expenses,payroll, etc.
• Maintaining and transferring money between bank accounts as required.
• Performing numericalanalysisof data and formulating conclusions and/or solutions.
• Preparing financial reports and submissions to relevant government entities.
• Ensures all new hire paperwork, benefits, performance appraisals, disciplinary action forms and other pertinent personnel documents are filed appropriately and maintained in accordance with the company HR practices.
• Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and track profit/lossperformance by business unit.
• Providing direction and training to hotel operational team in areas related to finance, financial reports,internal controls, labour management, payroll, etc.
• Effectively manage the accounting team through respectful communication, clear expectations, relevant training, productivecoaching, regular meetings, and appropriate performance management.
• Recommend and maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over Account Department activities.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• Additional qualifications will be added advantages.

Experience:

• 2 to 5 years of demonstrated accounting experience, preferably in ahospitalityor food and beverage environment, and quality with a background that includes forecasting and budgeting.

Prerequisites:

• Strong verbal and written communications skills with strong accounting software experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel / Word) and experience with PMS like Opera.

Application Closing Date
14th June, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV, Application Letter and Passport Photograph to: hrboltonwhitehotel@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.