Accountant

Role Overview

Philban Consulting is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and results-driven Accountant to join their hospitality business. The role involves maintaining accurate financial records, monitoring daily revenue and expenses, managing accounts payable and receivable, performing reconciliations, and supporting management with timely financial information.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records in accordance with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Record daily financial transactions, including sales, purchases, payments, receipts, and expenses.
• Prepare and post journal entries and maintain the general ledger.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closing processes.
• Prepare management accounts and financial reports as required.
• Monitor and reconcile daily revenue from rooms, food and beverage, events, laundry, and other hotel or hospitality services.
• Review daily sales reports, cashier reports, POS transactions, and payment collections.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between POS, booking systems, cash collections, and accounting records.
• Monitor cash handling procedures and ensure proper banking of daily collections.
• Reconcile credit card, bank transfer, online payment, and other payment channels.
• Process supplier invoices and ensure payments are properly authorized and recorded.
• Maintain accurate supplier and customer accounts.
• Monitor outstanding receivables and follow up on overdue accounts.
• Reconcile supplier statements and customer balances.
• Verify invoices against purchase orders, delivery notes, and approved documentation.
• Assist with monitoring food, beverage, housekeeping, and other operational inventories.
• Participate in periodic stock counts and reconcile physical inventory with accounting records.
• Analyze food and beverage costs, wastage, variances, and gross margins.
• Work with procurement and operations teams to improve cost control and reduce losses.
• Assist with payroll preparation and reconciliation.
• Ensure appropriate statutory deductions and accounting entries are accurately recorded.
• Assist with tax filings and other statutory financial requirements.
• Maintain proper records for internal and external audits.
• Ensure financial transactions comply with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Assist in preparing annual budgets and financial forecasts.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and investigate significant variances.
• Provide financial analysis and reports to management to support decision-making.
• Identify opportunities for improving revenue, controlling costs, and increasing profitability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6–8 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in hospitality.
• Experience in a hotel, restaurant, resort, event center, or similar hospitality business is highly desirable.
• Professional qualification or part-qualification with ICAN, ACCA, or a similar recognized accounting body is an advantage.
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Experience with accounting software and POS/hospitality management systems.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume to: philbannig@ymail.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.