Finance Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya

Job Vacancy: Finance Manager

Job Purpose: The Finance and Accounting departments play a significant role in the management. by providing the financial data used by all managers in their daily decision making, ensuring financially sound and thriving hotels.

At the property level, these departments work closely with General Managers and department heads to maximize their financial acumen, assist with recommendations for desirable economic options, safeguard owner assets with reliable internal control systems, and forecast and prepare monthly and annual reports 

Performance Measures
  • Management reporting
  • Periodic Ledger Reconciliation
  • Inter – group accounts reconciliation
  • Budgeting
  • Payroll
  • Statutory Audit facilitation and oversight
  • Payable and debtors management
  • Inventory Management
  • Bank and Cash Management
  • Periodic Operational financial review
  • System review and advice on possible changes
  • Project finance forecast
  • General office supervision and organization
Key Responsibilities
  • Preparation of Monthly Management Reports
  • Review of management report and production of variance analysis.
  • Reconciling of Inter-Group accounts and Asset accounts.
  • Reconciliation of Monthly Inventory accounts with Inventory Managements System.
  • Liaising with accountants in other units in a bid to reconcile inter-group accounts.
  • Preparation of monthly departmental reforecast
  • Coordinating with the Financial Controller in Annual Budget preparation.
  • Uploading of Budgets and reforecast to accounting system.
  • Transfer of costs, invoices, and stocks from Inventory Management system to Accounting System.
  • Attending Management Meetings and Monthly Financial Review Meetings.
  • Carrying out Sun system back up
  • Preparation of various Audit Schedule and Liaising with Statutory Auditors in provision of audit requirements.
  • Supervision of general accounts associates
  • Reconciliation of Other Nominal Account
  • Daily audit of arrivals and departures
  • Daily check of house status balance and floor limit control
  • Daily Control of paymaster rooms
  • Confirm all room charges and rate applied to guest in house and the same for daily arrivals
  • Audit of house keeping and front office system occupancy status and follow up for any variance
  • Verify night audit reconciliation.
  • Follow up for any night audit issues that need to be addressed during the day
  • Verify Complimentary, house use and any zero rated rooms
  • Audit of voids, discounts and any adjustment done Point of sale
  • Ensure Series control of bills and report on any missing bills or irregularities spotted on the bills.
  • Control of revenues from Minor operating departments like telephone and Laundry.
  • Night audit
Essential Educational and / or Training Qualifications and Certificates
  • Must be a Graduate
  • CPA K Finalist
Preferred Experience and Knowledge (number of years, type of experience)
  • Over 8 years Financial / Accounting experience
  • Over 5 years management experience a medium to large organization preferably in the Hospitality ind.
  • Good Technical / working knowledge of relevant Accounting Standards
  • Sun system accounting
  • Pastel Evolution
  • Fidelio hotel systems
  • Microsoft office
Required Behavioural Competencies
  • Leadership
  • Business Development / Orientation
  • Strategic Orientation
  • Change Management
  • People Management
  • Communication
  • Managing Results
  • Delighting Customers
  • Creating and Sustaining Social Responsibility
  • Teamwork
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Integrity
Application

Qualified candidates to forward their cv to cvs@careerdirections.co.ke by latest 15th Jan 2016