Accountant
- Full-time
- Company Location: Avani Victoria Falls Resort
Company Description
Refreshingly understated, contemporary and simple. Whether you want a leisurely family break or romantic escape, AVANI hotels and resorts provide the right space for relaxed and inspired comfort. Discerning service, relaxed dining and engaging recreation facilities for all guests are a given.
Job Description
- Preparation of year-end statutory financial statements and balance sheet reporting.
- Manage financial accounting reconciliations and ensure reporting is done.
- Prepare and manage the non-management payroll.
- Reconcile and manage payments for all suppliers.
- Bank accounts reconciled daily.
- Trade debtors’ management.
- Ensure adequate provision of doubtful debts.
- Reconcile all sundry debtors’ accounts reconciled monthly.
- Manage the border account to ensure all goods are cleared without account being blocked.
- Prepare pay cost budgets.
- Set and update fixed cost prices for travel, accommodation, and other consumables to allow for accurate budgets.
- Ensure VAT and WHT are paid every month and all certificates collected.
- Ensure all payroll statutory payments are paid when due.
- Approve accounts payable, cash book, and payroll cheques and payments.
- Ensure accruals are properly accounted for as per accounting standards.
- Lead the control of inventory, credit and collection, disbursements, deposits and remittances.
- Establishing adequate controls for all revenues and expenses and safeguard of assets.
- Maintaining up-to-date account analysis and reconciliation of accounts.
- Maintaining accurate and timely financial and operating information
- Identifies training needs, develops formal training plans and conducts training sessions for finance and operational colleagues in co-ordination with other departments.
- Follow-up on capital expenditures to ensure control compliance with original justification and approval.
- Assists in implementing and maintaining acceptable accounting practices and procedures as required by AVANI policy, and generally accepted accounting practices.
- Performs any other related duties and special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance, ACCA,CIMA or ZICA Licentiate/ professional qualification.
- At least 3-5 years in accounting / financial role with experience in food service, hotel or retail industry would be an advantage.
- Excellent in English communication and computer literacy.
- In-depth ability of analytical skills, strong communication and presentation skills.
- Good Command of business English.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office especially Ms. Excel ( Pivot table and Vlookup).
- Attention to detail and good analytical skill.
- Good communication and people skills.