Chief Accounting

Job Summary

Summary

POSITION PURPOSE

Calculate post record and verify financial data for use in maintaining accounting and statistical records.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - AVERAGE % OF TIME

• 55% Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and clear all reconciling items on a daily or timely basis.
• 30% Prepare the daily journal entries necessary to complete financial statements including reports.
• 10% Prepare sales tax returns.
• 5% Special projects.

OTHER

Regular attendance in conformance with the standards which may be established from time to time is essential to the successful performance of this position. Employees with irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry employees may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel. In addition attendance at all scheduled training sessions and meetings is required.

Upon employment all employees are required to fully comply with rules and regulations for the safe and effective operation of the hotel facilities. Employees who violate hotel rules and regulations will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS

In addition to performing the essential functions this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions with the percentage of time spent performing each function solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel:

• Assist in monitoring inventory levels and controls.
• Additional duties as necessary and assigned.

Responsibilities

The individual must possess the following knowledge skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation using some other combination of knowledge skills and abilities:

• Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.
• Requires good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of computer accounting programs math skills and budgetary analysis capabilities are required.
• Ability to prepare and analyse data figures and transcriptions prepared on and generated by computers.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts interest commissions percentages and volumes.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited information exists.

Qualifications :

• Educated to bachelors degree level or beyond most likely within a business or hospitality management-related discipline or experience equivalent 4-5 years experience in the same post
• Prior experience as a department head in a large fast-paced organization.
• Prior experience in pre-opening.
• Native Arabic speaker and fluency in verbal and written English is essential.
• Must be a highly capable user of Microsoft office programs including Excel Word PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Previous working experience in a truly global work environment is essential.

Additional Information :

experience is an asset
Prior experience working with Opera or a related system
Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities
Fluency in English additional languages are a plus

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

• Account Payable
• Invoicing
• Journal Entry
• Data Entry
• Accounting & Finance
• Tax Returns
• QuickBooks
• General Ledger Accounting
• Microsoft Excel
• Reporting
• Payroll
• Financial statement
• Account Receivable
• ACCA
• CPA

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