Hospitality Financial Accountant

About the role

A luxury hotel is looking for a highly organised, detail-driven Financial Accountant to lead its daily on-site financial operations. The role acts as the key financial lead on the ground, working with the property General Manager and department heads, alongside an off-site central accounting firm and executive team. It covers property-ledgers, revenue controls, inventory analytics and local financial compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Manage on-site accounting functions, including supervision of stock control personnel
• Prepare monthly management accounts, flash reports (10-day, 20-day and month-end) and variance analyses
• Collaborate with the General Manager and off-site financial directors on annual budgeting, forecasting and room revenue projections
• Maintain bank reconciliations, float and petty cash audits, and local card processing systems
• Ensure internal controls, standard operating procedures and local tax compliance (VAT/PAYE filing coordination)
• Monitor night audit, daily revenue posting and PMS-to-bank reconciliations
• Oversee accounts receivable, including collections and aged debtor reporting, and resolve guest and house accounts
• Manage supplier accounts, creditor reconciliations and local and international payments
• Monitor gross profit margins in Food & Beverage and oversee stock counts, equipment tracking and vendor SLAs

Required profile

• Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance or a related field preferred
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on General Ledger and high-volume financial accounting experience, ideally in luxury hotels, resorts or hospitality
• Strong analytical skills, ethical standards and ability to work in a confidential, high-workload environment

Required skills

• Xero and Excel (essential)
• Hotel Property Management Systems such as Opera
• Point of Sale and inventory systems (e.g. Micros, Symphony, MyInventory) and business banking portals are an advantage