Accounting Manager

About the role

Protea Hotels is hiring an Accounting Manager in Lilongwe. The role supports the day-to-day execution of general ledger processes, including helping clients understand them, and covers account balancing, ledger reconciliation, reporting and discrepancy resolution.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement accounting work and projects, and follow up on accounting SOP audits across the property
• Balance credit card ledgers and verify group contracts, performing credit reference checks for directly billed groups
• Ensure profits and losses are documented accurately and monitor all applicable taxes so they are current, collected and accrued
• Complete period-end functions and submit reports on time
• Train staff on account receivable posting and coach and mentor employees
• Make collections calls if necessary and keep executives, peers and subordinates informed

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance and accounting, or a 2-year accredited degree in the same field
• More than 5 years of experience in finance and accounting, preferably in the hospitality industry
• Malawian nationals only

Required skills

• General ledger, account balancing and ledger reconciliation
• Knowledge of return check procedures, gross revenue reporting, write-off and consolidated deposit procedures
• Use of computer systems to build financial spreadsheets and enter data