Assistant Finance Manager
Assistant Finance Manager
HC Solutions Ltd
About The Job
The Assistant Finance Manager is set to be finance department’s number 2 and assist to run the department in an efficient manner to ensure the gathering and recording of all appropriate accounting data. To implement accounting procedures and policies. To ensure that the General Ledger is properly maintained and has all the supported documents. Ensure the financial reporting requirements are completed in accordance with our clients standards of quality and performance.
In the absence of Cluster Financial Controller to be the acting department leader.
Specific Skills
- 5 Years of progressive experience in Finance/Accounting
- 2- 3 years in a international hotel setting (preferred).
- Excellent MS Excel skills
- Maintain an open line of communication between 3 rd parties, Colleagues and management.
- Ability to handle several tasks at one time and meet multiple priorities of business demands.
- Ability to learn and perform all essential job functions accurately and safely with minimal direct supervision, within initial training period after Colleague begins work.
- Ability to communicate orally and verbally in English with staff and outside entities
- Ability to manage a small team.
- Ability to analyze large volume of complex financial information from many sources and create reports, forecasts projections.
- Knowledge of various computer programs, such as Word and Excel and Uniform System of Accounting.
- Detail oriented and organized to effectively deal with guest and Colleagues concerns in a friendly and positive manner listening to the nature of the concern, demonstrating empathy with the guest/Colleague and providing positive and proactive solutions.
- Multi - property experience in hotels (advantageous).
- Experience working with brand standards, SOP’s and audit requirements
- Hotel industry – specific knowledge (understanding of hotel operations
- Familiarity with hospitality performance metrics
- Knowledge of Hotel systems
Responsibilities & Duties
- Prepare monthly financial reports for review of Cluster Financial Controller
- Help in preparing yearly budget and monthly forecasts.
- Assist in reviewing daily, weekly and monthly income audit checklist for FM signoff.
- Review cash transactions and respective GL JVs
- Maintain day to day support to the rest of finance section heads to ensure efficiency by assisting with hands-on solutions.
- Be the rotating supervisor whenever any of the accountants goes on leave/office is vacant
- Assist FM with periodic trips to resorts to oversea the control environment, at least every fortnight
- Help in preparing and conducting monthly Finance Meeting with the operational departments.
- Assist in driving ownership of controls into the relevant department to enable finance to act as an advisor.
- Assist in support and advising on financial and commercial matters to the resort teams, including the interpretation of financial data.
- Be the lead at ensuring balance sheet reconciliation are done and signed off & filed in time every month
- Ensure healthy relationship is maintained with all the departments.
- Assist Lodge Managers and other operational departments in any other administrative duties as needed.
- Oversee payroll run to ensure all transactions are correct and supported.
- Perform other functions assigned by Cluster Financial Controller
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance /accounting.
- Professional Certifications (Highly Valued )
Job Location
Rwanda
Apply To
All interested applicants should submit their detailed Curriculum Vitae at recruitment@hcsolutions.rw