Hotel Internal Audit Officer at Work Better Africa

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain high confidentiality in regard to Hotel Management privacy.
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings.
• Receiving all items bought and brought into Hotel and as well take a record of any item moving out of the Hotel.
• Notify the financial controller regarding loopholes, errors and misconduct identified.
• As custodian of prices, clearing petty cash requests/budget and retirement. Also, embark on a market survey.
• Have sound independent judgment.
• Stock taking of items in the stores, that is, checking bin cards with the physical stock in the store.
• Checking the hotel’s revenue on a daily basis, that is, comparing dockets with the printed copies, verification of cash, POS, cheque, and hard currencies if any. Also, extraction of complementary sales both for guests and management staff.
• Issuance of printed materials under our custody such as captain order, misc. booklets, laundry tariff/coupon, fuel/diesel coupon e.t.c and tracking records through serial numbers.
• Obtain, analyze and evaluate accounting documentation & reports.
• Vetting of hotel’s payroll, Payee, and Pension and ensuring remittance to appropriate authorities.
• Maintain open communication with management and the audit team.
• Vouching and clearing of business maintenance/refunds to clients.
• Application of hotel regulations, and adherence to existing laws and regulations.
• Advisory role to the management.
• Verification of acknowledged bills sent to clients.
• Determine internal audit scope and develop annual plans.
• Determine ways to cut costs and improve profitability.
• Verifying departmental stock card balances with the physical stock in store before clearing petty cash/budget requests for departments.
• Ability to manage a large amount of data and compile detailed reports.
• Any other job assigned to you by the management.
• Perform other duties as requested by management.

Prerequisites
Education:

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or any related field.
• Member of the relevant certification body.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of hotel audit supervisory experience, experience handling accounting and store procedures, and general administrative tasks.