08 Oct
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AccorHotel
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Perth
Job Description
As Hotel Accountant at Hyde Perth, you’ll play a key role in supporting the financial performance, integrity and day-to-day operations of the hotel.
Reporting to the Financial Controller, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information across the property, while providing timely reporting, analysis and insight to support sound commercial decision-making.
This is a hands-on role for an accountant who enjoys being close to the operation. You’ll work across revenue, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash and banking, reconciliations, month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting, while partnering closely with both Finance and operational teams.
You’ll bring a high level of financial discipline and attention to detail, balanced with a commercial mindset and an understanding that successful hotel finance is about supporting the broader business, not simply reporting the numbers.
Key Responsibilities;
- Maintain accurate financial records and general ledger accounts, ensuring transactions are recorded correctly and in accordance with accounting standards and company requirements.
- Manage month-end accounting processes, including journals, accruals, provisions, reconciliations and reporting, ensuring deadlines are consistently achieved.
- Prepare accurate and timely daily, weekly and monthly financial reports and support the preparation of management accounts and financial statements.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations, identify discrepancies and work proactively with relevant stakeholders to investigate and resolve issues.
- Oversee daily revenue control processes, including reviewing revenue reports and night audit postings and ensuring revenue is accurately captured across Rooms, Food & Beverage, Events and other hotel outlets.
- Investigate revenue variances, discrepancies and posting errors,
identifying trends and opportunities to strengthen financial controls.
- Manage accounts payable processes from invoice verification and coding through to payment, ensuring appropriate approvals and adherence to agreed payment terms.
- Maintain accurate supplier records, reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies in a timely and professional manner.
- Manage city ledger and corporate debtor accounts, monitoring outstanding balances, following up overdue accounts and supporting effective debt recovery.
- Process receipts, allocations and account reconciliations and prepare regular debtor aging reports.
- Complete daily cash and banking reconciliations, ensuring all takings are accurately accounted for and variances are investigated promptly.
- Perform bank reconciliations and support effective cash flow management across the hotel.
- Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and ongoing forecasting processes, providing accurate financial information and analysis to support business planning.
- Analyse actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying key variances and providing meaningful commentary and insight to the Financial Controller and hotel leadership.
- Support internal and external audit processes by ensuring financial records, reconciliations and supporting documentation are accurate, complete and readily available.
- Ensure accounting practices comply with relevant accounting standards, statutory requirements, company policies and internal controls.
- Support payroll, taxation and other financial and regulatory reporting requirements as required.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Finance procedures, systems and standard operating procedures.
- Build solid working relationships across Finance, Revenue, Front Office, Food & Beverage, Sales & Events, P&C; and the wider hotel operation.
📌 Hotel Accountant (Perth)
🏢 AccorHotel
📍 Perth