Chief Accountant
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About the Role
Rosewood Jeddah is looking for a Chief Accountant to manage the general ledger, sub-ledgers, payroll, taxes, and financial reporting. The role involves preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and assisting with audits in a hotel environment.
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Responsibilities
- Maintain the General Ledger and Sub Ledgers including accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Prepare monthly recurring standard, prepaid and accrued expenses journal vouchers
- Review payroll calculation performed by Paymaster and post labor expense journal
- Calculate taxes, benefits and other payroll related expense distributions and prepare journal vouchers
- Balance the G/L and S/L monthly matching all balances
- Prepare daily bank reconciliations
- Complete all journals and journal vouchers entry and prepare trial balance
- Submit summaries of closing to the Assistant Director of Finance
- Provide guidance in accounting processes and advise management on improvements
- Assist in physical counts of fixed assets and inventories
- Assist in calculation and payment of business and payroll taxes
- Assist with Balance Sheet Reconciliations and prepare documents for auditors
Requirements
- Experience as Chief Accountant in a hotel or hospitality environment
- Strong knowledge of general ledger, sub ledgers, and journal entries
- Experience with payroll calculation and tax compliance
- Proficiency in bank reconciliations and financial reporting
- Ability to assist with internal and external audits
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Responsibilities
- The Chief Accountant is in charge of maintaining the General Ledger (G/L) and Sub Ledgers (S/L) including the accounts receivable and accounts payable ledgers as well as journal & journal voucher entries.
- Prepare monthly recurring standard, prepaid and accrued expenses journal vouchers.
- Review payroll calculation performed by Paymaster and posting the labor expense (payroll journal) in accounting system.
- Calculate taxes, benefits and other payroll related expense distributions and prepare the related journal vouchers.
- Balance the G/L and S/L monthly matching all G/L balances with S/L balances and verifying the details of each balance.
- Prepare daily bank reconciliations.
- Complete all journals and journal vouchers entry and prepare the trial balance. Submit them to the Director Finance Business Partner and Assistant Director of Finance for review and after receiving approval, prepare the monthly financial reports.
- Submit summaries of closing to the Assistant Director of Finance.
- Provide guidance in accounting processes to other related sections and advise management on ways to improve accounting processes.
- Assist in physical counts of fixed assets and inventories.
- Assist the Assistant Director of Finance in the calculation and payment of business and payroll taxes.
- Assist with Balance Sheet Reconciliations ensuring all supporting documentation are filed and are in order.
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