Main Competence Requirements
The candidate must have the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
Must have the ability to work cooperatively with other members of the team (HODs) with a full understanding of the role to be played as a team member
Focus on delivering quality and continuous improvement
Ability to create and maintain open constructive relationships with others, respond helpfully to their enquiries and to be sensitive to their situations
Ability to convince others to agree on or to take a course of action
Must have the capacity to inspire individuals to give of their best to achieve the desired results
Looking after the interests of the customer and ensuring that their wants, needs and expectations are met/ exceeded.
Must have the capacity to understand the business needs and priorities of the organization
Must have the capacity to identify and explore business opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Initiating and implementing the department’s operating standards and procedures for the smooth running of the department
Formulating and implementing necessary policies to govern and guide the financial management of the hotel so as to ensure uniformity and transparency
Ensuring adequacy of the internal controls in compliance to corporate government requirements
Manage and give leadership to the annual budget preparation process ensuring a balanced position and necessary action in the event of deficit
Preparing the hotel’s business plan with all HOD’S and monitoring of same.
Maintaining the asset register and updating capitalized items.
Preparation of Capex budget
Negotiate discounts and credit facilities
Preparation of cash flow projections
Provide periodical financial analysis to assist management in decision making
Manage the hotel’s debt collection and credit control
Preparing monthly P&L accounts, highlighting departmental variances against budget and the causes
Working with the HOD’s, establish a revenue and expenditure analysis and forecasts
Ensuring statutory remittances in compliance with the law
Ensuring timely Annual returns and company secretarial filling
Preparing monthly consolidated financial reports and year end management accounts
Monitoring and management of all POS transactions to ensure accuracy and timeliness of the reporting of the financial result/position
Preparation of monthly petty cash analysis and Bank reconciliations
Handling day to day operational issues – when acting as duty Manager
Payroll reconciliation
Any other duties delegated by the Directors and the General Manager

Requirements:
University Degree – Commerce.
Professional qualification – CPA, ACCA etc.
Over 5 years’ experience in comparable role
Experience in the hospitality industry will be an added advantage
Membership to a relevant professional body – ICPAK an added advantage
Audit knowledge

If you meet the requirements above, send your CV with the subject HEAD OF FINANCE to terry@amsol.co.ke and cc: jemima@amsol.co.ke