New Vacancy – Assistant Accountant Officer 

Mara, Tanzania 

Requirements 

• Grade 12 

• 3 year Finance Degree 

• Certified Public Accountant 

• 3 – 4 years’ experience 

• Microsoft Office Computer Literate – Excel Basics are essential 

• Panstrat experience is beneficial.  

• Fluent in English – written and writing.   

Description 

• Maintaining stock control procedures 

• Actively assist with month-end stock takes 

• Actively monitor, formulate and updating the internal controls within the lodge and conduct documented internal audits and spot checks where necessary 

• Actively practice the principle of professional skepticism on a day-to-day basis 

• A duty to investigate and follow up any occurrence or suspected occurrences where the company has or may suffer losses 

• Maintain a duty to ensure that company assets are, properly recorded, safeguarded and cared for by those responsible for their custody 

• Take full responsibility of petty cash, mobile wallets, company bank accounts 

• Perform regular audits on safari shop systems and processes 

• Reviewing that expenditure is kept in line with budget 

• Ensure that accurate documentation is kept on record Training 

• Assist all staff with PanStrat 

• Assisting and training the lodge staff members in accounting principles 

• Review and train Front of House systems 

• Meeting certain non-negotiable finance deadlines 

• Provide timely feedback on management accounts to the Regional Finance Manager 

• Driving monthly finance meetings to discuss financial performance – feedback of these meetings to be communicated to the Regional Finance Manager 

• Oversee and assist in the compiling of budgets and quarterly forecasts. 

• Assist lodge managers/ Director with queries 

• Assisting with year-end audit 

• Reconciling various accounts including clearing accounts and inter lodge transactions 

• Manage and supervise all reports to ensure that their duties are performed in line with output requirements expected of the Assistant Lodge Accounting Officer 

• Correct authorisation and allocation of business expenditure 

• Demonstrate and lead with an independent mind that is capable of questioning the need/requirement for proposed business expenditure and/or to consider that the determined value is reasonable, fair and within acceptable market ranges 

• Timely and accurate recording of transactions, whether on the Panstrat system or within manual systems such that transactions are recorded on a day-to-day basis 

• Prepare supplier payment requests 

• Interpretation and analysis of management accounts 

• Assist with payroll preparation and reconciliations 

• Collation and resolution of general ledger queries 

• Resolve all queries on balance sheet reconciliations 

• Manage and update stock sheets 

Package on offer 

• 1.8 million Tanzanian Shillings

• Accommodation 

Closing Date: 17 December 2024

To Apply: Please email your CV and supporting documents through to claire@hospitalityandoutdoor.co.za