Accountant

Latitude 13 Degrees

Position: Accountant
Location: Lilongwe
Company: Latitude 13 Degrees

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Latitude Hotels Group is a unique African lifestyle hospitality brand based in urban environments across the continent. Incorporating best practice for sustainability, environmental impact, and ethical sourcing of materials. Latitude 13 Degrees, located in Lilongwe, seeks to recruit a suitably qualified, self-motivated, and dedicated individual to fill up the position of Accountant.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Accountant will be expected to fulfill the following:

Duties and Responsibilities
• Daily cash ups
• Collect POS reconciliation slips for all machines.
• Reconcile cash, cheque, credit card, EFT, Staff and City Ledger, clearing account balances.
• Management of Trade and other Receivables
• Updating transactions on Sage Evolution.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet schedules for all prepaid ledger accounts and other receivables.
• Update daily data from Semper PMS into Sage.
• Daily system backup and bank reconciliation.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.

Skills and Competencies
• Proven ability to work under pressure
• Attention to detail.
• Good numerical skills
• Ability to be pro-active and positive team member
• Computer literate. Those with Sage and PMS experience most preferred.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to handle confidential information professionally
• Honest and of impeccable integrity

Qualifications and Experience

  • Degree in accounting/Finance or its Equivalent.
  • Partly Qualified ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
  • Minimum of Three years’ experience in a busy accounts department of a service company, preferably in the Tourism Industry.
  • Those Registered with ICAM will have added advantage.

Remuneration & Other

  • Preferred age range 20 – 40 years.
  • Latitude offers a competitive pay package.

How to apply

All applications should be addressed and emailed to:

The Human Resources Manager
P.O Box 31864
Mphonongo Street
Lilongwe
Email: 13hr@thelatitudehotels.com

Closing Date for Applications: Tuesday 12th December 2023