Chief Accountant

Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG) is a leading multinational lifestyle hospitality group, with a wide portfolio encompassing Hotels & Resorts, Restaurants, Beach Clubs, Nightclubs, Fitness Centers, and more. SHG operates over 81 venues in 22 countries with a commitment to deliver authentic and diverse hospitality experiences that bring people together, all around the world.

We are currently looking for a Chief Accountant to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee Accounting Team.
• Responsible for day-to-day finance and accounts operations.
• Ensure that all queries are being responded to and dealt with correctly and in a timely manner.
• Give support to the team with month and year-end closings.
• Plans internal audits by understanding organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives; preparing audit programs.
• Assesses compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation.
• Assesses risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information, preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Maintain proper record for the daily sales for all the outlets.
• Control if the outlets are following the financial policies of Sunset Hospitality Group.
• Make regular visits to the outlets for the purpose of internal audit.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting and schedules.
• Analyzing the monthly reports e.g., P&L, Balance Sheet, cost report, sales reports etc.
• Conducting financial analysis of the company.
• Coordinate with the internal and external auditor to complete the yearly audit and other ad-hoc audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in finance from a reputable university
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the similar roles in the industry
• Preference will be given to candidates with the Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designations or other accounting designations
• Knowledgeable of MS Office Applications
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English