Accountant (Hotel) - Urgent Role

Established in 2019, Gaia Lifestyle Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a Food and Beverage (F&B) and Shared Services Company managing F&B Operations as well as providing support services to a rapidly growing Group of Companies in multiple industries comprising concert/live shows management and promotions, F&B, hospitality, and real estate management. Gaia Lifestyle Holdings Pte. Ltd. regularly measures and improves process quality, examines, and applies best industry practices, identifies new and advanced technological implementations as well as trains and develops our employees to keep them relevant.
 

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely and accurate month-end closing, financial reporting, Operations P&L and performance analysis for multiple hotels.
• Review and analyze all accounts before issuing final monthly financial statements.
• Oversee and monitor the Finance team’s daily operations, mainly cash collections, accounts payable, accounts receivables and journals.
• Lead the monthly stock take for hotels (if any).
• Monitor and reconcile intercompany transactions and balances on a monthly basis. 
• Monitor cash flows, cash position, and advise on fund transfers where required.
• Prepare monthly cash flow projections, be involved in annual budgeting and forecast exercise. 
• Perform strict budget monitoring and analysis of the variance between budget vs actual of each business performance. 
• Initiate any grant submission for approvals.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment, ensuring compliance to SOP.
• Collaborate, design, implement and review finance systems, processes, and policies to ensure continuous improvement and contemporary relevant practices.
• Assist in implementation of new processes and accounting related systems when required.
• Coordinate and liaise with external parties such as external auditors (prepare documents & answer queries), tax agents, banks (accounts opening & maintenance), corporate secretarial agents, local tax, and government authorities independently.
• Prepare and ensure compliance with all finance filing requirements, tax filing requirement (GST/WHT), audits, procedures, and forms.
• Review and provide guidance on internal administrative work (eg. Bank documents, corporate secretarial documents and etc).
• Be fully acquainted with the established financial standards and procedures set by the Hotel and be in line with the Uniform System of Account for Hotels.
• Handles ad hoc assignments as and when required.
   

Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting, ACCA or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years relevant working experience & supervisory skills, preferably in hospitality sector.
• Familiar with hotel industry practices.
• Possess good problem solving and analytical skills.
• Proficient in MS Excel and hotel and accounting software such as Oracle NetSuite or Opera Cloud system is an added advantage.  
• Prior understanding in inter-company transactions is preferred.
• Able to work independently and in a team.
• Possess leadership and time management skills, self-disciplined and detail oriented.
• Able to start immediately or within short notice.