About this role
The role is for a Hotel Auditor in Lagos, employed by Efezi Southsea Nigeria Limited, a hospitality consultancy specialising in service delivery to small and medium hotels. The position involves examining financial records, verifying revenue and expenditure, monitoring internal controls, and ensuring adherence to financial and operational procedures across hotel departments. The auditor will perform various checks such as bank reconciliations, guest and corporate account audits, stock checks, payroll audits, and nightly revenue verification, and will report findings with recommendations. Candidates should have relevant experience in hotel auditing or hospitality finance and hold a degree or HND in accounting or a related discipline. The role reports to senior management and requires independence from the staff whose transactions are audited.
What you would do
- Review bank reconciliations and cash balances for discrepancies.
- Verify credit sales and corporate guest accounts and payments received.
- Assess compliance with financial procedures and cash-handling policies.
- Conduct stock and inventory audits of hotel supplies and stores.
- Check department compliance with hotel policies across Front Office, F&B, Housekeeping, and Stores.
- Verify purchases and supplier invoices against records.
- Follow up on and monitor correction of audit findings by management.
- Examine expenses to ensure proper authorisation and supporting documents.
- Verify daily revenue from rooms, restaurants, bars, laundry, events, etc.
- Review payroll, attendance, and related payments for irregularities and overpayments, if any.
What they are asking for
- Knowledge of hotel management systems, accounting software, and MS Excel.
- Ability to identify financial discrepancies and produce audit reports.
- Honesty, integrity, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
- Experience in hotel auditing or hospitality finance.
- Strong analytical, investigative, and numerical skills.
- Degree or HND in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, or related discipline.
- Good communication skills and ability to work independently.
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