Male Hotel Accountant

About this role

A full-time male hotel accountant role in Lagos (Ikeja area) for a hospitality consultancy with experience in hotel accounting, revenue reconciliation and financial controls. The job focuses on recording and reconciling hotel income and expenses, monitoring daily revenue across multiple centres, and ensuring accurate payroll, purchasing, budgeting, and compliance. The candidate should be able to identify financial discrepancies, maintain internal controls and support management with financial reporting. The employer provides services to small and medium-sized hotels and seeks to enhance profitability and cost control. Applications are to be emailed with the specified job title as the subject by the stated deadline.

What you would do

• Record daily income, expenses, payments and receipts.
• Maintain accurate records of all hotel financial transactions.
• Verify and reconcile daily revenue from rooms, restaurant, bar, events and other revenue centres.
• Investigate and report discrepancies in revenue and ledgers.
• Track outstanding accounts and monitor payments to suppliers and service providers.
• Reconcile bank statements with hotel records and monitor cash deposits.
• Ensure proper petty cash controls and operational payments.
• Assist in preparing and monitoring the hotel budget and cost control measures.
• Prepare or verify staff payroll and related deductions.
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly financial reports for management.

What they are asking for

• Knowledge of hotel accounting and financial controls.
• Strong numerical ability and attention to detail.
• Experience with hotel revenue reconciliation and identifying discrepancies.
• Ability to provide financial analysis and recommendations for profitability and cost reduction.
• Experience with budgeting, payroll, purchasing and inventory control.
• Experience in financial reporting and statutory compliance.
• Ability to work with multiple departments (Stores, Purchasing, Kitchen, Management).
• Ability to maintain internal financial controls and detect irregularities or fraud.

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