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Date Added: Sat 31/05/2025

Lodge Accounting Officer

Johannesburg, South Africa
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Job Type: Permanent

Salary: 10000.0000 / monthly

Our client is seeking a Lodge Accounting Officer to join their Tanzanian team.

Responsibilities:

  • Correct authorisation and allocation of business expenditure.

  • Demonstrate and lead with an independent mind that is capable of questioning the need/requirement for proposed business expenditure and/or to consider that the determined value is reasonable, fair and within acceptable market ranges.

  • Timely and accurate recording of transactions, whether on the Panstrat system or within manual systems such that transactions are recorded on a day to day basis.

  • Prepare supplier payment requests.

  • Interpretation and analysis of management accounts.

  • Assist with payroll preparation and reconciliations.

  • Collation and resolution of general ledger queries.

  • Resolve all queries on balance sheet reconciliations.

  • Manage and update stock sheets.

  • Meeting certain non-negotiable finance deadlines.

  • Provide timely feedback on management accounts to the Regional Finance Manager.

  • Driving monthly finance meetings to discuss financial performance - feedback of these meetings to be communicated to the Regional Finance Manager.

  • Oversee and assist in the compiling of budgets and quarterly forecasts.

  • Assist lodge managers/ Director with queries.

  • Assisting with year-end audit.

  • Reconciling various accounts including clearing accounts and inter lodge transactions.

  • Manage and supervise all reports to ensure that their duties are performed in line with output requirements expected of the Lodge Accounting Officer.

  • Maintaining stock control procedures.

  • Actively assist with month-end stock takes.

  • Actively monitor, formulate and updating the internal controls within the lodge and conduct documented internal audits and spot checks where necessary.

  • Actively practice the principle of professional scepticism on a day to day basis.

  • A duty to investigate and follow up any occurrence or suspected occurrences where the company has or may suffer losses.

  • Maintain a duty to ensure that company assets are, properly recorded, safeguarded and cared for by those responsible for their custody.

  • Take full responsibility of petty cash, mobile wallets, company bank accounts.

  • Perform regular audits on safari shop systems and processes.

  • Reviewing that expenditure is kept in line with budget.

  • Ensure that accurate documentation is kept on record Training.

  • Assist all staff with PanStrat.

  • Assisting and training the lodge staff members in accounting principles.

  • Review and train Front of House systems.

Skills:

  • Analysis and problem solving.

  • Critical thinking - always maintain a high level of professional scepticism.

  • Independent and confident to ask and/or question costs or decision.

  • Attention to detail.

  • Teamwork / collaboration.

  • Ability to work under pressure.

  • Good communication skills.

  • Patience a must.

  • Result orientated and deadline driven.

  • Sound Ethical standards.

Qualifications:

  • 3 Years finance degree or relevant qualification (preference will be given to candidates with a CPA).

  • 3-4 years' experience.