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Kempinski Hotels is seeking a Chief Accountant for their Doha, Qatar location. This permanent, full-time role involves overseeing daily hotel financial operations, general ledger management, and financial reporting, ensuring adherence to hospitality accounting standards. The Chief Accountant will lead the accounting team, manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, and general cashiering, optimize working capital, and assist the Controller with cash flow, internal audits, and budget preparation. Key duties also include preparing local tax filings (VAT, sales tax, corporate tax, payroll taxes), ensuring compliance with regulations, enforcing internal controls, monitoring revenue capture, verifying daily income audits, flagging budget variances, and reviewing monthly payroll processing. Collaboration with operational department heads on finance-related queries is also expected.
Requirements
The Chief Accountant will oversee daily hotel financial operations, general ledger management, and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with hospitality accounting standards. Responsibilities include managing the accounting team, assisting with cash flow management, internal audits, budget preparation, supervising accounts payable/receivable, income audit, and general cashiering, as well as preparing local tax filings and enforcing internal financial controls.
Description
Application Deadline: 30 September 2026Department: Finance & ProcurementLocation: Qatar - DohaDescriptionThe Chief Accountant oversees daily hotel financial operations, general ledger management, and financial reporting. This role ensures strict compliance with hospitality accounting standards, manages the accounting team, and assists the Controller in cash flow management, internal audits, and budget preparation.Key ResponsibilitiesGeneral Ledger & Financial Reporting: Oversee month-end and year-end closing processes, prepare balance sheet reconciliations, and compile monthly financial statements in compliance with USALI.Accounts & Cash Flow Management: Supervise Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Income Audit, and General Cashiering to optimize working capital and daily cash flow.Taxation & Compliance: Prepare local tax filings (VAT, sales tax, corporate tax, payroll taxes) and ensure full compliance with regional financial regulations and statutory audits.Internal Controls & Auditing: Enforce internal financial controls, monitor hotel revenue capture, verify daily income audits, and flag budget variances.Team Leadership & Payroll: Lead and mentor the accounting staff, review monthly payroll processing, and coordinate with operational department heads on finance-related queries.