Job Description
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Daily Sales Recording:
- Record daily sales from the bar, restaurant, lounge, VIP sections, and other revenue points.
- Reconcile sales with POS reports, cash collections, transfers, and other payment channels.
- Prepare daily sales summaries.
Cash Management:
- Receive and account for cash collections.
- Verify cash handed over by cashiers and sales personnel.
- Conduct cash counts and ensure that collections are properly documented.
- Investigate cash shortages or overages.
POS & Bank Reconciliation:
- Reconcile POS transactions with the POS settlement reports.
- Monitor transfers and online payments.
- Confirm that payments received correspond with recorded sales.
- Prepare bank and POS reconciliation reports.
Stock and Beverage Control:
- Work closely with the Storekeeper and Bar Manager to monitor stock movement.
- Compare opening stock, purchases, transfers, sales, and closing stock.
- Monitor expensive and fast-moving items such as alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, energy drinks, and wines.
- Identify shortages, wastage, or unexplained variances.
Purchasing & Expense Control:
- Verify invoices, receipts, and payment requests before processing.
- Ensure purchases are properly authorized.
- Maintain records of operational expenses.
- Monitor petty cash and ensure all expenses are supported by receipts.
Supplier Accounts:
- Maintain records of suppliers and outstanding obligations.
- Verify supplier invoices against delivery notes and purchase orders.
- Assist management in monitoring payments due to suppliers.
Payroll Support:
- Assist in preparing payroll records.
- Verify attendance, overtime, allowances, deductions, and other payroll information.
- Ensure payroll figures are properly documented and approved.
Financial Reporting:
Prepare regular reports such as:
- Daily revenue report
- Daily cash report
- POS reconciliation
- Expense report
- Stock variance report
- Weekly financial summary
- Monthly income and expenditure report
Revenue Control:
- Ensure that every sale is properly captured and accounted for.
- Monitor complimentary drinks, discounts, voids, cancellations, and refunds.
- Ensure management approval is obtained for unusual discounts or complimentary items.
Internal Control & Fraud Prevention:
- Monitor financial transactions to prevent fraud and revenue leakage.
- Ensure proper separation of duties between cashiers, bartenders, storekeepers, and managers.
- Report suspicious transactions or discrepancies to management.
End-of-Day Reconciliation:
At the close of business, the Accounts Officer should reconcile:
- Opening cash + sales received – approved expenses = closing cash, while also reconciling POS and transfers.
- Confidentiality and Professionalism
- Keep financial information confidential.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records.
- Work closely with the General Manager, Club/Lounge Manager, Bar Manager, Storekeeper, Cashiers, and external accountant/auditor.