General Accountant

Alwadi Hotel Doha - MGallery Collection Passionate about financial accuracy, cost efficiency, and supporting operational excellence in luxury hospitality? As a General Accountant you will play a key role in monitoring hotel costs, maintaining accurate financial records, and ensuring effective inventory management and internal controls. Working closely with the Purchasing, Receiving, Stores, Kitchen, and Food & Beverage teams, you will help optimize operational costs, identify financial variances, and support the hotel’s overall financial performance. What is in it for you: Employee benefit card offering discounted rates at Accor properties worldwide. Learning programs through our Academies and the opportunity to earn qualifications while you work. Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world. Ability to make a difference in the local community through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, including Planet 21. What you will be doing: Monitor and control food, beverage, and operating supply costs to ensure compliance with budget and hotel standards. Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly cost analysis, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions. Verify purchase orders, market lists, goods received notes, supplier invoices, and related supporting documents. Conduct regular physical stock counts and reconcile inventory balances with system records. Monitor food and beverage costs, consumption, wastage, transfers, and inventory variances. Review receiving, storeroom, and issuing procedures to ensure compliance with internal controls. Prepare monthly cost reports, inventory reports, variance analysis, and other management reports. Monitor operating expenses and investigate unusual cost fluctuations. Assist with month-end closing, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial reports. Ensure accurate recording of transactions and compliance with hotel financial policies and procedures. Coordinate with the Purchasing, Receiving, Stores, Kitchen, and F&B teams to improve cost efficiency. Support budget preparation, forecasting, and implementation of cost-saving initiatives.

Your experience and skills include: Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Minimum 2–3 years of accounting experience, preferably within the hotel or hospitality industry. Previous experience in Cost Control, particularly in food and beverage costing and inventory management, is highly preferred. Good understanding of purchasing, receiving, stock control, inventory reconciliation, and cost analysis procedures. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting systems; experience with hotel systems such as Futurelog and SunSystems is an advantage. Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills. Good attention to detail, integrity, and the ability to meet deadlines. Good communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across hotel departments

Monitor and control food, beverage, and operating supply costs to ensure compliance with budget and hotel standards. Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly cost analysis, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions. Verify purchase orders, market lists, goods received notes, supplier invoices, and related supporting documents. Conduct regular physical stock counts and reconcile inventory balances with system records. Monitor food and beverage costs, consumption, wastage, transfers, and inventory variances. Review receiving, storeroom, and issuing procedures to ensure compliance with internal controls. Prepare monthly cost reports, inventory reports, variance analysis, and other management reports. Monitor operating expenses and investigate unusual cost fluctuations. Assist with month-end closing, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial reports. Ensure accurate recording of transactions and compliance with hotel financial policies and procedures. Coordinate with the Purchasing, Receiving, Stores, Kitchen, and F&B teams to improve cost efficiency. Support budget preparation, forecasting, and implementation of cost-saving initiatives.