Efezi Southsea Nigeria Limited, a hospitality consultancy firm established in 2009 and specializing in expert services for small and medium-sized hotels, is recruiting to fill the position of Hotel Auditor.
The Hotel Auditor will be responsible for reviewing hotel financial transactions, revenue records, cash collections, expenses, inventory, and internal control systems. The successful candidate will help ensure that hotel financial activities are accurate, properly documented, transparent, and compliant with established policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
The successful Hotel Auditor will be responsible for:
Daily Revenue Audit
- Conducting daily audits of hotel revenue transactions.
- Reviewing and verifying daily Night Audit reports.
- Reconciling revenue from rooms, food and beverage, bars, laundry, events, and other hotel outlets.
- Investigating discrepancies between sales records, cash collections, and system reports.
- Ensuring all hotel revenue is properly recorded and accounted for.
Cash and Payment Audit
- Auditing daily cashier transactions and cash collections.
- Verifying cash, POS transactions, bank transfers, card payments, and other payment methods.
- Reviewing cashier reports and investigating shortages or overages.
- Ensuring collections are properly deposited and documented.
Financial Records and Documentation
- Examining invoices, receipts, payment vouchers, purchase documents, and other financial records.
- Ensuring transactions have appropriate documentation and authorization.
- Verifying accounting entries for accuracy and proper classification.
- Maintaining audit working papers and supporting records.
Internal Control Review
- Evaluating internal control systems and identifying weaknesses.
- Monitoring compliance with approved financial and operational procedures.
- Recommending measures to prevent errors, fraud, theft, and financial losses.
- Monitoring compliance with company policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Stock and Inventory Audit
- Auditing food, beverages, housekeeping supplies, engineering materials, and other hotel inventories.
- Participating in physical stocktaking.
- Comparing physical inventory with system and accounting records.
- Investigating shortages, excesses, wastage, and unexplained variances.
Procurement and Expense Audit
- Reviewing purchase requests, purchase orders, invoices, and payment documents.
- Verifying that purchases are properly authorized.
- Checking supplier invoices against Goods Received Notes and purchase documentation.
- Identifying unnecessary expenditure, duplicate payments, and irregular transactions.
Payroll Audit
- Reviewing payroll records for accuracy.
- Verifying staff attendance, salaries, overtime, allowances, deductions, and related payments.
- Identifying and reporting unauthorized or duplicate payments.
Accounts Receivable and Payable Audit
- Reviewing guest and corporate accounts.
- Verifying outstanding balances and credit transactions.
- Auditing supplier accounts and payment records.
- Identifying unusual or overdue balances and reporting them to management.
Fraud and Risk Detection
- Monitoring hotel operations for signs of fraud, theft, financial manipulation, or misuse of company resources.
- Investigating suspicious transactions and financial irregularities.
- Reporting significant findings to management.
- Recommending measures to strengthen fraud prevention and financial controls.
Compliance and Policy Monitoring
- Ensuring departments comply with approved financial policies and procedures.
- Monitoring compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Verifying proper authorization for discounts, complimentary rooms, refunds, voids, write-offs, and other adjustments.
Audit Reporting
- Preparing daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic audit reports.
- Documenting audit findings, discrepancies, and recommendations.
- Presenting significant findings to management.
- Following up on previously reported audit issues to ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Operational Audit
- Conducting audits across Front Office, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Stores, Procurement, Laundry, and other departments.
- Reviewing operational procedures and identifying inefficiencies and financial risks.
- Recommending improvements in accountability, cost control, and operational efficiency.
Qualifications and Requirements
Applicants should possess:
- A Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Professional accounting or auditing certification is an added advantage.
- At least 8 years of practical experience in the hotel or hospitality industry.
- Strong hands-on experience in hotel auditing and financial control.
- Previous experience as a Hotel Auditor, Internal Auditor, Night Auditor, Audit Supervisor, or in a similar position.
- Strong knowledge of hotel revenue auditing and reconciliation.
- Good knowledge of hotel accounting procedures, internal controls, cash management, stock control, and cost control.
- Proficiency in accounting software and hotel Property Management Systems (PMS).
- Strong analytical and numerical abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify discrepancies.
- Strong investigative and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive financial information.
- High integrity, honesty, professionalism, and accountability.
- Ability to work independently and meet strict reporting deadlines.
Key Competencies
The ideal candidate should have strong skills in:
- Hotel Revenue Audit
- Night Audit
- Cash and Bank Reconciliation
- Internal Control
- Stock and Inventory Audit
- Cost Control
- Fraud Detection and Prevention
- Financial Analysis
- Payroll Audit
- Procurement Audit
- Compliance Monitoring
- Audit Reporting
- Risk Management
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity and Accountability
Application Closing Date
7th September, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application to:
Use “Hotel Auditor” as the subject of the email.
