Cedar Wood Recruitment - Hospitality Jobs
Cedar Wood Recruitment is a specialized recruitment agency catering for the hospitality industry. With over 18 years’ experience servicing our clients we stand out as an industry leader in sourcing superior candidates. Our main objective is to introduce high quality staff to companies in the hospitality sector. We believe in developing and maintaining long-term relationships with our clients as well as our candidates, who are carefully selected to ensure a successful introduction of candidate to client.
Protection of Personal information policy (PoPi)
As a recruitment business we introduce candidates to clients for permanent employment, temporary worker placements or independent professional contracts. The exchange of personal data of our candidates and our client contacts is a fundamental and essential part of the recruitment process. In order to support our candidates' career aspirations and our clients' resourcing needs we require a database of candidate and client personal data containing historical employment information as well as current resourcing requirements. To maintain, expand and develop our business we need to record the personal data of prospective candidates and client contacts. Due to the nature of our business we will never store your personal data for a period longer than 5 years without having meaningful contact with you in this time period. If you have not received any meaningful contact from us or have not accessed our website in the past 5 years, your personal information will be deleted from our systems. Your personal information will not be shared or sold to any 3rd party. Your information is solely used for the purposes of job recruitment.
By applying for a job via the Cedar Wood Recruitment website your CV and Cedar Wood Recruitment profile will be shared with the Recruiter who has advertised the position. We recommend that you remove any non-essential personal information from your CV and Profile. Cedar Wood Recruitment will store your information until you ask us to delete your Cedar Wood Recruitment account or you have not engaged with our services for a period of 5 years or more.
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Requirements:
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in a hospitality administration role
• Strong organisational, planning, and time-management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with PMS/booking systems advantageous
• Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure
• Professional, proactive, and approachable
• Valid driver’s licence advantageous
Responsibilities:
• Oversee daily administrative operations of the lodge
• Manage guest correspondence, bookings, and invoicing
• Maintain accurate records, reports, and filing systems
• Coordinate with lodge departments to support seamless guest experiences
• Assist management with budgets, reporting, and forecasting
• Supervise junior administration staff and provide guidance
• Handle ad hoc administrative projects and operational tasks as required To apply please send your full updated cv with supporting documents and contactable references to admin1@cedar-wood.co.za
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- Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow).
- Perform month-end close processes (journals, accruals, prepayments, depreciation).
- Maintain general ledger accuracy.
- Produce weekly and monthly financial reports for management.
- Accounts Payable & Receivable
- Oversee AP processing (supplier invoices, purchase orders, GRNs).
- Ensure timely supplier payments and maintain supplier reconciliations.
- Oversee AR billing, credit control, and debt collection.
- Cash & Banking
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Monitor cash flow and liquidity.
- Ensure proper cash-handling procedures (front office, bars, restaurants, petty cash).
- Revenue & Cost Control (Hospitality-specific)
- Verify daily revenue reports from PMS/POS systems (Opera, Micros, GAAP, etc.).
- Review room revenue, F&B revenue, banqueting/events income.
- Monitor cost of sales and inventory movements (food, beverage, consumables).
- Support stock takes and variance analysis.
- Taxation & Compliance
- Prepare VAT calculations and submissions.
- Ensure compliance with hospitality and finance regulations.
- Liaise with auditors during internal and external audits.
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Assist with annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
- Support operational teams (F&B, Rooms, Front Office, Events) with cost insights.
- Internal Controls
- Ensure strong controls around revenue, procurement, stock, cash, and assets.
- Enforce company financial policies and SOPs.
- PMS: Opera, Apex
- POS: Micros, GAAP, Pilot
- Accounting: Pastel, Sage
- Ensure data integrity between systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Professional qualification or studying toward: SAIPA, SAICA, ACCA (advantage).
- Hospitality finance experience preferred.
- Minimum 2–4 years accounting experience (hospitality experience strongly preferred).
- Experience with PMS/POS integration and hospitality financial processes.
- Experience with stock control, food & beverage cost systems, and revenue controls.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and IFRS.
- Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, reconciliations).
- Experience with hospitality systems and accounting software.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- High integrity and commitment to financial discipline.
- Hospitality environment (hotel/lodge/restaurant group).
- Rotational or extended hours during peak seasons, month-end, or audits.
- On-site presence required; occasional weekend/public holiday work depending
- on operations.
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
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