Accounts Clerk

About Severin Sea Lodge

Severin Sea Lodge is a traditional Swahili-style resort on Bamburi Beach featuring 188 rooms and the award-winning Imani Dhow restaurant. We deliver heartfelt African hospitality with integrity, professionalism, and precision, creating tranquil stays rooted in authentic culture and sustainable practices.

Your responsibilities

As Accounts Clerk you keep Severin Sea Lodge’s money accurate and settled, on-site in Mombasa. You reconcile daily takings, clear open items, and file Kenyan taxes on time.

• Reconcile credit card takings against bank statements, PDQ reports, and system records.

• Reconcile M-Pesa statements to the accounting system and clear any differences.

• Review aged payables and receivables, follow up overdue balances, and resolve account differences.

• Clear daily open items until unmatched entries are allocated.

• Reconcile bank statements to the accounting records.

• Check POS sales across hotel outlets: sessions closed, payments allocated, and differences with the accounts resolved.

• Reconcile petty cash to vouchers, receipts, and the petty cash register.

• Prepare, file, and pay VAT, PAYE, Withholding Tax, and other statutory returns on KRA iTax, including eTIMS.

Requirements

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• CPA Intermediate (Section 4), or an ACCA equivalent.

• At least 3 years of practical accounting experience.

• Hands-on Kenyan tax work on KRA iTax (VAT, PAYE, and/or Withholding Tax) and eTIMS.

• Strong Excel or Google Sheets, including XLOOKUP and pivot tables.

• Comfortable working in a paperless setup, with digital documents and electronic approvals.

An advantage

• Accounting experience in a 4-star or 5-star hotel, resort, or large restaurant group.

• Odoo, plus a hospitality PMS or POS such as Mews or Opera.

Benefits

• Work on-site at Severin Sea Lodge, on Bamburi Beach in Mombasa.

• Close collaboration with the finance team in a small, high-standard operation.

• Career growth within Severin Hotels.

• Competitive package aligned with experience.