Job Overview

New Shamba Bar, situated in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam, is seeking an accurate, trustworthy, and detail-oriented Accountant. The successful candidate will manage the venue’s day-to-day financial operations, ensure robust inventory and internal controls, reconcile cash and bank transactions, handle tax compliance, and deliver timely financial reports to management.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain meticulous daily financial records, ledger entries, and transactional logs.
• Conduct daily reconciliations of bar sales, cash collections, mobile payments, and bank transactions.
• Monitor operational income, track vendor/overhead expenses, and maintain tight financial controls.
• Monitor stock records, inventory counts, and cost of goods sold (COGS) in coordination with bar management.
• Manage staff payroll processing and maintain organized supplier payment records.
• Ensure full compliance with relevant Tanzanian statutory tax obligations (TRA, statutory deductions).
• Prepare and present accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of successful professional accounting experience.
• Prior working experience within a bar, hotel, lounge, or restaurant environment is required.
• CPA (T) qualification or partial completion is an added advantage.
• Strong proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Tally, QuickBooks) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent financial control, reconciliation, reporting, and analytical capabilities.
• High integrity, numerical accuracy, discipline, and personal accountability.

• Maintain meticulous daily financial records, ledger entries, and transactional logs.
• Conduct daily reconciliations of bar sales, cash collections, mobile payments, and bank transactions.
• Monitor operational income, track vendor/overhead expenses, and maintain tight financial controls.
• Monitor stock records, inventory counts, and cost of goods sold (COGS) in coordination with bar management.
• Manage staff payroll processing and maintain organized supplier payment records.
• Ensure full compliance with relevant Tanzanian statutory tax obligations (TRA, statutory deductions).
• Prepare and present accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and management reports.

• Strong proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Tally, QuickBooks)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Financial control
• Reconciliation
• Financial reporting
• Analytical capabilities
• Numerical accuracy
• High integrity
• Discipline and personal accountability

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Prior working experience within a bar, hotel, lounge, or restaurant environment is required.
• CPA (T) qualification or partial completion is an added advantage.