Revenue Accountant

We are recruiting candidaters to fill the position below:

Job Title: Revenue Accountant

Location: Kaduna
Job Type: Full time

Job Summary

• As the Revenue Accountant, you will be responsible for accurately recording, reconciling, monitoring, and reporting all airline revenue streams.
• The role ensures the integrity of passenger ticket sales, ancillary revenues, cargo revenues, and other operational income while maintaining compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
• The Revenue Accountant plays a key role in revenue assurance, financial reporting, and identifying opportunities to improve revenue controls and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform revenue accounting entries and ensure all revenue is accurately recognized in accordance with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Conduct regular reconciliation of sales reports, bank receipts, payment gateways, POS transactions, and revenue accounts.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly revenue reports for management, highlighting trends, variances, and operational performance.
• Monitor and verify revenue transactions recorded through reservation systems, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), online booking platforms, travel agencies, and airport sales offices.
• Maintain proper documentation, records, and audit trails for all revenue transactions while ensuring compliance with internal controls and financial regulations.
• Assist with month-end and year-end financial closing activities, audits, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Investigate revenue discrepancies, fare irregularities, under-collections, refunds, chargebacks, and unresolved revenue variances.
• Reconcile daily airline revenues from ticket sales, cargo operations, ancillary services, charter operations, and other income streams.
• Liaise with Commercial, Airport Services, Cargo, Reservations, and Treasury teams to ensure accurate reporting and collection of revenue.
• Support revenue assurance activities by identifying revenue leakage risks and recommending corrective actions and process improvements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years' experience in accounting, revenue accounting, audit, or financial reporting.
• Previous experience in the aviation, travel, hospitality, or transportation industry is desirable.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, ICAN, or equivalent is an added advantage.

Required Competencies:

• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
• Understanding of airline revenue accounting processes and ticketing systems.
• Knowledge of ERP systems and airline reservation/ticketing platforms is an advantage.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.