Job Description
COLOMBO SWIMMING CLUB – VACANCIES
The Colombo Swimming Club, one of Sri Lanka's premier members' clubs, invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for the below positions.
1. Accounts Assistant (Accounts Payable)
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicating with relevant suppliers to process invoicing or payment queries.
- Attaching the correct documentation to invoices and reconciling purchase orders to delivery notes and invoices received.
- Posting invoices and credit notes and ensuring they are recorded correctly in the system.
- Preparing monthly supplier statement reconciliations.
- Dealing with external and internal queries by phone and email.
- Preparing and processing supplier payments and ensuring that all relevant authorities have signed all payments.
- Ensuring that all accounts payable activities comply with the relevant financial policies and procedures.
- Investigating and resolving outstanding creditor items.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 3 years of working experience in the field of finance in the hospitality industry with hands-on experience in handling payments.
- Partly qualified in CA/CIMA/ACCA or a graduate in accounting.
- The candidate should be under 30 years of age.
- Sound knowledge of accounting packages and high level of computer literacy in MS Office packages.
2. Cost Control Assistant
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with daily Food & Beverage cost analysis and monitoring of cost percentages.
- Check Purchase Requests (PRs), Purchase Orders (POs), GRNs, invoices, and supporting documents.
- Assist with monthly and periodic stocktaking of stores, kitchen, bar, beverage stores, butchery, pastry, and other F&B areas.
- Enter, update and maintain production from various departments.
- Assist in preparing menu costing, promotion costing, function costing, and special event costing.
- Identify unusual variances and provide supporting explanations.
- Perform other cost-control and analytical duties assigned by management.
Requirements:
- Diploma or certificate in Accounting, Finance, Hospitality Management, or a related field.
- Previous experience in F&B Cost Control, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Accounts, or Hotel/Club Operations is mandatory.
- Good understanding of purchasing processes, quotations, supplier comparisons, and stock control.
- Good numerical and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Willingness to work flexible hours when required for stocktaking, month-end closing, functions, and audits.
Remuneration:
- An attractive remuneration package will be offered commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit your resume to the email address below, mentioning the position applying on the subject line.
careers@colomboswimmingclub.com
Colombo Swimming Club
No. 148 "Storm Lodge", Galle Road, Colombo 03
www.colomboswimmingclub.org
Closing Date: [15th October 2026]