Accounts Receivable

Job description / Role

Key tasks
Main Duties

- Provide an effective system to track Accounts Receivables for the activities of the Credit Manager.
- To understand thoroughly Sofitel objectives in managing Account Receivables
- Provide a summary of the ageing report required by various people in the Accounting and Control Division to prepare monthly reports.
- Provide Sales & Marketing staff and Heads of Departments with information necessary for them to manage their customers.
- To ensure that all transfers to City Ledger through Income Audit, Accounts Payable and General Ledger do agree with the control account.
- To ensure the accuracy of all charges and credits posted to the individual accounts.
- To ensure the room rate charged to travel agents are in accordance with the contract (if applicable).
- To ensure the group billings are complete as per contract.
- To prepare with proper supporting documents and forward to the Director of Finance / Assistant Director of Finance for review and signature all City Ledger Adjustments that need to be made before they are posted by the Front Office Clerk-Cashier.
- To ensure all invoices are dispatched to debtors within 48 hours.
- To ensure that returned checks are recorded in the City Ledger, that unapplied credit balances are reconciled and that minimal variances in payments are cleared at the time of receipt.
- To process invoices / folios promptly and to render interim and monthly statements and follow up reminders on a timely basis.
- To monitor and to maintain support of all advance deposits and to balance them to the general ledger at month-end.
- To reconcile accounts receivable trial balances with the general ledger control accounts each month and to ensure accurate aging.
- To transfer all permanent folios to city ledger at the month end.
- To prepare trial balance for employees' ledger and report to the Director of Finance for payroll deduction.
- To allocate credits transmitted by payroll journal to appropriate employee accounts.
- To allocate credits transmitted by the Daily General Cashier Report to appropriate accounts and keep all debtor accounts up-to-date.
- To initiate payment of travel agents commission on the basis of verified computer reports.
- To ensure all documents related to the section including the Sales and Office Rental contracts (if applicable), group orders and amendments etc., are properly filed for reference.
- To maintain an up-to-date systematic "Open Accounts" file for use by Accounts Receivable.
- To have a full working knowledge and capability to supervise, correct and demonstrate all duties and tasks in the assigned Place of Work to the standard set.
- To be entirely flexible and adapt to rotate within the different sub departments of the Accounting & Finance Division.
- To be fully conversant with all services and facilities offered by the hotel.
- To assist the Credit Manager to trace and to collect any outstanding debt as instructed.
- To set up all city ledger accounts and to ensure that the discounts set are the same as those granted by the management.
- To be fully conversant with the Credit Policy & Procedures.
- To liaise with the Credit Manager at all time regarding guest queries, credit card charge backs and open balances and general credit terms under the direct supervision of the Chief Accountant.
- To witness General Cashier's counting monetary receipts remitted by Cashiers.
- To assist in carrying out quarterly, bi-yearly, yearly inventory of operating equipment.

Other Duties

- To report for duty punctually wearing the correct uniform and name tag. To maintain a high standard of personal appearance and hygiene and adhere to the hotel and department appearance standards.
- To provide friendly, courteous and professional service at all times.
- To maintain good working relationships with colleagues and all other departments.
- To read and understand the hotel's Employee Handbook and to adhere to the hotel's rules and regulations and in particular, the policies and procedures relating to Fire, Hygiene, Health and Safety.
- To comply with local legislation as required.
- To respond to any changes in the department as dictated by the needs of the hotel.
- To be flexible and extend job duties to carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the job capability as assigned, including redeployment to alternative departments/areas if required, to meet business demands and guest service needs.
- To attend training and meetings as and when required.

Requirements

Skills

- Level of Education Bachelor / Licence Areas of study Economy, Finance, Accounting Professional experiences 1 to 2 years

Languages essential

- English

Essential and optional requirements

- Excel
- Power Point
- Word
- Micros
- TARS
- Opéra

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