Account Officer at Bolton White Hotels & Apartments

Location: Garki, Abuja (FCT)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that the guests have best possible experience by trouble-shooting and resolving all billing-related disputes.
• Represents the finance department on the daily department heads meeting with the general manager.
• Manage all phases of Accounts Payable, Receivable and department budget.
• Calculate and distribute wages and salaries.
• Prepare regular reports and summaries of accounting activities.
• Prepare financial statements and debtors' listings.
• Verify recorded transactions and report irregularities to management.
• Providing direction to the night audit team so as to ensure proper revenue reporting.
• Reviewing all ledger details guest ledger, city ledger and deposit ledgers to validate proper payment and revenue posting.
• If any imbalance or difference found on the ledger then co-ordinate with thePMSteam to resolving the same.
• Review the postings, payments, revenue and guest balance reports on a daily basis.
• Ensure correct taxation are applied on all billing software likeProperty Management systems(PMS), Point of Sale (POS) andSPAsoftware's.
• Ensure that all statutory details (PAN, TAX NO, Company Registration no. Etc.) are displayed on the guestinvoicesandbills.
• Bills A / R accounts daily and send the same to guest along with the supporting bills and statements.
• Follows up on any accounts within 3 days to ensure customer has received the invoice and does not have any questions.
• Review the Accounts Receivable (A / R)Ageingreports on a daily basis.
• Follow up 30 days after the initial billing if payment has not been received.
• Check customers credit ratings and Flag accounts as 'Black listed' for long outstanding or defaulter accounts.
• Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and track profit / loss performance by business unit.
• Providing direction and training to hotel operational team in areas related to finance, financial reports, internal controls, labour management, payroll, etc.
• Effectively manage the accounting team through respectful communication, clear expectations, relevant training, productivecoaching, regular meetings, and appropriate performance management.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: 3 - 5 years.