Financial Accountant
Crowne Plaza
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :15 years, 6 أشهر
Controls all balance sheet accounts by preparation of monthly account reconciliations and required actions accordingly. Prepare daily bank reconciliations such as agency imprest and replacement reserve. Prepare Intercompany reconciliations of IHG Hotels. Responsible for Aging Reports, Guest Queries Invoice Issuance in adherence to organizational policies and procedures Carry out Internal Audit to validate the department processes and report compliance/actions Ensure effectively stakeholder (Internal and External) relationship is upheld in good spirit Responsible for training and motivating the team Specifically reviews the accounts payable balance to ensure accuracy and proposes action and follow-up to be taken to ensure a clear balance with limited over 90/120 day amounts. Monitor house banks and investments to ensure no cashier runs over or short Review travel agency commission payments. Review food and beverage control reconciliations and journal. Prepare month end journals. Prepare balance sheet record and identify and reconcile all items therein. Prepares monthly invoices for other IHG hotels, General Manager, Store and Shop rentals. Prepares all journal vouchers for month-end closing. Prepares monthly Financial Statements for distribution to Department Heads and Executives, as directed by Finance Manager. Approves various city ledger transactions before posting.
Approves payment requests, employee advances and petty cash prior to payment
Provide an effective management accounting service including the preparation of budgets, management reports, short form initiatives and financial position reporting/evaluation
Provide financial trend analysis, reporting and advice to the head and senior staff on all financial issues including commercial business opportunities
Assist Department head with the planning and evaluation of capital works, grants and subsidies and assist replacement programs
Analyze and evaluate the impact of strategic finance and asset issues on the operations, policies and procedures
Ensure proper financial reporting systems and accounting records are maintained in accordance with a sound internal control
Review business processes and systems with the view to improve processing accuracy and efficiencies
Update and maintain all financial aspects of the Microsoft Dynamics System
Provide financial operation reports on a weekly basis. Carry out Business/asset valuation and Business Feasibility studies
• Carry out daily checks of revenue via an Operations Audit as per hotel standards
• Reconcile and monitor commissions, housekeeping and rate discrepancies, rebates, Conference and Banqueting Revenue against daily function sheets
• Check non-arrivals, late departures, no sales/voids, management bills, bill sequence and pay-outs
• Check bills signed to Room Account and record all covers
• Spot-check Function Diary and the settlement of function bills
• Reconcile telephone bills, Pay TV, newspaper revenue, guest laundry income, corrections and allowance
• Co- ordinate and manage the workload in the credit department with the appropriate levels of resource
• Evaluate customers credit worthiness to support the sales process
• Resolve collection problem if any
• Customer account reconciliation to ensure smooth internal and cross-functional communication, following set processes and channels, in order to resolve credit control issues in a timely and accurate manner.
• Minimize losses by referring bad debt accounts for final collection efforts to Finance Manager in a timely manner
• Liaise with customers and the sales force and visit customers where necessary/appropriate