Accounts Assistant
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.74 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive Salary |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | M60 2DS |
| Company: | Leonardo Hotels |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ea2ecb05cf4940d9afbe |
Summary
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
We are looking for an enthusiastic, genuine and friendly person who really enjoys working in hotels.
We want you to be part of a great and diverse team working together to provide great hospitality and accuracy to our guests and hotel in the accounts team.
In this role, you will be a key member of the Accounts Team, reporting to the Cluster Supervisor/Manager. Your main responsibility will be to ensure the efficient running of the finance functions within the property. As part of a cluster of six properties you will also get the opportunity to assist within the larger team to ensure the finance functions are delivered efficiently. The role will provide anyone with hospitality experience a great start to an accounting career.
As an Accounts Assistant we want you to -
- Be Self-motivated as you will be working mainly alone as part of a dispersed team
- Well organised- achieving deadlines for tasks and meeting targets
- Have good communication skills- to your colleagues in the hotel and within your cluster team.
- Be trustworthy and security conscious, you will have access to cash and guest and company financial details.
- Detail orientated- you will be completing repetitive , structured tasks which must be correct.
Accounts Assistant Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the Cluster Financial Controller /Accounts Manager in ensuring that profitability is optimised within the business.
- To ensure that all customer requests, complaints and queries are responded to promptly and effectively
- To ensure effective and timely communication of business performance and opportunities to all levels of management within the organization`s processes and timelines.
- To ensure that all banking transactions are processed and cleared in a timely manner.
- To ensure the weekly and monthly deadliness are processed within the timelines and ensure all appropriate signatures are on relevant documentation in line with company policy while maintaining confidentiality.
- To participate in the month end accounts processes in conjunction with central services, as per company policies and procedures, ensuring preparation of accurate and timely financial reports.
- To carry out the Income Audit functions fully for the property.
- To deal with the daily city ledgers and assist the AR department with queries to ensure that all debt is collectable.
- To assist with the Purchasing to ensure timely receipting and query resolution.
- To assist with the valuation of stock takes within the property
- To potentially provide support in other properties within the cluster should the need arise e.g. holiday cover
The ideal candidate for this position:
- Have an excellent level of business English.
- Have excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Be able to demonstrate a basic understanding & interpretation of financial reports.
- Have excellent attention to detail, organised and can work to strict deadlines.
- Have experience in team development.
- Have commercial understanding and business.
- Have proven competence in the use of accounting and PMS systems.
- Possess very good IT skills in Office applications.
- Experience of Opera, Micros and SAP. .
- Be flexible regarding travel and work hours, with a possibility of overnight stay.
- Experience of hospitality is ideal.
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