Accounts Assistant

Elite Hotels; Hook; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite Hotels in the United Kingdom seeks a detail-focused finance professional to oversee revenue accounting across outlets. You will audit transactions, prepare daily and monthly sales reports, and support the Finance team with sickness and holiday cover.

Daily banking, revenue verification, and the reconciliation of payments and vouchers will be routine. You will assist with the sales ledger, manage the Opera system interfaces, and ensure accurate posting of revenue across departments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of hospitality revenue accounting and reporting.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to process financial data accurately.
• Experience with Opera front-office system preferred.

Responsibilities

• Audit and verify revenue transactions and prepare daily/monthly sales reports.
• Complete daily banking and reconcile payments and card transactions.
• Assist accounting team with sales ledger, revenue distribution and postings.
• Ensure Elite Diners, gifts vouchers, and comp rooms are reconciled and reported.
• Maintain voids, sundry and laundry revenue records and related admin entries.
• Support month-end tasks with the Finance Manager and ad hoc reporting.

Skills

Finance experience

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Opera system experience

Tools

Opera PMS

Bank reconciliation software

Job description

Main Responsibilities

To audit, analyse and verify that all revenue transactions are recorded correctly. Prepare daily and monthly sales reports for management and assist the Finance team in providing sickness and holiday cover.

Daily Banking and Daily Business

Verify all streams of revenue reviewed by the Night Auditor are correct. Review the Opera Trial balance and compile the daily sales sheet. Update Synoptic and Daily Business Report and circulate them daily to management and head office. Complete daily banking, reconcile credit cards to the credit card automated system, and correct errors. Verification of revenue from all departments and rectify discrepancies.

Sales Ledger

Assist the Senior Accounts Assistant with all daily control and reconciliation tasks. This will include help with function billing and revenue distribution. Utilising the front-of-house system (Opera) to ensure revenue is posted correctly and correct procedures are followed.

Management Entertaining (Man. Ents)

Ensure the Junior Accounts Assistant is trained and supervised in the production of the daily Man Ents Summary.

Elite Diners

Ensure the Junior Accounts Assistant maintains consumption by Elite Diners on the Man Ents Summary.

Gift Vouchers

Assist the Junior Accounts Assistant to ensure all Gift Vouchers are reconciled & controlled and agree to SK Chase, Stripe and other third-party systems. Issue statements when required and reconcile them back to bank statements/payments.

Complimentary, House Rooms and PM Accounts

Prepare Comp. rooms report. Audit all administrative PM folios and lost interface posting charges.

Management of Voids

Check all voids on a daily basis and maintain a spreadsheet with comments.

Sundry & Laundry Revenue

Ensure that sundry and laundry Revenues are recorded and that any invoice or expenses related to the revenue is recorded on the summary to show and verify any Admin profit made

Bank Statement

Daily recording of receipts and deposits from bank statements onto the Bank Rec. Workbook

Month End

Work with the Finance team to fulfil month-end assignments as requested by the Finance Manager with attention given to those tasks specified on the Month End Checklist.

• Assist in any other duties as requested by the Finance Manager, including ad hoc reporting.

At Elite Hotels we have a single minded and unwavering goal to make every visit to our hotels a positive experience that customers feel compelled to talk about.