Finance Assistant (Income Auditor)

Bvlgari Hotel London; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel in London is seeking a Finance Officer - Income Auditor to join their specialized Finance & Purchasing team. The ideal candidate should have experience in hotel accounting, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. Responsibilities include reconciling revenues, preparing financial journals, and assisting with audits. This role provides a great opportunity for growth within the finance sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance or a similar role in hotel accounting.
• Strong financial skills with ability to analyze financial data and reports.
• Strong knowledge of Excel required.

Responsibilities

• Verify and reconcile all Revenue centres in the Income Journal.
• Prepare and post the daily revenue into the General Ledger system.
• Review and balance allowances, rebates, and miscellaneous charges.
• Audit all complimentary bookings and ensure authorization.

Skills

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Excel proficiency

Education

Tertiary education in finance or accounting

Job description

Overview

Located in Knightsbridge on the edge of Hyde Park, Bulgari Hotel London is both a haven of calm in the centre of the city and yet under a minute’s walk from such landmarks as the famous Harrods department store.

Since opening in 2012, Bulgari has set new standards among the luxury hotels of the British capital. Elegant contemporary architecture and Bulgari’s legendary flair for design are matched by class-leading quality of service.

We are looking for a Finance Officer - Income Auditor to become part of a specialized and hands on Finance & Purchasing team that provides a dedicated accounting service on behalf of the business, guests and suppliers.

Working alongside the Finance Manager and Team, this is a great opportunity to grow in a finance role.

Responsibilities

• Verify and reconcile all Revenue centres as reported in the Income Journal Daily.
• Prepare and post the daily revenue, settlement and statistical journals into the General Ledger system ensuring all hotel ledgers are fully reconciled, informing Finance Supervisor of any discrepancies.
• Ensure all system interfaces run smoothly and to ensure that interface revenues are reconciled and system issues are reported to the help desk and Finance Supervisor in a timely manner.
• Review and balance allowances, rebates, paid outs, refunds and miscellaneous charges.
• Review daily Housekeeping Discrepancy reports and ensure action is taken all unresolved discrepancies.
• Prepare Daily Management Review (audit packs) package containing the following: In House Entertainment and management checks, Paid Outs, Unresolved PM’s, Housekeeping Discrepancies, Parking and Laundry Charges, comp stays
• Reconcile all non PMS (Opera) revenues to Opera, being Micros POS and others.
• Recording and journalising of daily management checks for F&B outlets, promotions and in-house entertainment
• Ensure that an Audit Trail is evidenced throughout all tasks.
• Audit all complimentary bookings on a daily basis to ensure all bookings are authorised by the relevant people and details are correct.
• Spot-check the Guest in house rate check report once a month and query any discrepancies in rates with the reservations department.
• Spot-check menu changes once a month to make sure the price changes have been updated correctly in the Micros (POS) system
• Spot-check all micro card access rights once a month to ensure that employees who leave the company have handed in their micros cards before leaving
• To perform some elements of food and beverage cost control duties, such as assisting F&B with menu’s costing, analyzing beverage stock variance.
• To complete Income audit risk register
• To assist internal and external auditors with their queries
• Associated month end responsibilities

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have experience in Finance or a similar role in hotel accounting. This position requires strong financial skills with the ability to analyse financial data and reports. A strong knowledge of Excel is a must as well as a solid mathematical aptitude, well developed problem-solving skills and an eye for attention to detail.

You will be required to have tertiary education in finance or accounting. Outstanding communication skills (written and oral) Strong organisational skills Self-starter and improver, able to work independently.