Accounts Receivable at Lavington Hotel

The Accounts Receivable will be responsible for all credit sales made , bill collection, including the consistent application of a credit policy.Also manage and ensure that the hotel achieves optimum performance and achieves the required credit targets.Periodic credit reviews of existing customers, and the assessment of the credit worthiness of potential customers, with the goal of optimizing the mix of company sales and bad debt losses.

Responsibilities

• Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies/service procedures/standards.
• Ensure accurate and timely billing, processing of credit card inquiries and charge backs, processing of advance deposits and advance deposit refunds.
• Manage Accounts Receivable and ensure all debtors accounts are reconciled regularly.
• Daily review of Accounts Receivable ledger and monitor incoming payment.
• Ensure the timely credit collections of all outstanding payments
• Ensure compliance on Payment Card Industry (PCI) policy.
• Scrutinising all accounts to ensure adherence to the credit policy;  includes pursuing and collecting delinquent accounts, providing status reports of un-collectable accounts and reporting delinquent accounts to hotel accountant.
• Respond and resolve customer queries.
• Reconcile all unpaid and short paid aged accounts.
• Collaborating with managers to ensure that all associated accounting requirements are adhered to in accordance with established procedures / time lines.
• Maintain confidentiality of hotel data.
• Qualifications
• University graduate in Finance or Accounting
• CPA level 2
• 3 years’ experience in a similar role preferably in the Hospitality industry.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Excellent reading, verbal and written English skills.
• Good working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, Sun Financials, Opera PMS, Fidelio ).
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• University graduate in Finance or Accounting
• CPA level 1
• 3 years’ experience in a similar role preferably in the Hospitality industry.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Excellent reading, verbal and written English skills.
• Good working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, Receiving Software).
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.