About Jumeirah:

At Jumeirah we are committed to encouraging and developing our colleagues, in a world class environment. We value diversity and equal opportunity, employing over 14,000 colleagues from over 140 different countries including locations in Asia Pacific, CIS, Central Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Jumeirah Al Wathba Desert Resort & Spa is a luxury desert resort located 50km to the south east of Abu Dhabi in the Al Wathba District (40 minutes’ drive from Abu Dhabi). It consists of 103 keys in total (90 Guestrooms and 13 Villas), restaurants and bars, conference and meeting facilities, Talise spa and leisure facilities.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly talented and experienced Hospitality professional to join the Preopening team in the Finance Department at Jumeirah Al Wathba Desert Resort & Spa. The main purpose of the role is to be responsible for the accurate preparation of invoices, speedy delivery and collection of any outstanding dues.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• To be familiar and observe the credit policies & SOPs of Jumeirah International / SBUs
• Investigate customer’s credit worthiness through various available means and to recommend credit approval or disapproval to SBU management.
• Analyse trends in Accounts Receivable balances or significant changes in payment pattern and to recap major collection problems for the monthly credit meetings.
• Ensure that all transfer to City Ledger through Income Auditor do agree with the clearance accounts
• To ensure the daily credit transfers is balanced with the Accounts Receivable and General Ledger.
• To ensure Group invoices are in line with contract i.e. Room charges are as per contracted rate / all supporting document are attached and correctly charged as detailed in contract.
• Any missing documents should be followed up the same day with concerned Receptionist / Cashiers.
• Preparation of pro-forma invoices as required
• Maintain group advance deposits and ensure that full payment is received before the arrival of the group.
• Monitor Pay Master for group main billing and ensure correct routing is done to groups in Opera.
• Set off payment received accordingly in the system.
• Prepare and post to the system Journals for Revenue adjustment, Bank Charges and TA Commission.
• Debtor’s queries – should be handled efficiently, professionally and in a timely manner.
• Collection follows up for customers to be done daily and bring to the notice of Finance Manager for any customer who does not pay on time.
• To ensure that WPS Commission is processed weekly

Qualifications

About You:

In order to be considered for this role, you must possess the following selection criteria:

• Hold a degree in Finance & Accounting
• Have at least 3 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable position
• Have at least 3 years’ experience in the field of hospitality, finance or banking
• Possess prior experience in Credit Management
• Have thorough communications and interaction skills
• Possess a high level of written and verbal business English
• Proficient in Microsoft applications
• Proficient in Opera, Micros and Sun Financial

About the Benefits:

This position offers a highly competitive salary and package which includes; company provided housing, annual flight tickets allowance, medical coverage, pension, life and accident insurance, retail and leisure discounts, 50% discount off Jumeirah F&B Outlets and reduced hotel rates.