Accounting Clerk

Role Overview

Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi is hiring an Accounting Clerk to support day-to-day finance operations in a hotel environment. The role focuses on accurate record keeping, invoice handling, reconciliations, reporting, and maintaining financial controls across accounts payable and accounts receivable activities.

Core Duties

• Review figures, postings, and supporting documents to make sure entries are accurate, properly coded, and mathematically correct.
• Maintain, organize, and safeguard financial files, records, cash, and cash equivalents in line with internal policies and procedures.
• Enter, retrieve, store, and analyze computerized financial data and keep electronic spreadsheets up to date.
• Sort, code, classify, and summarize financial information using journals, ledgers, and computer systems to maintain accounting records.
• Prepare and distribute statistical, accounting, financial, auditing, and payroll reports and tables as needed.
• Carry out period-end closing tasks and produce closing reports within the required timelines.
• Prepare, verify, reconcile, and issue invoices, bills, and account statements following company procedures.

Professional Standards

• Follow all company rules and operating procedures while maintaining a neat, professional appearance.
• Protect confidential information, company property, and the privacy and security of guests and colleagues.
• Respond to guest service needs in a courteous, professional, and timely way.
• Use clear, professional communication in person, in writing, and over the phone or email.
• Handle written documents carefully and accurately, and practice proper telephone and email etiquette.
• Work cooperatively with teammates, help achieve shared goals, and respond constructively to colleague concerns.
• Perform other reasonable duties assigned by supervisors.

Accounts Payable Responsibilities

• Match invoices with purchase orders and receiving documents before processing.
• Enter vendor invoices into the accounting system with the correct coding and approvals.
• Prepare payment cycles and process payments through cheques, bank transfers, and online methods.
• Reconcile supplier statements and work with vendors and internal teams to clear mismatches.
• Track unpaid balances and ensure settlement within agreed credit periods.
• Keep invoice and payment documentation properly filed and maintained.
• Support month-end AP closing, including accrual preparation and review of payable aging reports.

Accounts Receivable Responsibilities

• Generate and send invoices for customer accounts.
• Reconcile daily revenue from Front Office and POS sources with accounting records.
• Monitor overdue receivables and follow up for timely collection.
• Apply customer payments to the correct accounts.
• Investigate and resolve invoice and billing issues.
• Keep the AR aging report current.
• Ensure receivables activities follow hotel credit policy and approved credit limits.
• Assist with month-end closing by matching AR balances with the general ledger.

Qualifications and Skills

• At least 2 years of accounting experience in a 5-star hotel, specifically in accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Strong analytical ability along with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Fluent English is required; additional languages are an advantage.
• Familiarity with hotel systems such as Opera, Micros, SunSystems, Scala, PeopleSoft, Birchstreet, and ACE is preferred.

Important Working Requirements

• Ability to move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 10 pounds without assistance.