
Night Auditor
Required skills
- Night Auditor
- Guest Accounts
- Balancing Income
- Posting Room Charges
- Posting Tax Charges
- Posting Local Phone Charges
- Guest Folios
- Shift Log-book
- Night Audit Procedures
- Check-in Procedures
Nice to have
- Hospitality Industry
- Night Audit Experience
- Basic Accounting Skills
- Communication Skills
- Administration Skills
- Computerized Systems
Role summary
The Night Auditor is responsible for the overnight operations of the hotel front desk. This role involves balancing guest accounts, posting charges, and ensuring accuracy in financial transactions. Key duties include managing guest check-ins and check-outs, handling financial postings, and preparing for the next business day. The position requires strong attention to detail, basic accounting knowledge, proficiency with computer systems like MS Office, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills to manage guest interactions and internal reporting. The Night Auditor works independently overnight, reporting to the Front Office Manager or General Manager.
The Night Auditor is responsible for verifying the correctness of guest accounts by balancing each department’s income, as well as posting room, tax, and local phone charges to guest folios.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Uses suggestive selling techniques to sell rooms and to promote other services of the hotel.
- Posts and files all charges to guest, master, and city ledger accounts.
- Uses proper telephone etiquette.
- Reports any unusual occurrences or requests to the manager or assistant manager.
- Knows all safety and emergency procedures. Is aware of accident prevention policies.
- Maintains the cleanliness and neatness of the front desk area.
- Handover shift log-book
- Follow night audit procedures
- Follow check in procedures
- Guest Satisfaction, communication Assigns rooms in a courteous and efficient manner.
- Records and makes all wake-up calls in an appropriate manner.
- Must have complete knowledge of policies and procedures to be followed in case of an emergency.
- Handles all internal control items as hotel policies and procedures dictate.
- Set-up breakfast where applicable
Minimum Qualifications and Skills
- Experience (1-3 years) in the hospitality industry is considered a strong asset, especially night audit experience.
- Basic accounting skills would be considered an asset.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and administration skills.
- Proficiency / familiarity with computerized systems; MS Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Ability to gather, compare, analyze and present data.
- Ability to deal with all levels of management and staff in a professional manner.
- Ability to multi-task and work within deadlines.
Mental Effort
- Mental and visual concentration during computer work daily, for accuracy in data entry and editing.
- Mental effort required in multi-tasking and handling interruptions that require refocusing.
- Listening and mental attentiveness in fulfilling guests requirements.
- Periods of mental and visual concentration required for preparing, reviewing, and analyzing reconciliations and reports.
Physical Effort
- Performs computer work daily.
Working Conditions
- Infrequent handling of queries and calls from guests, and property staff.
- Works a night, alone with minimum supervision and with no co-workers.
Type of Supervision Required
Reports to the hotel Front Office Manager or General Manager. Works under general instructions to prioritize and complete assigned tasks.
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