Accounts Assistant
Job Description
The Accounts Assistant applies specialist accounting skills to collect and analyse accounting information, predominantly for use by internal Finance department constituents. Key Responsibilities
The Accounts Assistant applies specialist accounting skills to collect and analyse accounting information, predominantly for use by internal Finance department constituents. Key Responsibilities
- Verifies calculations, checks data and obtains information for incorrect or incomplete documents in order to ensure the accuracy of reports produced. * Receives and processes all invoices, expense forms and requests for payment. Verifies calculations and inputs codes into the Accounting system in an accurate manner. * Deals with daily petty cash transactions and ensures that replenishments are made on a regular basis. * Prepares bank transfer or cheque for payments which are authorized and properly documented. * Ensures all filing is done in a timely and accurate manner. * Prepares information or statistical breakdowns, as directed, from readily available sources. * Reviews coding on accounting documentation to ensure correctness and prepares monthly journal entries. Prepares monthly accrual of expenses and petty cash reconciliations. Key Skills, Experience and Education
- At least 3 years’ professional accounting experience assisting a Chief Accountant or Accounting Supervisor in a large organization. * This job requires knowledge of financial reporting practices and standard accounting practices in the UAE, and the ability to produce a large volume of reports within expected timelines. * Highly attentive to detail which requires analytical thinking. * Good organizational skills and ability to work to, and implement company accounting policies and procedures. * Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations. * Managing Workload (includes time management and can prioritize task even under pressure). * Planning and Organization. * Proficient knowledge in MS office (Word, Excel & Power Point) and accounting software. * Good understanding of accounting and book-keeping.
Buyer
As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.
Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.
About the Role
The Buyer role is to increase sales and profitability of business to drive sustainable growth. The owner of the role manages a group or category of products for our company. He/she will be the one responsible for the pricing and overall promotion of a product category to maximize consumer appeal. He/she contributes to the development of his/her brand in terms of promo on, event planning, business analysis and new product development for the brand’s established stores.
Key Role Specific Accountabilities:
- Define product ranges for the category(s) within set budgets. Responsible for range planning and assortment plans for the category(s).
- Select collection products in accordance with market trends and analyze the market segment at which the store product is aimed, along with prices and competition to provide brand related reports and data as requested
- Responsible for negotiating pricing with vendors and ensure delivery arrangements with Suppliers/Vendors within the budget. Negotiating prices in line with desired level of margins. Responsible to work within pre-determined structured ranges of sales plans.
- Must operate within set financial budgets for sales margins, stocks and open to buy plan.
- Ensure that stocks are as per the stores requirements to ensure fewer markdowns. Responsible for the category(s) performances in terms of sales targets, gross profit targets and stock turn targets, for the category(s)
- Visit and inspect stores in order to ensure proper functioning of the operation and the correct pricing and display of the merchandise; coordinate with Window Dressers their schedules and work plans
- Develop ranges to fulfil agreed company and promotional guidelines and ensure operational and marketing departments understand what is required.
- Coordinate activities of merchandising departments to obtain optimum efficiency of operations with minimum cost in order to maximize profits
- Ensure the terms, conditions and rules of the franchise and lease agreements are duly implemented and respected
- Plan and organize events, prepare promotions, sales and special collection for the brand in coordination with the Marketing department and the suppliers in order to maximize sales of the brand
- Coordinate with operations Manager Stadium to set the budget of the season, and verify that standards for sales, rotation and loss are established
- Pro-actively put in place action plans when targets are not reached, and take full ownership and accountability over the shops P&L account
About You
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
Minimum Experience and Knowledge: 5 years of experience in similar environment
Job-Specific Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Fluency in English; French, Italian or Spanish is plus
Category Buyer must have extensive experience in understanding consumer needs and the retail environment. They must have a commercial mind set and full comprehension of marketing and sales principles. Exceptional communication skills are also key for category buyers
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Reservations Agent
Raffles Hotels - Dubai
Reservations Agent
Primary Location: United Arab Emirates-Dubai-Raffles Dubai
Employee Status: Regular
We are excited to find the next Heartist® Reservations Agent to join the Raffles Dubai team!
Raffles Dubai promises exceptional standards of service inherent of the Raffles brand and complemented by Arabian hospitality values. Our aim is to keep the Raffles Brand Promise of being an oasis for the Well-Travelled, offering Emotional Luxury to all our distinguished guests.
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is an award-winning, luxury international hotel company with a history dating back to 1887 with the opening of Raffles Hotel, Singapore. The portfolio currently comprises eleven luxurious properties, from secluded resorts to city hotels in key locations around the world.
If you are looking for a dynamic environment for growth, please join us as a Reservations Agent.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understand the key principles of FRHI Pricing Strategies and Revenue Management
- Retail, Corporate, Leisure, Group, Other
- Rate Restrictions, hurdles and availabilities
- Maximise rooms revenue through the conversion of telephone calls into sales
- Utilize effective upselling techniques
- Understand and take reservations to support the revenue management strategies employed by the Revenue Management leader in the hotel
- Be fluent on all hotel products and services
- Handle faxes and emails pertaining to rooms reservations
- Be fully conversant with all market segments and rate plans used across all distribution channels
- Be flexible in sales technique through offering the right product to the right customer at the right time
- Handle customer queries and complaints relating to Rooms Reservations
- Co-host dinners/special events with the Sales Team and be involved in client entertainment as required
- Identify Sales opportunities through individuals, Corporate Accounts, Wholesalers and Travel Management companies
- Responsible for effective implementation and compliance with FRHI Core Reservation Standards
- Achieve targeted goals in the LQA Hotel Mystery Shopping calls
- Maintain accuracy and cleanliness of the PMS Database
- Ensure market segmentation is accurate for each reservation
- Create hierarchies/relationships between Corporate Accounts
- Ensure reservations meet the property standards in terms of accuracy of data and guest satisfaction
- Complete understanding and effective execution of current and new RM tools. Includes Opera PMS/S&C.
- Be involved in all property PMS Conversions
- Complete understand and effective use of the Hotel’s telephone system
- Maintain the Reservation correspondence
- Support the Reservations Manager and/or Revenue Management leader with special projects as required.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Ability to adapt to changing environment.
- Attention to Detail
- Ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to organize work flow
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree/Diploma in Training and Development or Hotel Management
- Working knowledge of Opera, Microsoft Office.
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 2 years experience in Hotel or Resort, as Reservations Agents.
- Luxury hotel or resort background preferred
- Understands the local culture and have worked in the region.
Job Level: Colleague
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Rotating / Shift Work
Travel: No
Closing Date: Ongoing
Job Number: RDB01602
