Specialist Financial Accounting

Role Purpose

The role will be to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of Billing team s activities, applying cash in hotels account globally and includes providing support to other sub-functions such Reporting team in Balance Sheet Reconciliation, month end tasks and audit support. Ensure all the processing has correct accounting treatment in terms of AR vs. GL and all the receipts are applied on time in PeopleSoft and correctly recorded in customer ledger.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for oversight, direction of the day-to-day operations of Regional AR Cash Application & billing which includes timely & accurate billing to hotels, application of Payment received from IHG franchised hotels, managed hotels and other debtors, in line with Service Level Agreements


• All queries from stakeholders are acknowledged and answered timely


• Taking ownership and accountability of the activities allocated and to ensure completion of work within the stipulated time to meet the process metrics


• Helping the Reporting Team in clearing the Balance Sheet Reconciliations and AR vs GL.


• Ensure seamless Audit and comply process activity as per SOX compliance


• Providing training to Team members on process activities.


• Supervise team in absence of Team Leader


• Ensure proper controls are in place to avoid audit observations and all members are cross trained

Key Skills & Experiences

Education and Education -

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and 3-4 years work-related experience.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Accounting Knowledge: Good Knowledge of Accounting Principles and concepts and the ability to apply them to the companys Accounting practices.


• System Knowledge: Good knowledge of the relevant IHG systems like People soft, Essbase etc.

Other Skills

Communication - Possess good communication skills.

Flexibility - Flexible to work in multiple shifts

Ability to work in cross functional teams