Finance Intern

Company Description

HYDE Johannesburg Rosebank is a unique opportunity to experience a one-of-a-kind lifestyle hotel brand.

The hotel is a festival-inspired food lovers paradise and showcase for music and nightlife, featuring 131 rooms with natural textures and artisan touches.

The hotel boasts a range of luxurious rooms each meticulously designed to provide the utmost comfort and style.

Job Description

Finance Specific Responsibilities

• Assist with Daily Revenue Reconciliation: Support in reconciling daily hotel revenue from all departments (Front Office, Proud Mary, Workshop17) with system reports and POS data.
• Accounts Payable Support; Assist in processing vendor invoices, verifying accuracy against purchase orders and delivery notes, and preparing payment batches.
• Accounts Receivable Monitoring. Help track guest and corporate accounts, update AR aging reports, and follow up on overdue balances under supervision
• Bank & Cash Reconciliation; Participate in reconciling bank statements, daily cash deposits, and credit card transactions to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Month-End Closing Support; Contribute to the month-end close process by collecting supporting documents, organizing files, and updating ledgers.
• Budgeting and Forecasting Assistance; Support finance team in compiling data for annual budgets and periodic forecasts, including variance analysis.
• Inventory and Cost Control Reporting; Help monitor housekeeping inventory levels and support cost control analysis and reporting.
• Use of Financial Systems and Tools Gain hands-on experience with hotel accounting systems (e.g. OPERA, SAGE 300) and spreadsheets for reporting and analysis.

General Responsibilities

• Support the finance team in day-to-day accounting tasks like invoice processing, data entry, debtors’ collection and reconciliations.
• Help in tracking incoming payments, preparing invoices, and ensuring timely payment to vendors
• Assist in reconciling daily cash reports, credit card transactions, and bank statements
• Help maintain organized financial records and assist during internal/external audits
• Participate in compiling reports related to hotel revenue, expenses, occupancy rates, and other performance indicators.
• Assist in tracking departmental budgets and comparing actual vs. forecasted performance.
• Help with inventory counts and cost analysis
• Work with other departments like Front Office, Housekeeping, and Food & Beverage to gather financial data and understand operational costs

Customer Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure guest satisfaction by performing such duties as attending to their requests and inquiries courteously and efficiently
• Ensure that all logistics duties are performed and completed with minimal interruption and inconvenience to guests, and the service operation
• If spoken to acknowledge guests using the appropriate levels of discretion and the correct forms of address
• Report or hand in any property belonging to the guest left lying open in the room
• Ensures that areas where jobs are undertaken are left properly clean and ready for use
• Always display a polite and gracious manner

People Specific Responsibilities

• Support a culture of service excellence and delivery taking pride in the work, taking personal responsibility for work, paying attention to detail, innovating, taking initiative, and working competently and confidently as one team
• Attend and participate in all training, including in safety, service, product knowledge, customer care and cultural awareness
• Communicate with others accurately and timely to ensure speed and quality of logistical services
• Advise management of any complaints, observations, maintenance needs and the like to ensure management is aware of issues to be addressed
• Use personal protective equipment as and when instructed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent
• Fair user of Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to effectively communicate with others in English and other official languages
• Dedicated to achieving high standards by working with others
• Demonstrates exceptional levels of integrity
• Ability to work effectively and safely when under pressure and when placed with demands

Additional Information

What awaits you...

• The opportunity to join an international and innovative and fast-growing group.
• The ability to challenge the norm and work in an environment that is both creative and rewarding.
• Be part of a team that is very passionate about creating great hospitality experiences and exploring new locations with every opportunity.
• A competitive package and plenty of development opportunities.