Hotel Accounts and Bookkeeping
Course Description
The program aims at imparting knowledge and skills to enable learners perform accounts
receivable/payable duties and the preparation and recording of accounting data and other
financial information in the accommodation and hospitality industry
Purpose and Rationale of the Qualification
This qualification has been developed for people in the accommodation and
hospitality industry. It brings together elements of record keeping and
maintenance of correct books of accounts. This qualification is applicable
to all sectors, from small restaurants to large-scale hotels.
Course Duration
The Course duration is 1 year and is broken down into 1001 hours in total.
|
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
TOTAL |
| Core |
200 |
160 |
360 |
| Fundamental |
625 |
16 |
641 |
| TOTAL |
825 |
176 |
1001 |
Course Duration
On completion of this qualification, the learner will be able to:
- Perform financial clerical duties.
- Maintain accounts payable.
- Maintain accounts receivable.
- Assist with payroll.
- Provide cashier general services.
- Deal with customers.
- Communicate verbally.
- Maintain effective working relationships with other members of staff.
- Perform basic calculations.
- Prepare written communications.
- Describe layout, services and facilities of the organisation.
- Describe the sectors of the tourism, hospitality and travel industries.
- Develop self within the job role.
- Source information about self employment opportunities.
- Recording customer payments in accounting system, preparation of cheque deposits.
- Maintaining credit management files.
- Preparation of customer statements.
- Investigation and follow-up of unpaid invoices.
- Answering ad hoc questions from customers or customer service team, resolving credit-hold issues.
- Maintenance of customer price lists.
- Providing other assistance to the finance and accounting department as required, such as the maintenance of departmental files including paid invoices, canceled cheques, purchase orders and other filings.
- Preparation of bank reconciliations.
- Other reporting and reconciliation as required.
- Matches invoices, receiving reports and purchase reports for assigned vendors and approves for data entry.
- Checks invoices on pricing, proper approvals, receiving reports, purchase orders, expenditure controls, freight charges, shipping variances.
- Maintains file system for unmatched invoices, missing information, unpaid invoices and unresolved problems. Sends out inquiries and follows up with phone calls to obtain necessary information.
- Processes month-end accruals.