Hotel Unit Financial Controller - Amravati

Role: Unit Financial Controller

Company / Unit: Centre Point Hotels – Amravati

Reporting To: Hotel Unit GM &Group Finance Head / CEO

Team Structure: Leads a unit accounts team of 2-4 persons (Example - Senior Accounts Executive, Accounts Executive — Receivables, Accounts Executive — Payables & Compliance, Cost Controller, Accounts Assistant)

Qualification

- B.Com / M.Com mandatory. MBA Finance / CA Inter / CA Qualified are preferred and will carry additional weightage during evaluation.

Experience

- Minimum 6 years of experience in hotel finance or hospitality accounting at a full-service property. Prior experience as Unit Finance Controller, Finance Manager, Assistant Director of Finance, or Accounts Manager with banquet billing exposure is strongly preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of full-service hotel accounting — rooms, F&B, banquets, events
• Hands-on PMS (IDS / Opera or equivalent) and POS revenue reconciliation
• Deep knowledge of GST in hospitality — billing, input credit, reconciliation
• Strong command over receivables, payables, and cash/bank control
• Experience in F&B cost control and food cost analysis
• Ability to own and close the monthly trial balance independently
• Proficiency in Tally ERP and advanced Excel
• Ability to lead a team of 4–5 with clear accountability
• High ownership, discipline, and attention to detail

Key Responsibilities

1. Overall Accounts Control

Responsible for the complete accounts function of the hotel, including rooms, F&B outlet, banquet hall, lawn events, vendor payments, debtor collections, cash/bank control, and statutory compliance.

• 2. Daily Revenue Review
• Review daily revenue reports for rooms, F&B, banquet, and lawn events. Ensure revenue is correctly posted in the PMS/POS and books of accounts.
• 3. Billing Review
• Check important bills before dispatch, especially corporate bills, banquet bills, lawn/event bills, credit bills, and high-value guest bills.
• 4. Cash, Card & UPI Control
• Ensure that all cash, card, and UPI collections are reconciled with PMS/POS reports and bank credits on a daily basis.
• 5. Receivable Supervision
• Monitor outstanding receivables from corporate clients, banquet parties, travel agents, OTA settlements, and other credit customers.
• 6. Payable Supervision
• Review vendor bills, payment schedules, pending approvals, GST input, TDS deduction, and vendor ageing before payment processing.
• 7. Bank Reconciliation Review
• Ensure daily or periodic bank reconciliation is completed and all unidentified receipts/payments are cleared.
• 8. Statutory Compliance
• Ensure timely and accurate working for GST, TDS, PF, ESIC, professional tax, contractor compliance, and other applicable statutory requirements.
• 9. Trial Balance Control
• Review all ledgers in the Trial Balance, especially debtors, creditors, advances, deposits, statutory ledgers, bank accounts, cash, provisions, and suspense accounts.
• 10. Monthly Closing

Ensure timely month-end closing including revenue reconciliation, expense booking, provisions, prepaid expenses, depreciation support, GST/TDS reconciliation, debtor ageing, vendor ageing, and Trial Balance review.

11. MIS & Reporting

Prepare and submit daily, weekly, and monthly reports to management, including revenue summary, collection report, payment report, debtor ageing, vendor ageing, cash/bank position, and monthly financial summary.

• 12. Internal Control
• Implement checks to avoid revenue leakage, incorrect billing, unapproved discounts, duplicate payments, old advances, uncleared suspense, and unreconciled bank entries.
• 13. Team Supervision

• Allocate work between the two Accounts Executives, review daily task completion, check pending items, and ensure smooth coordination with Front Office, F&B, Banquet, Purchase, Stores, HR, and Corporate Finance.