Chief Cashier Unrestricted (Full time)

Company Description

Recognized as the #1 Best Canadian Hotel in Travel + Leisure's 2024 World's Best Awards, Fairmont Empress is located in Victoria, BC, overlooking the city's sparkling Inner Harbour. A Forbes recommended and MICHELIN key hotel that offers 431 beautifully appointed guest rooms and suites, Fairmont Spa with signature West Coast experiences, and Q at the Empress featuring Pacific Northwest cuisine, an award-winning wine list, and regionally focused cocktail culture. World-famous Tea at the Empress is served in the Lobby Lounge with stunning harbour views.

The magnificent property completed a $60+ million restoration in 2017 that celebrated its proud history while moving the hotel into a new era of modern luxury and transforming the iconic property into a must-visit destination. In 2023, the property introduced a revamped Fairmont Gold Experience, including a major renovation to the Fairmont Gold floor. 88 Fairmont Gold rooms and a newly renovated lounge are ready to accommodate guests. Located on Vancouver Island, Canada's Castle on the Coast is the ideal starting point to explore British Columbia's stunning natural and expansive beauty. Historic Hotels Worldwide recognizes the property's prestigious grounds as the Top 25 Most Magnificent Gardens in the World.

Job Description

What is in it for you: 

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates at Accor properties worldwide and additional benefits for Fairmont and Raffles colleagues    
• Exclusive Employee and Friends & Family Discounts at Fairmont Empress Hotel
• Exclusive access to the Pacific Northwest Food & Beverage Discount Program with 50% off at our dining destinations in Vancouver, Victoria, and Whistler
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world! 
• Complimentary meal during your shift through our Colleague Dining Program 
• Complimentary uniform laundering
• Access to our comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, including extended healthcare benefits and RMT, dental, vision, and complimentary counseling, wellness sessions, financial and family planning through Green Shield
• Access to our company-matched Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
• Opportunity to develop your talent through coaching and our Leadership Mentoring Programs
• Hourly pay rate of $28.92 to 33.05

What you will be doing:

• Count and verify daily cash receipts submitted from individual cashiers
• Run reports in various point of sales systems to reconcile against
• Document the reconciliation of all cash receipts to the PMS system
• Distribute cash gratuities several times per week
• Consolidate and prepare bank deposits on a timely basis
• Provide change to personnel with hotel floats
• Prepare a petty cash summary and reimburse petty cash expenditures
• Compile daily paid out report  
• Audit and count quarterly all hotel floats
• Prepare a monthly summary of float counts
• Maintain current house bank agreements
• Answer guest emails and phone calls re billing matters
• Reconcile banquet billing
• Coverage of accounts payable and accounts receivable duties
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Your experience and skills include:

• A minimum of two years recent (in the last five years) combined experience in Accounting and/or Front Office in a hotel of comparable size and level of guest service
• Impeccable grooming and presentation
• Completely fluent English language skills; both written and verbal
• Demonstrated a high level of responsibility and commitment
• A clear, precise, polite and helpful telephone manner
• Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail
• A team player with proven success in relationship building
• Commitment to provide excellent service and exceed guests' expectations
• Proficiency of Opera Cloud, MS Word, Excel and Outlook required
• Must be recommended on the Heart of the House SRI

Additional Information

Physical Aspects of Position (include but are not limited to): 

• The successful applicant must be physically capable of performing repetitive work

Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.

Your team and working environment: Welcome to Canada’s Castle on the Coast. The Empress Hotel sits proudly at the centre of culture and history in Victoria, British Columbia. This is the best of all worlds – where contrast meets distinction, opulence blends harmoniously with the understated and fabled history meshes with contemporary affairs. This award-winning Victoria hotel and National Historic Site is an alluring blend of classic and contemporary, vintage and cutting-edge: Where Modern meets Iconic. Come join our wonderful team of hospitality experts!

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
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