Role Introduction
Report to: Passenger Sales Accounting Manager
The Accountant sits under the Finance Customer Travel team of Cathay Pacific Financial Services Department will play a pivotal role in ensuring amount billed are properly settled and amount settled are reconciled with bank remittance. Candidates with audit experience with recognized audit firms are preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure update of Account Receivable (AR) / General Ledger (GL) / Bank GL records, overviewing completeness and correctness of AR records, GL / Bank GL records
- Follow up issues with Customers / Global Acquirers (GA) / Payment Gateway
Providers (PSP) - Review GL account balances and ensure sufficient Bank Account balance for fund deduction by Multiple Currency Plan
- Review analysis on Debtor’s status, unreconciled bank settlement, GA settlement exchange difference and GA credit card commission fee
- Handle system development tasks by following with vendors on system development issues, reviewing development process and preparing test cases; and completing checking of User Acceptance Test in Test Environment and Pre-Production Test in Production Environments
- Monitor Production data during post-production maintenance period; and review Debtor’s Ageing Report, Debtor’s status and process bad debt provision and unclaimed coupon status and process unclaimed revenue provision
- Prepare Sales in Advance Carriage (SIAC) Ticket Recon Report and GL adjustment and Interim and Year-end Schedules
- Prepare budget on SIAC, Unclaimed Revenue, Misc Revenue
- Conduct coaching session to ensure appropriate skill set of staff by reviewing staff development programs as appropriate, recommending appropriate training courses for staff development and reviewing staff performance and provide constructive feedback
- Review current working procedures for continuous improvement and support passenger commercial departments for their sales initiatives
Requirements
- A degree holder in Accounting with professional designation in Accountancy preferred
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience of which 3 years experience in supervisory
Audit experience with recognized audit firms preferred - Experience in working in the airline and/or travel industry is a definite plus
- Strong analytical mind and interpersonal skills
- Strong skills in MS Office applications, especially in Excel
- Experience in using SAP advantageous
- Good command of spoken and written English and Cantonese/Chinese
- Able to work under pressure and being flexible when necessary to meet deadlines
- Willing to challenge the status quo and improve work processes
Personal & Application Information
Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. All related information will be kept in our file for up to 24 months. A copy of our Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request by contacting our Data Protection Officer.
