Job Description
Overview:
The Mirage Las Vegas is the first mega resort to ever grace the Strip. A Four Diamond award-winning hotel with 3,044 rooms impeccably outfitted to provide the complete luxury experience. The world-famous Mirage volcano sets the tone for guests to explore the wonders within. The Mirage features a worldly selection of fine and casual dining venues. From American dishes at STACK and California Pizza Kitchen, contemporary Asian dining at OTORO, to Italian wines and cuisine at Costa and world-class wagyu steaks at Tom Colicchio’s Heritage Steak. A premier entertainment destination, The Mirage plays host to the award-winning The Beatles™ LOVE™ by Cirque du Soleil®, a breathtaking tribute to one of the most influential bands in history. The Mirage also plays host to LIMITLESS, its newest magic show starring Shin Lim, the only person ever to win ‘America’s Got Talent’ TWICE. Steps away from the casino is 170,000 square feet of flexible meeting rooms, boardrooms and convention space that can be customized to meet every want and need. The casino boasts 800 slot machines, 80 table games and a VIP room. Treat yourself to a hot stone massage, manicure/pedicure, body or hair treatment at the onsite spa and salon. For more information, visit us online at www.mirage.com or follow us: Facebook: The Mirage Hotel and Casino, Twitter: @TheMirageLV, Instagram: @themiragelv.
Responsibilities:
The Manager of Accounts Receivable is responsible for management of all accounting processes related accounts receivable, including all aspects of credit, invoicing and collection, in addition to ensuring all balance sheet accounts continuously reflect accurate financial position. The Manager oversees a team of personnel to achieve the objectives of the department. The Manager ensures that business unit questions related to accounting are all answered in a timely manner with the highest level of accuracy and efficiency, while providing any documentation necessary to support the business unit operations. The Manager ensures all monthly processes essential to the functional objectives of the AR department are timely and accurately completed.
Maintain successful day-to-day operation of all accounts receivable functions for Mirage property:
- Customer credit worthiness:
- Maintain strong communication relations with all Hotel Sales and Convention Services staff. Initiate customer communication with credit applicants
- Approve credit worthiness research process
- Ensure compliance with finance contract components and the communication process with billing specialists
- Manage timely collection of event deposits
- Review credit requests and provide timely credit worthiness responses to customers
- Ensure credit request results are communicated to affected business unit personnel
- Oversee write-off, discount and payment arrangement processes
- Invoicing and collections:
- Ensure timely and accurate invoicing
- Ensure aging reports are timely reviewed
- Ensure personnel are adequately trained
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of Ledger and related receivable accounts
- Oversee collection process to ensure timely and adequate collection
- Maintain business relationships with Hotel Sales, Hotel Operations, Convention Services and other operating departments with receivables transactions
- Oversee adjustments to invoices (errors, discounts, etc.)
- Ensure allowances are adequate
- Ensure travel agent commissions are accurately calculated and remitted timely
- Ensure sales adjustments are accurate and remitted timely (comps, sales commissions, etc.)
- Oversee maintenance of contract information for wholesalers, convention groups, trade shows and other contracted parties
- Ensure contract types adhere to Corporate and business unit standards
- Ensure room rates comply with wholesale contracts
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred. (Accounting, Finance, Business Management or related preferred)
- Three (3) years specific accounts receivable experience
- Demonstrated leadership skills. Able to move people of all levels to action while managing day-to-day operations. Ability and desire to build and lead an effective, high performance team.
- Proven ability to successfully direct personnel including successful conflict resolution, succession planning and retention planning
- Highly developed organizational skills to function effectively while still maintaining attention to detail and meeting established deadlines
- Ability to work in a high stress, fast paced environment managing multiple tasks, projects and personnel simultaneously. Must possess ability to prioritize conflicting duties and maintain timeline integrity for projects and tasks.
- Strong team player that has a direct approach and is solution oriented
- Ability to lead a change management initiative while coordinating and guiding resources.
- Must possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate ability to resolve all situations in a professional manner
- Must have well developed written, verbal and public presentation communication skills. Must be able to produce reports, memos, executive summaries, and project plans. Possess demonstrated ability to tailor communications for various audiences.
- Must have initiative, strive for continuous improvement.
- Proven ability to develop and execute innovative ideas, projects and business solutions
- Flexibility and ability to work within a fast growth environment with changing priorities
- Experience in a hotel/casino finance area is preferred
- Advanced knowledge of excel including conditional formatting, advanced calculations/functions
- Knowledge and experience with financial systems (Infinium, AS400, Showcase Strategy, Cognos Finance, Cognos Bi, ACL, Daylight, Opera, Stratus, LMS, Report Manager) is preferred
- Must have interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all business contacts.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.