Accounts Receivable Clerk jobs in Anchorage, AK

Accounts Receivable Clerk 

Compiles data, processes invoices and bills by performing the duties below. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Process wholesale and group tour invoices.  
• Copy, mail and maintain invoice documents and files.  
• Read computer files or gather records such as purchase orders, sales tickets, and charge slips, to compile needed data.  
• Enter information into the computer and compute amounts due.  
• Posts transactions to accounting records such as ledger, or computer files.  
• Monitor and maintain all accounts receivable accounts, including permanent and city ledger folios, review package folio for room revenue discrepancies.  
• Investigate and respond to all correspondence and inquiries regarding charges to customer accounts. May attend weekly and special preconference meeting to coordinate with other departments (marketing, banquets, etc.) for special billing requirements.  
• Assist front office and other departments with special billing problems.  
• Post all accounts receivable and miscellaneous payments.   
• Monitor trade-out accounts. Assist Opera and RTP (point of sale) users with posting and closing problems.  
• Assist all departments with set-up of A/R accounts for special events, banquets, conferences, tour groups, wholesale tour groups and individual hotel packages.  
• Evaluate and attempt to collect overdue accounts.  
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Why Alyeska?

Alaska is an incredible place and Girdwood is a friendly, lively town where residents value both outdoor adventure and community spirit. Alyeska Resort offers the type of atmosphere where our employees are able to work hard and play hard, and are encouraged to share their enthusiasm with our guests.

Offering year-round and seasonal opportunities, working at Alyeska Resort is both rewarding and exhilarating. Whether you are a seasoned hospitality or ski resort professional, or just starting out with an avid interest in ski area management or travel tourism, we invite you to review current career opportunities and check back often as we are always seeking great talent.

Alyeska Resort offers many exciting career opportunities, beautiful surroundings and exciting employee benefits including:

• Vision, Dental, and Medical Insurance for regular full-time employees
• Paid holiday and paid time off (Vacation and Personal)
• Free Season Pass for employees and qualified dependents
• Roth 401(k) and 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Discounts for rooms at The Hotel Alyeska and affiliate hotels
• Discounts in Resort restaurants, shops, and fitness center/pool

Role qualifications:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the items listed below at a satisfactory level . The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  An individual must have a working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Outlook and Word).  Individual must be able to work accurately with numbers and records.  Experience with hotel PMS systems preferred, especially Oracle/Opera.

Essential skills and experience:

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related accounting experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Knowledge of accounting principles preferred. 
• Billing experience strongly preferred. 
• Write concise reports and business correspondence. 
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from other staff, managers, clients, and customers. 
• Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages and volume. 
• Ability to collect data then define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions for hotel management. 

Physical demands and work environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employee may be required to pass a functional capacity test developed for this job. 
• Work Environment:  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

 This is a seasonal role and will conclude at the end of summer.

Alyeska Resort is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All resort employees must possess current documentation showing they are eligible for employment in the United States. Alyeska Resort accepts applications for currently available positions only, and does not accept applications for “general employment.” Preference may be given to local candidates, as relocation may not be available.