Tamara Kurtanidze

AAT qualified Accountant with 10 years' experience in the fields of Income audit, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control and cashiering. I am able to take on leadership and be a key member of any financial team that I join. Have the greatest skill to prioritize workloads to meet challenging deadlines.

On a personal level can build relationships in a multi-cultural environment and across various offices. Adept at utilizing personnel properly overseeing the generation of important financial reports and executing custom information requests for departmental managers. Extensive experience in hospitality industry, at world brand Hotels

Assistant Head of Finance - The Westin London City - London, UK

(2024-06)

• Support the Head of Finance in the day-to-day management of the hotel finance function and accounting operations.
• Supervise and support the finance team, providing guidance and ensuring accurate and timely completion of accounting tasks.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Review revenue, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and general ledger activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal controls.
• Prepare and analyse financial reports, budgets and forecasts, highlighting variances and providing relevant information to management.
• Support cash-flow management, balance sheet reconciliations and the timely resolution of outstanding financial items.
• Assist with internal and external audits, ensuring supporting documentation is complete and financial records are maintained to a high standard.
• Work closely with operational departments and senior management to resolve finance-related issues and improve financial processes.

Management Accountant/Interim Financial Controller - Royal Air Force Club - London, UK

(2023-08)

• Supervising and mentoring accounting team and activities.
• Supporting Club Operating processes with finance related issues, communicating with all levels within the organization and being able to present financial information to non - finance members of staff.
• Preparing morning report to monitor daily revenue and meet the budget.
• Reconciling Club & CTC revenue and making sure all transactions are correctly transferred/coded firstly in PMS from Symphony, Mastel etc. and then to Sage 200.
• Processing direct debits for membership, creating new Stripe links, managing payments for different income, and reallocating accordingly for the month end management reports.
• Reconciling Vending Machine, Shopify, and donation monthly income & payment from different sources.
• Processing suppliers pay run on weekly and monthly basis.
• Reconciling Club, CTC, and Membership bank accounts with accuracy.
• Calculating and posting monthly journals such as prepayments, accruals, petty cash, laundry, canteen, change order, service charge, and other similar accounting entries within reporting deadlines.
• Calculating and posting F&B; stock and cost journals according to Venners report.
• Reconciling, preparing, and posting management allowance journals.
• File VAT return to HMRC.
• Checking and ensuring accuracy of all nominal ledger entries.
• Reconciling Balance sheet and P&L;, adjusting as required.
• Reconciling and analyzing monthly reporting to reconcile production operations and general ledger.
• Supporting Audit for annual statutory accounts for Club and its trading company.
• Taking other duties to help improve the Club operations, like covering Lobby when required.

Regional Accounts payable - Morgans Originals UK - London, UK

(2022-02 - 2023-07)

• Handled supplier invoices from receipt through to timely payment.
• Raising, matching, batching of purchase orders.
• Processing of purchase invoices into accounts payable system and purchase order system.
• Processing staff expenses and company credit card statements.
• Supplier statement reconciliations.
• Preparing weekly suppliers, foreign and expenses payment run.
• Reconcile designated general ledger accounts i.e. prepayments, accruals, and prepare and post month end journals to accounting system.
• Review, analyze and close at month end AP control account.
• Stock and inventory spot check for month end.

Accounts supervisor - Hilton Garden Inn Tbilisi Chavchavazde - Tbilisi, Georgia

(2019-01 - 2020-04)

• Supervise and provide guidance to Account team.
• Review and check payments & receipts entries.
• Planning, organizing, managing, and executing finances and financial goals of hotel.
• VAT return submission for outsourced company.
• Liaise with external auditors and tax agents.
• Assessed staff effectiveness, conducting time sheet analysis to identify productive/ non-productive time.
• Supervised consistent and accurate financial reporting, resulting in zero audit findings for consecutive years.
• Work closely with various departments to resolve any operation finance issues.
• Assisting FC with daily activities.

Duty Manager - The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Tbilisi, Georgia

(2017-01 - 2019-01)

• Supervise hotel operations through allocating tasks to hotel staff and ensuring high efficiency of service.
• Responsible for managing hotel resources to ensure guest satisfaction in the hotel during weekends.
• Troubleshoot all guest issues / problems and determine and process all guest compensation issues.
• Ensure all correct procedures are followed for Direct, Wholesaler and Group check in / outs.
• Maintain Health & Safety standards, emergency response procedures, WHMIS, and location of emergency shut off valves / fuses.
• Wrote end of shift reports to facilitate service continuity.

Accounts payable - The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Tbilisi, Georgia

(2018-08 - 2019-08)

• Handled supplier invoices from receipt through to timely payment.
• Raising, matching, batching of purchase orders.
• Processing of purchase invoices into the accounts payable system and purchase order system.
• Processing staff expenses and company credit card statements.
• Supplier statement reconciliations.
• Preparing weekly suppliers, foreign and expenses payment run.
• Reconcile designated general ledger accounts i.e. prepayments, accruals, and prepare and post month end journals to accounting system.
• Review, analyze and close at month end the AP control account.
• Stock and inventory spot check for month end.

Credit control /Accounts receivable - The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi - Tbilisi, Georgia

(2016-01 - 2018-01)

• Reconciled general ledger accounts with 100% accuracy.
• Assist sales, reservations in establishing customer credit in accordance with hotel policies and procedures.
• Monitor the guest ledger, advance deposit ledger, and other related subsidiary ledgers to ensure proper internal control.
• Maintain an efficient collection process and prepare bad debt write-offs.
• Respond to customer inquiries effectively and promptly.
• Deliver accurate and timely invoices, statements, and schedules to customers.
• Perform reconciliation and preparation of bank accounts on weekly basis to identify and clear transactions.
• Attend and contribute to regular credit meeting with head of department.

Income Auditor - The Chelsea Harbour Hotel, Copthorne Hotels plc - London, UK

(2014-01 - 2016-01)

• Prepare all necessary daily reports including the daily revenue report.
• Perform an audit of the daily night audit ensuring its accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain filing systems for daily information, registration cards, credit cards, restaurant charges, promotional tickets, discounts and rebates.
• Prepare necessary period end closing reports and journals.
• Maintain petty cash accounts and reconcile parking and miscellaneous revenues.
• Assist the Cost Controller in the month-end storeroom physical inventory.
• Prepare reports as requested to develop a more informative database for improved management decisions.

Credit control Supervisor/Accounts receivable - Wyndham Grand Hotel - London, UK

(2012-01 - 2014-01)

• Chasing clients to procure payments in line with agreed terms and conditions.
• Conducting credit checks and monitoring credit alerts.
• Managing customer accounts and encouraging early settlement of outstanding payments.
• Checking customer credit and approving or denying it based on industry standards.
• Negotiating payment plans and setting up terms and conditions.
• Ensuring customers pay on time and charging them for overdue invoices.
• Starting legal proceedings if clients do not pay their debts on time.
• Implementing changes in the company's credit control system.

Front Office Administrator/Guest Relations/Interim Duty Manager - Wyndham Grand Hotel - London, UK

(2010-01 - 2012-01)

Front of House receptionist - Baglioni Hotel - London, UK

(2009-01 - 2010-01)

Restaurant receptionist/hostess - Brunnelo restaurant, Baglioni Hotel - London, UK

(2007-01 - 2009-01)

room dinning and banqueting attendant - Baglioni Hotel - London, UK

(2005-01 - 2006-01)

Restaurant Waitress - Thistle Marble Arch Hotel - London, UK

(2003-01 - 2005-01)

Diploma of Higher Education - AAT - Kaplan Financial (2009-01 - 2012-03)

Certificate of Higher Education - Georgian Tax Legislation, Audit, Tax & Business Advisory Service - Papiashvili Consulting Group LLC (2016-09 - 2017-06)

A-Levels - London School of English (2005-09 - 2007-07)