Accounts Assistant
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Position Overview & Specifications
Working with us provides great benefits, including:
- Access your pay as you earn it through our financial wellbeing platform ‘Wagestream,’ a tool that lets you track your earnings in real-time, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, learn easy tips for managing your money and save straight from your pay into pots for the future.
- Discounted Hotel Stays across our UK sites, and if you work for a branded venue, around the World!
- 50% off Food Beverage at all our Hotels FB Venues
- Spa Discounts at our venues with a Spa
- Retail, Cinema Leisure Discounts
- Development Opportunities via our ‘Grow with us’ initiative, including Apprenticeship opportunities, our Development Programmes, and more!
- Monthly ‘Star of the Month’ Awards
- Long-service Awards, that start after 1 year of service
- ‘Recommend a Friend’ Incentive – Be rewarded for referring someone you know!
- Access to a confidential ‘Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)’ available 24/7, 365 days per year.
- Pension Scheme
- Other incentive programmes that run throughout the year
About the role…
We have an opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join our team at the Majestic Hotel. As an Accounts Assistant you will work alongside with the hotel Unit controller.
Main responsibilities:
- dealing with invoices on a daily basis
- cash handling from all other departments
- producing reports in Excel and keeping accurate daily data
- debt chasing from all suppliers
- maintaining accrual spreadsheet
- preparing paperwork for the weekly credit meeting
- monthly stock take preparation
- any other ad hoc tasks which may arise
About you…
- While it would be fantastic if you had some experience in the hospitality industry, it is not essential. The more important aspects for us are:
- Willingness to learn
- Work confidently with numbers
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills, particularly when dealing with hotel teams
- Ability to write clearly for correspondence
- Ability to multi-task and be flexible
- Ability to use your own initiative
About us…
At Cairn Group we're ambitious. With a varied and extensive UK portfolio of hotels, bars and restaurants in our portfolio, we're focused on continual growth and are in it for the long haul. We are a family owned business with family values at our core, with a growing team and sites UK wide.
This is a very exciting time to join us following a recent multi-million pound refurbishment restoring the hotel back to its former glory! A palatial and stately Victorian property, DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic is a Harrogate landmark, set in 8 acres of private gardens in the heart of this elegant spa town. Built at the height of Harrogate’s prosperity in the 19th Century, DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic is a grand, opulent base from which to discover the town’s many fine buildings, excellent shops and beautiful parks and gardens, or head out into the magnificent Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Benefits
Hilton Honors Team Member Scheme / Staff Rate
Cairn Group Staff Discount Scheme
Retail and travel discounts
Recruit a friend Scheme
Induction and training programme
Star of the Month Golden Ticket Award
Pension scheme
Meals on Duty
Uniform
Cycle 2 work scheme*
Free use of Gym
- apply to positions above minimum wage
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Hotels & Resorts
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Accounts Assistant roles across DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Hotels & Resorts.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £24,148 - £24,148 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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