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Night Audit is the shift that covers the change-over from one business day to the next. The difference between NA and Front Desk is that the Night Auditor in addition to doing all the functions of FD also has to be management at many locations, as the only person on duty to handle all guests and issues for the hotel. They are also responsible for introductory accounting functions, by closing out the business day in the computers or whatever system that the hotel uses.
Depending on the property, this accounting process may be completely automated by the machinery, so that any front desk staff with a few hours training could handle it, or there may be much more extensive calculations and reports required by corporate or management that may require a Night Auditor to have more extensive training or education. Further, the night auditor may have to reconcile any issues with the day's finances. The system I'm most familiar with as a former N/A Manager wouldn't close out the day unless all the figures came-out 100% accurate, to the penny. Normally they would, but if someone was double-billed, not billed, or if the system itself miscalculated an award stay or other "bonus" program, gift certicate, etc, then I could spend an hour or more figuring out and correcting the error before continuing.
Night Audit is also Security for many properties, kicking-out drunks, homeless persons, and calling the police as necessary, both for the protection of guests and themselves.
Normally NA is paid better than Front Desk because of the responsibilities and shift premium, however this is not always the case, as Night Audit is not always respected by management as being the "weirdos" of the staff (you have to be a little crazy to work by yourself at 2 in the morning, surrounded by drunks and perverts).
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How a night audit being conducted?
how is night audit being contributed?
In a care setting can night staff do the monthly audit or does it have to be factual ie only do the night audit not the day?
In a care setting it is usually faculty that does the not night audit, but in some cases the night staff does perform the monthly audit.
Can night staff in care setting conduct a monthly audit of the whole care plan Or Can you only audit the night bit?
In some cases the night staff in a care setting can conduct the monthly audit, but in some cases they may only be allowed to audit the night portion.
Is income auditor and night auditor same?
Both are actually doing the same thing, depends on the size of the hotel. they divided the daily audit tasks into two parts, which are day and night. A night auditor or income auditor in a 500rooms hotel usually could do both day audit and also night audit since most of the income auditor must has night audit experience.
What is night audit?
Night Audit is a common activity which is carried out by authorized persons such as Admin or Auditor. That is you must be privileged to audit. The auditor at the end of the day can do the audit on hotel transaction activities carried out on that day and get back to the management if found something improper.
How do you prepare an audit plan?
audit plan is the most important part of audit. the auditor should arrange the activity done in audit.
Who is the Head of the night audit section?
Dave Suvill
What is the average rates of NY Hotels in New York City?
There are many hotels in New York which charge $99 a night. Other hotels charge $500 a night or more. The average is around $200 a night.
What are the two areas of front office?
the night audit and concierge
How are Leon Hotels' rates comparable to other hotels?
Leon Hotels are not a chain of hotels. However, there are hotels in the place Leon. The prices here vary from your top class hotels which charge over å£600 per night to your budget hotels which charge around å£20 per night.
What are the main steps in the night audit process?
The main steps when conducting the night audit process includes security checks. The processing of the late charges, processing floats and the balance of the shifts.
What is the purpose of the night audit?
The night audit is essential to handling the closing or reconciling of hotel financial documents at night. They come in after hours, and they are the final step to making sure everything is correct before the hotel is open for operation in the daytime.
