Anniversary_yearbook

The Dorchester celebrating 90 years
Finance
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Which Dorchester Collection
value, best represents your
department and why?
For anyone who does not know, there are
many different roles within finance; accounts
payable, accounts receivable, cost control,
income audit, management accounts, payroll
and our management team. All our tasks are
very different however we rely on, and support
each other as we need to WORK TOGETHER
with both our team and the hotel teams to pull
together the profit & loss accounts and the
balance sheet for three hotels to report to DC
on a tight monthly time frame. This year even
more so as we are spread across the London area
in satellite home offices (aka kitchens/bedrooms/
dining tables).
What did you do to stay
connected as a team during
the pandemic?
Finance continued to work throughout the
pandemic, with some of us taking periods of
furlough, flexi-furlough and others working
through so we continued to have (at least) weekly
virtual meetings which everyone could attend.
With the help of Zoom we got a little insight
into each other’s homes and during the summer
suffered garden and conservatory envy of those
working from laptops. Our WhatsApp group
allowed us to ensure we celebrated everyone’s
special days and showed our sense of humour.
We work with some crazy people but we love it
that way!
What are your greatest
achievements/milestones as a
department in the last five years?
Finance has evolved quite a bit in the past five
years, with guest service, efficiency and the
environment in mind.
Changes include:
- Setting up CELOPAY to allow online credit
card payments for deposits
- Moving offices, returning to join our first floor
friends in Tilney Street
- Installing DOCUWARE, paper-free invoice
processing and approvals
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