Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Extra Curriculum Activities
Languages
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Yvonne Rebecca

Yvonne Rebecca

Summary

Experienced front office manager with a strong background in customer service, office management, and administrative support. Committed to professionalism and tact in all situations. Focused on improving satisfaction and fostering long-term client retention. Skilled in managing vendor and service provider relationships and maintaining meticulous records for seamless operations.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Front Office Supervisor

Leopard Point Beach Resort(The Kasa)
2024.01 - Current
  • Coordinated daily operations of front office, ensuring that clients reservations were processed and updated on time
  • Analyzed clients feedback to identify areas for improvement and successfully implemented new policies and procedures
  • Built positive relationships with guests by providing excellent service and responding promptly to inquiries
  • Created and maintained clients profiles, ensuring guests information was up to date and accurate
  • Organized documents for company communication, travel vouchers, and payment services.
  • Successfully handled difficult clients situations while maintaining professional attitude and providing solutions
  • Developed a system for tracking staff feedback that enabled the team to quickly identify and address their concerns.
  • Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
  • Dispersed petty cash to employees and collected and managed receipts from various departments
  • Created, documented and updated company policies to guide front office personnel in service excellence and industry best practices.
  • Established and updated work schedules to account for changing staff levels and expected workloads.
  • Prepared daily reports to assist business leaders with key decision making and strategic operational planning.

Front Office Manager

Coral Beach Resort Limited
2022.11 - 2023.12
    • Developed and implemented customer service standards that resulted in a 62% increase in customer satisfaction ratings
    • Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
    • Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
    • Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
    • Used industry expertise, customer service skills and analytical nature to resolve customer concerns and promote loyalty.
    • Supervised and guided new employees and responded quickly to questions to improve understanding of job responsibilities.
    • Oversaw hotels events planning, processes and performed quality control tasks to increase revenue and clients satisfaction.
    • Communicated corporate objectives to various divisions to meet deadlines and adhere to company budgets.
    • Established positive relationships with stakeholders and media contacts to ensure good relations and timely response to inquiries.
    • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

Account Assistant

NextGen Fuel Works Ltd
2020.01 - 2022.05
  • Assisted customers with understanding their account status and payment options
  • Collaborated with other departments to resolve billing and invoicing issues
  • Processed financial transactions and maintained accurate records, resulting in successful completion of company's annual audit
  • Developed and implemented procedures for accounts payable and accounts receivable to improve accuracy and reduce processing time
  • Provided guidance and training to staff on accounting procedures and best practices.
  • Completed financial reports, providing insight into performance, operations, and cash flow.
  • Assisted management with annual expense plans to strategically track income or revenue.
  • Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
  • Documented sales, customer interactions and concerns and generated update reports for senior management.
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.

Front Office Receptionist

Kongoni Camp Limited
2019.10 - 2019.12

Processed payments for services and products, accurately recording all transactions

  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure client satisfaction
  • Responded to customer inquiries and complaints in a timely and professional manner
  • Scheduled and confirmed appointments with clients, ensuring that all necessary information was obtained
  • Established strong relationships with clients, resulting in increased customer loyalty and satisfaction
  • Directed incoming calls to internal personnel and departments, routing to best-qualified department.
  • Provided clerical support to company employees by copying, faxing, and filing documents.
  • Interacted with customers by phone, email, or in-person to provide information.
  • Greeted visitors and customers upon arrival, offered assistance, and answered questions to build rapport and retention.

Front Desk Assistant

Mount Kenya Leisure Lodge
2017.11 - 2018.06
    • Performed data entry, prepared reports, and maintained databases
    • Handled cash, credit card, and check transactions accurately and efficiently
    • Resolved customer complaints and provided customer service support
    • Maintained a comprehensive filing system to ensure the safe storage of confidential information
    • Processed orders and invoices, and managed inventory
    • Developed and maintained a professional relationship with customers and other stakeholders.
    • Sorted, opened, and routed mail and deliveries to meet business requirements.

Promotional Sales and Marketing Executive

True Blaq EABL
2016.01 - 2017.01
    • Generated new leads and opportunities through networking, cold-calling, and other sales & marketing techniques
    • Collaborated with marketing team to develop promotional campaigns that increased brand awareness and drove sales for Guinness bucket and Towers activation.
    • Worked with communications team to drive internal promotion of company programs, initiatives, guiding principles and mission.
    • Preserved brand integrity by monitoring consistency and quality of marketing content.
    • Analyzed consumer usage patterns to identify trends and target key demographics.

Education

DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTS - Accounting Technician

KCA UNIVERSITY
Nairobi
06.2018

Skills

  • Industry Knowledge
  • Conflict Management
  • Operations Management
  • Decision-making capabilities
  • Administrative tasks
  • Strategic Planning
  • Front Desk Operations
  • Training and Coaching Knowledge
  • Financial Analysis
  • Tax accounting specialization
  • Budget Analysis
  • Event Planning

Accomplishments

  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop reservation, inventory and revenue tracking spreadsheets for efficient night audit hence improving accountability by 64%.
  • Achieved increase of hotel rating from 3 stars to 4.3 stars by introducing performance improvement plan to the staff hence boosting morale and effective customer service on day to day tasks.
  • Collaborated with team of 45 members in organizing a festival fashion couture event for our esteemed stakeholders that hosted a minimum of 100pax.

Certification

> First Aid Training - 3 Days Seminar at Coral Beach Resort in May 2023.

Extra Curriculum Activities

Freelance Tax Analyst at Kenya Revenue Authority June 2022.


The opportunity to collaborate with the revenue authority helped me to developed more knowledge in the auditing sector of accounting. Worked with Oracle software, Quick-books and Microsoft Office on different clients accounts to create financial analysis reports on sales, purchases, V.A.T, Payee and Withholding tax. Capable of preparing financial analysis letter noting down variables on V.A.T against sales, Sales against V.A.T, V.A.T against Withholding, highlighting on any disallowable expenses and reviewing tax objection letters from clients.

Languages

English
Native language
French
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Front Office Supervisor

Leopard Point Beach Resort(The Kasa)
2024.01 - Current

Front Office Manager

Coral Beach Resort Limited
2022.11 - 2023.12

Account Assistant

NextGen Fuel Works Ltd
2020.01 - 2022.05

Front Office Receptionist

Kongoni Camp Limited
2019.10 - 2019.12

Front Desk Assistant

Mount Kenya Leisure Lodge
2017.11 - 2018.06

Promotional Sales and Marketing Executive

True Blaq EABL
2016.01 - 2017.01

DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTS - Accounting Technician

KCA UNIVERSITY

> First Aid Training - 3 Days Seminar at Coral Beach Resort in May 2023.

Yvonne Rebecca