Front Office Manager

Front Office Manager

Location : Long Island City, NY

FLSA : Exempt

Status : Full-time

Reports To : Assistant General Manager

Supervises : Front Office Department

Pay Range : $64,350 - $65,000

Job Summary

The Front Office Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day and long-term operations of guest reception, reservations, and telephone services while ensuring high standards of guest satisfaction and operational efficiency. This role works closely with the General Manager to maintain revenue, expense, and quality targets, ensuring a smooth and efficient operation that exceeds guest and ownership expectations.

Essential Functions and Duties

• Ensure guests are greeted, checked in, and allocated rooms promptly and courteously.
• Oversee strict adherence to check-in procedures, ensuring accurate guest details and billing information are obtained.
• Address guest issues or complaints promptly to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Ensure rooms are serviced and maintained to the company's established standards.
• Maximize room occupancy within the agreed overbooking policy.
• Facilitate effective communication between reservations, front office staff, and other departments, including housekeeping.
• Ensure that all guest charges are accurately posted and kept up to date.
• Strictly enforce credit control procedures and ensure accounts are balanced daily.
• Oversee efficient and speedy check-out procedures.
• Ensure that luggage is promptly delivered to and collected from guest rooms.
• Maintain the cleanliness and order of all front-of-house areas, including the entrance and lobby.
• Conduct regular performance appraisals for front office staff, providing training and development as needed.
• Complete all required training, including brand-specific programs and company-mandated courses, in a timely and thorough manner.
• Comply with Company Work Rules and Standards of Conduct.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Required Experience, Education, and Skills :

Work Environment

Other Duties : Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Our company does not discriminate against its associates or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-associate relationships, including recruitment, hiring, advancement, compensation, benefits, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination. Every reasonable accommodation will be made for disabled associates.

Resumes and applications for employment will be evaluated on the basis of qualifications to meet the requirements of the position and ability to perform the requirements of the position.