The role of the Night Auditor and the work that they undertake through the night audit is critical for the success of a hotel business unit. The night audit is a daily reconciliation of all activities and closes the hotel’s business day The night audit is critical to the traffic flow of a hotel, where guests come and go all the time. Your task is to discuss in detail the role of the Night Auditor and the work undertaken in the night audit.

The purpose of the night auditor includes, but is not limited to, ensuring the accuracy of all financial information and gathering all needed paperwork to complete the audit. This will include pulling any or all checked-out guests’ registration cards and making sure guests are checked out in the system.

The main steps of the night audit process are:

• Complete outstanding posting.
• Reconcile room status discrepancies.
• Verify room rates.
• Balance all departmental accounts.
• Verify no-show reservations.
• Post room rates and taxes.
• Prepare reports.