Front Desk Agent
Company: Four Points by Sheraton NY FIDI
Location: New York City
Posted on: February 18, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description JOB TITLE: Front Desk Agent
REPORTS TO: Front Office Manager Purpose for the Position : To
check in and out guests to the hotel, ensure proper room and
miscellaneous postings, secure credit, answer questions, answer
telephones, provide maximum levels of guest service and support the
hotel’s rooms division in anyway required to ensure complete guest
satisfaction. Essential Responsibilities: Greet, register, and
assign rooms to guests of hotel. Verify customers' credit, and
establish how the customer will pay for the accommodation. Keep
records of room availability and guests' accounts using
computerized property management systems. Compute bills, collect
payments, and make change for guests. Perform simple bookkeeping
activities, such as balancing cash accounts. Issue room keys and
escort instructions to bellmen. Review accounts and charges with
guests during the check out process. Post charges, such those for
rooms, food, liquor, or telephone calls, to ledgers manually, or by
using computers. Transmit and receive messages, using telephones or
telephone switchboards. Contact housekeeping or maintenance staff
when guests report problems. Make and confirm reservations. Answer
inquiries pertaining to hotel services, registration of guests, and
shopping, dining, entertainment, and travel directions. Record
guest comments or complaints, referring customers to managers as
necessary. Advise housekeeping staff when rooms have been vacated
and are ready for cleaning. Answer all incoming phones in three or
less rings. Complete “bucket checks” to ensure all accounts are
current and comply with standards established by the hotel’s
controller and Front Office Manager. To do this kind of work, you
must be able to: Be an outgoing, welcoming personality for the
Hotel Use logical thinking and personal judgment to perform a
variety of office tasks that require special skills and knowledge.
Make decisions based on your own judgment and company policy.
Follow instructions without close supervision. Speak and write
clearly and accurately. Be available for work days, evenings,
weekends and holidays. Physical Demands: Lifting 10 lbs. maximum
and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets,
ledgers, and small tools. Walking and standing are required
throughout the shift. Reaching, handling, feeling, talking,
hearing, and seeing. Environmental Conditions: Inside: Protection
from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature
changes. A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends
approximately 75% or more of the time inside. Math Skills: Requires
mathematical development sufficient to be able to: Compute
discount, interest, profit and loss, commission, markups and
selling price, ratio and proportion, and percentages. Calculate
surface, volumes, weights and measures. Language Skills: Must have
developed language skills to the point to be able to: Read
newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals. Write business
letters, summaries and reports using prescribed format and
conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
Participate in discussions and debates. Speak extemporaneously on a
variety of subjects. Relationships to Data, People and Things:
Data: Compiling: Gathering, collating, or classifying information
about data, people or things. Reporting and/or carrying out a
prescribed action in relation to the information is frequently
involved. People: Speaking-Signaling: Talking with and/or signaling
people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving
assignments and or directions to helpers or assistants. Things:
Operating-Controlling: Starting, stopping, controlling and
adjusting the progress of machines or equipment. Operating machines
involves setting up and adjusting the machine or materials as the
work progresses. Controlling involves observing and turning devices
to regulate reactions of materials. Specific Vocational
Preparation: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Professional with an
emphasis on Word, PowerPoint and Excel to format and create
professional documents to be used and distributed on the executive
level. Candidate must have strong organizational skills and ability
to prioritize duties to complete within required deadlines.
Creativity to accomplish required tasks, such as documents being
appealing to the eye, to find and research various information
needed to complete and compile reports.
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