Accounting Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Our fast-growing Management Company is currently looking for an Accounting Manager. We maintain lasting affiliations with leading brands, including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and InterContinental.

• Creates, maintains, and ensures implementation of appropriate accounting policies and best practices, evaluates and analyzes proposed transactions for accounting implications and potential impact of proposed accounting standards, and prepares documentation supporting the company’s accounting positions taken on significant or complex transactions.
• Identifies and documents accounting and business requirements impacting the company’s systems and processes. Responsible for managing the payroll functions for our Hotels and is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing; including the general accounting functions for all compensation-related areas (garnishments, payroll taxes). Supports various companies or lines of business-specific initiatives as it relates to assessing accounting, reporting, and disclosure implications. Responsible for the overselling of all of our hotel ordering processes.
• Assisting management and functional areas in achieving goals, executing strategy, and meeting business need through the application of services provided by corporate finance (i.e. general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, employee payroll).

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

• Monitor hotel revenues to ensure accurate recording and report variances to accounting management.
• Monitor and audit internal financial controls associated with the income stream cash handling, revenue posting, package handling, adjustment posting, records retention, and storage.
• Monitor and/or prepare financial reports in accordance with company standards requirements meeting various due dates:
• Daily: Cash Report, Income Journal, Revenue Report.
• Monthly: TA Processing.
• Monthly: Inventory Counts & Extensions, Key Statistical Reports.
• Participate in the reconciliation of general ledger accounts and bank statements in accordance with company Hotels standards.
• Review and develop an understanding of all Accounting policies and procedures, as well as the internal audit
• Continually increase involvement in the month-end Financial Statement closing and preparation including.
• Ensures consistent communication with the appropriate managers and staff members to minimize negative transactions and maximize revenues.
• Ensure complete and appropriate backup documentation and maintained all guest accounting transactions.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Ability to be a flexible, creative problem-solver.
• Ability to follow directions closely, and to organize, direct, and manage activities and projects, work independently and demonstrate good judgment.
• Self-motivation and the ability to bring assigned tasks to completion with little follow-up management.
• Ability to interact effectively with a variety of personnel at different levels of responsibility. Ability to identify and resolve problems.
• Ability and initiative to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, volunteers, supervisors, other Company personnel, and the public.
• Advanced competency in computer hardware and software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work a varied schedule including weekends, evenings, and holidays when necessary.
• Must pass a background check.