Senior Staff Accountant

Responsibilities

• Assist in accounting, financial reporting and controllership functions for assigned hotels and/or entities.
• Perform monthly analytical reviews of the properties’ financial statements ensuring compliance with US GAAP.
• Cook up coordination with investors and lenders on ad hoc requests.
• Supervise and review the accounting for fixed assets at each of the assigned properties.
• Aid in managing the disbursement and reconciliation process for large-scale property renovations.
• Manage intercompany accounting transactions.
• Perform consolidation of multi-tiered entity structures.
• Compile financial reporting deliverables for investors and lenders.
• Review monthly account reconciliations and coordinate with off-shore resources to ensure reconciliations are completed timely.
• Perform as well as supervise off-shore resources tasked with preparing and posting monthly financial statement close entries and performing reconciliations.
• Manage payable transactions of the assigned entities.
• Aid in the accounting and transitions for new property acquisitions.
• Play an integral part in the successful completion of external financial audits, including report drafting and delivering information requested by auditors on a timely basis.
• Absorb the establishment, documentation and maintenance of Standard Accounting Policies and Procedures and internal controls for our accounting operations.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements of current processes.
• Other special projects and responsibilities, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• 2+ years of public accounting experience preferred
• Prior real estate or hospitality experience preferred
• CPA, or CPA candidate preferred
• Proficiency with Excel required
• Proficient with Oracle accounting systems preferred
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prioritize and work independently with minimal supervision
• A strong desire to develop into a future finance and accounting leader within a dynamic organization