Job Description

The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing ethical and consistent leadership in the financial area of the hotel by supplying management with guidance, training and support. The Senior Accountant is also responsible for focusing on the profitability of the business, maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring acceptable levels of internal controls, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations, and safeguarding owners/investors assets.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Effectively manage and communicate cash flow related issues, as required to management and ownership.
Coordinate the completion of all forecasts and budgets as required, with the full and active participation of EC Team and department managers.
Analyze financial data and operations in order to assist and advise management in maintaining the hotels’ financial objectives.
Ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a timely basis.
Establish and continually audit all internal financial controls including purchasing, cash handling, disbursements, credit extension, inventories, assets, master keys, payroll, and records.
Direct and/or prepare all financial reports in accordance with the company’s requirements meeting various due dates and deadlines.
Additional duties as requested by management or ownership

Job Requirements

ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND

REQUIREMENTS:

· Enthusiastic, highly motivated and guest driven

· Excellent interpersonal and communication experience, both verbal & written

Flexible and able to work various shifts, ability to work in high pressure situations

Education: A minimum of 8 years of related progressive experience in hotel Accounting or related field; or a 4-year college degree with an Accounting/Finance concentration and a minimum of 4 years of related progressive experience

Knowledge: Must be effective in handling problems in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary.

Must have the ability to assimilate complex information, data, etc., from disparate sources and consider, adjust or modify to meet the constraints of the particular need.

Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns and issues.

Must be able to work with and understand financial information and data, and basic arithmetic functions.

Must be able to prioritize in order to meet due dates and deadlines.

Skills: Must be able to convey information and ideas clearly.

Must be able to evaluate and select among courses of action quickly and accurately.

Physical: Long hours sometimes required.

Sedentary work

Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Other: Must work well in stressful, high pressure situations.