The Controller will manage financial reporting, budgeting, and internal controls to ensure accurate accounting and compliance.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review all journal vouchers, month-end reports and reconciliations
Review preliminary financial statements.
Participate and lead the monthly financial reviews on property.
Assist Finance Leaders with supervising Accounting staff and the Information Technology functions of the hotel including coaching and counseling associates to reflect hotel service standards and procedures, interviewing, training and evaluating performance of staff.
Manage and help oversee hotel on-site accounting functions to ensure proper fiscal management, timely and accurate reporting and analysis for the hotel. This responsibility also includes hotel financial planning, budgeting, accounting and cash management
Systems administration, G/L account reconciliations, budget preparations, inventories, monthly closings and full P&L responsibility.
Assist with managing and ensuring SOX compliance
Completing the year-end audit process. Review and approve all reconciliations and audit work papers.
Participate in and respond to auditor requests to ensure total hotel compliance.
Help prepare all monthly and annual financial statements. Investigate, review and analyze the variance explanations, involving the department staff in this process.
Take initiative to manage trouble shooting for respective cost controls and revenue enhancement
Assist Finance team with special reporting and analysis projects
Responsible for managing night audit staff and ensuring accuracy.
Present financial data to ownership group and to Home office monthly/ quarterly.
Fully and solely responsible for hotel accounting compliance (procedures, results, reporting) as mandated by State and Federal government

Education and Experience

Accounting/Finance degree preferred
2 years or more of progressive Accounting experience, preferably in a hotel supervising multiple accounting team members.

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