LaBine and Associates
Our client is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. They are a dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing Caribbean and Latin America footprint.
The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Director of Finance and staff in maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting; ensuring acceptable levels of internal control; ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and Hotel Standard Operating Procedures; and safeguarding owners/investors assets. For this role, the emphasis is placed on the management of Accounts payable, Income Audit, and Accounts Receivable processing and collections.
Responsibilities
Review Income Audit report daily
Prepare accounts payable invoices for processing.
Process accounts payable payments weekly via Oracle ENV.
Assist in the monthly close process by posting journal entries related to payroll, prepaid etc.
Collect and reconcile vendor statement on a monthly basis.
Review bank account to post AR payments on a daily basis.
Monitor, prepare, and communicate financial reports in accordance with Hotel's required due dates.
Perform general cashier duties for the property.
Manage accounting support team in charge of processing AP invoices and month end process.
Maintain responsibility for the daily Accounts Receivable credit, billing, and collection process.
Complete collection calls on each appropriate outstanding accounts and maintain collection files on each outstanding issue.
Handle customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner, provide customers with accurate invoices, statements, and schedules.
Review and respond to credit card chargebacks on a timely manner.
Conduct monthly credit meetings and maintain minutes (including returned checks/chargeback logs, credit trace reports, write-off, bad debt allowances, etc.)
Maintain an efficient collection process to include organized filing and tracing system, issuing letter, monitoring returned checks and chargebacks, performing collection calls and preparing bad debt write-offs.
Monitor guest ledger, advance deposit ledger and any other related ledgers to ensure proper internal control.
Keep management aware of any unusual operation or financial occurrences and/or significant deviations.
Reconcile invoices against ledgers or schedules to ensure accuracy of invoicing.
Ensure overall guest satisfaction by attentive listening and then immediately resolving guest issues or elevating to the Director of Finance or General Manager.
Cross-Train in other areas within the Accounting Department.
Ability to identify root causes of issues that may affect staff or guests and provide actionable and measurable solutions to improve efficiency, overall work environment, and/or guest experience
Qualifications
College courses in an associated or related field and/or related experience in an Hotel or Hospitality environment
Must be proficient in Windows, Microsoft Office (Intermediate Excel and Basic Word)
Accounts Receivable and Payroll experience is preferred
Hotel PMS Opera is preferred
Physical requirements
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
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The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Director of Finance and staff in maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting; ensuring acceptable levels of internal control; ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and Hotel Standard Operating Procedures; and safeguarding owners/investors assets. For this role, the emphasis is placed on the management of Accounts payable, Income Audit, and Accounts Receivable processing and collections.
Responsibilities
Review Income Audit report daily
Prepare accounts payable invoices for processing.
Process accounts payable payments weekly via Oracle ENV.
Assist in the monthly close process by posting journal entries related to payroll, prepaid etc.
Collect and reconcile vendor statement on a monthly basis.
Review bank account to post AR payments on a daily basis.
Monitor, prepare, and communicate financial reports in accordance with Hotel's required due dates.
Perform general cashier duties for the property.
Manage accounting support team in charge of processing AP invoices and month end process.
Maintain responsibility for the daily Accounts Receivable credit, billing, and collection process.
Complete collection calls on each appropriate outstanding accounts and maintain collection files on each outstanding issue.
Handle customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner, provide customers with accurate invoices, statements, and schedules.
Review and respond to credit card chargebacks on a timely manner.
Conduct monthly credit meetings and maintain minutes (including returned checks/chargeback logs, credit trace reports, write-off, bad debt allowances, etc.)
Maintain an efficient collection process to include organized filing and tracing system, issuing letter, monitoring returned checks and chargebacks, performing collection calls and preparing bad debt write-offs.
Monitor guest ledger, advance deposit ledger and any other related ledgers to ensure proper internal control.
Keep management aware of any unusual operation or financial occurrences and/or significant deviations.
Reconcile invoices against ledgers or schedules to ensure accuracy of invoicing.
Ensure overall guest satisfaction by attentive listening and then immediately resolving guest issues or elevating to the Director of Finance or General Manager.
Cross-Train in other areas within the Accounting Department.
Ability to identify root causes of issues that may affect staff or guests and provide actionable and measurable solutions to improve efficiency, overall work environment, and/or guest experience
Qualifications
College courses in an associated or related field and/or related experience in an Hotel or Hospitality environment
Must be proficient in Windows, Microsoft Office (Intermediate Excel and Basic Word)
Accounts Receivable and Payroll experience is preferred
Hotel PMS Opera is preferred
Physical requirements
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
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