Position Summary: - Run the accounting function for a three hotel portfolio and its management company with very little supervision. - Treat numbers as a tool for making the company money rather than a record of what already happened. - Own the close, the controls, the cash, and the monthly conversation with General Managers about financial results. Key Responsibilities: - Run month-end and year-end close across four entities. - Deliver a complete set of statements, including the statement of cash flows. - Ensure financial statements are accurate and early enough that tax returns are filed in March. - Maintain a 1 percent accuracy standard on all financials. - Ensure no unexplained balances exist at month-end. - Tie property systems, the outsourced ledger, bank accounts, and credit cards to each other. - Work the monthly exception report from the bookkeeping provider down to zero, including items carried over from prior periods. - Explain every variance found during reconciliation. - Audit and release payroll. - Approve and release vendor payments. - Calculate and release management and franchise fees. - Keep preparation separate from approval at every step. - File and reconcile occupancy and sales tax. - Rebuild the process when a property changes systems. - Manage lender and franchisor reporting, escrow and mortgage activity, FF&E reserve to capital spend reconciliation, and retirement plan contributions. - Justify every expense from zero every time, starting with labor. - Use productivity data to manage labor costs. - Apply zero-based budgeting discipline to personal priorities and communicate it to the General Managers. - Meet with each General Manager monthly to review results and coach them on decisions behind line items. - Identify and remove manual work in the department. - Build AI and automation into workflows and track the hours saved. - Own accounting SOPs and the control environment. - Keep SOPs current as systems change and ensure they are followed. - Manage and develop one full-time accountant. - Decide work distribution for the team. - Serve as the point of contact with the outsourced bookkeeping provider, tax preparer, banks, and lenders. Qualifications: - Minimum 6 years in US accounting, including at least 2 years as a Controller or Senior Accountant owning the close. - Experience in full-cycle close and preparation of all three financial statements including cash flow. - Demonstrated ability to reconcile balances across different systems and resolve discrepancies independently. - Experience in multi-entity accounting, including intercompany activity and management fee structures. - Experience operating on top of an outsourced bookkeeping model. - Evidence of using AI or automation to eliminate manual work. - Track record of finding savings and driving cost decisions. - Self-starting, highly organized, and able to set and defend priorities. - Strong written English and availability for working overlap with US Central business hours. - High emotional intelligence with the credibility to hold General Managers and vendors accountable. - Preferred experience in hotel accounting, including USALI, occupancy and sales tax, franchise and management fees, FF&E reserves, and night audit flow. - Preferred experience with Nimble Property, Bill.com, Divvy, AMEX, payroll platforms, and hotel PMS systems. - Desire to learn and grow professionally.

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Emma

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