Staff Accountant - Hospitality & Hotels

Highgate Hotels, LP; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Staff Accountant position at Highgate Hotels in Miami Beach focuses on performing accounting, financial reporting, and controllership functions for our hotel properties. You will manage general ledger activities, prepare monthly and annual financial statements, and support internal and external audits.

Responsibilities include monthly variance analyses, disbursement processing, reconciliations of cash and GL accounts, and helping establish accounting policies and internal controls for our

Qualifications

• Prior experience with general ledger maintenance and reconciliation.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required.
• Experience in international business, preferable European business.
• Sound knowledge in a second language preferred.
• Strong PC skills including Excel and Word.
• Proficient with Oracle accounting systems.
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work overtime as necessary to complete assigned tasks.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• A strong desire to develop into a future finance and accounting leader.

Responsibilities

• Assists in accounting, financial reporting and controllership functions for assigned hotels and/or entities.
• Timely preparation and issuance of complete and accurate monthly and annual hotel financial statements.
• Creation of monthly variance analyses.
• Review, approval and processing of disbursements.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations for property cash accounts and other GL reconciliations for hotel properties and other entities.
• Assistance in the establishment, documentation and maintenance of Standard Accounting Policies and Procedures and internal controls for our accounting operations.
• Successful completion of internal and external financial audits, including delivering information requested by auditors on a timely basis.
• Preparation of any special reports, statements, etc., as requested.
• Other special projects and responsibilities, as assigned.

Skills

General ledger

Reconciliations

Analytical thinking

Excel

Written communication

Verbal communication

Operational accounting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

Oracle accounting systems

Job description

The Staff Accountant position at Highgate Hotels in Miami Beach focuses on performing accounting, financial reporting, and controllership functions for our hotel properties. You will manage general ledger activities, prepare monthly and annual financial statements, and support internal and external audits.

Responsibilities include monthly variance analyses, disbursement processing, reconciliations of cash and GL accounts, and helping establish accounting policies and internal controls for our