Strategic AP & Receiving Manager – Hospitality

Highgate Hotels, LP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching

Paid holidays

Job summary

Highgate Hotels in San Francisco is seeking an Accounting and Receiving Manager to oversee accounts payable and receiving control functions for The Huntington San Francisco. The role focuses on evaluating financial activity, resolving vendor issues, and strengthening internal controls to support accurate reporting and cash management.

You will advise hotel leadership on payment obligations, manage the close process, and collaborate with Purchasing, Finance, and Operations to improve processes

Qualifications

• Significant progressive experience in accounting or financial operations.
• Ability to evaluate accounting issues, compare alternatives, and make recommendations.
• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, accruals, reconciliations, and internal control practices.
• Experience evaluating AP, purchasing, or receiving controls in a hotel, hospitality business, or comparable operating environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and progressively responsible experience.
• Ability to communicate financial findings and recommendations clearly to operational leaders and finance leadership.
• Sound judgment, professional integrity, and appropriate handling of confidential financial and business information.

Responsibilities

• Analyze AP balances, aging, accruals, purchasing activity, and receiving variances to identify material reporting issues, financial exposure, and unusual transaction patterns.
• Investigate complex or significant discrepancies, evaluate their causes and financial implications, and determine corrective action within delegated authority.
• Evaluate the appropriate treatment of nonroutine AP transactions, accruals, reclassifications, and adjustments, documenting the accounting rationale and presenting substantive recommendations to the Director of Finance or Controller when approval is required.
• Lead the AP component of the monthly and annual close by establishing review priorities, evaluating completeness and cutoff, resolving material exceptions, and communicating outstanding financial risks.
• Assess recurring errors and exceptions to determine whether they reflect isolated processing issues or weaknesses requiring changes to controls, training, or operating practices.
• Prepare financial analyses and recommendations for leadership that explain the issue, available alternatives, anticipated consequences, and proposed action.

Skills

Financial analysis

Internal controls

Accounting knowledge

Communication to leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Highgate Hotels in San Francisco is seeking an Accounting and Receiving Manager to oversee accounts payable and receiving control functions for The Huntington San Francisco. The role focuses on evaluating financial activity, resolving vendor issues, and strengthening internal controls to support accurate reporting and cash management.

You will advise hotel leadership on payment obligations, manage the close process, and collaborate with Purchasing, Finance, and Operations to improve processes