Strategic Joint Venture Accounting Manager

Dufry Careers; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO (paid time off)

Meal & Transportation benefits

401(k) match

Employee assistance program

Training & growth opportunities

Referral program

Job summary

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates, seeks a Manager of Joint Venture Accounting to oversee financial reporting, distributions, and compliance for joint ventures based at the F&B Center of Excellence in Bethesda, MD.

You will manage monthly JV statements, partner distributions, and management fees, while coordinating audits with external firms and supporting JV onboarding and restructuring activities.

Qualifications

• Requires 3-6 years of experience in an accounting environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
• Joint Venture accounting experience a plus.
• In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience.
• Training that leads to a clear and thorough understanding of IFRS reporting.
• Strong financial acumen, including the ability to prepare and analyze financial statements and financial models.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Advanced ERP skills with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with JV partners relating to contractual financial terms, including financial reporting, cash distributions, loans and other accounting matters.
• Maintains JV accounting policies, processes, and workflows; streamlines internal processes to gain efficiencies and maintain sound internal controls.
• Prepares monthly financial statements for all joint ventures.
• Responsible for calculation of partner distributions and management fees.
• Manages JV receivables and notes; monitors collections, and risk assessment.
• Reviews annual JV tax packages.
• Reconciles minority interest payable, loan balances and other JV balance sheet accounts.
• Assists with audits of joint ventures with Deloitte and prepares related audit schedules.
• Interacts with Legal, Business Development and Operations Management on JV matters.
• Supports onboarding of new joint ventures and restructuring activities.

Skills

Excel

SAP

Financial modeling

Accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates, seeks a Manager of Joint Venture Accounting to oversee financial reporting, distributions, and compliance for joint ventures based at the F&B Center of Excellence in Bethesda, MD.

You will manage monthly JV statements, partner distributions, and management fees, while coordinating audits with external firms and supporting JV onboarding and restructuring activities.