Accounting Manager

IHG•San Antonio, TX

8d•$62,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Accounting Manager performs professional accounting duties to maintain control over a hotel’s expenses, income, assets, and liabilities, helping ensure the security of company assets in a centralized accounting environment. The role manages lower-level accounting staff and performs a full range of professional accounting duties for a full-service hotel or cluster of hotels. It supervises accounting clerical, professional, or paraprofessional staff and reviews other accounting work for accuracy and completeness. The position supports budgeting, strategic planning, month-end close, financial reporting, general ledger and bookkeeping activities, tax filings, reconciliations, inventory verification, accounts payable and receivable, payroll audits, and financial analysis. It coordinates with hotel departments, guests, regulatory agencies, and internal finance colleagues. The manager may train staff, oversee the Accounting department when the Assistant Director of Finance & Accounting is absent, and take on additional accounting duties as assigned. The role requires some college and at least two years of hotel accounting or auditing experience, including management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred. Fluent English is required. The salary range is $62,000 to $85,000, and the job is eligible for bonus pay. Benefits for eligible employees include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), and other benefits.

Requirements

Some college plus at least 2 years of hotel accounting or auditing experience, including management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must speak fluent English.
Ability to carry or lift items weighing up to 25 pounds.
Ability to communicate with other people.
Frequent use of mathematical skills, including basic math, budgeting, profit/loss concepts, percentages, and variances.
Problem-solving, reasoning, motivating, organizational, and training abilities.
Ability to devise, prepare, and maintain spreadsheets using various software systems.
Knowledge of computerized financial reporting systems and programs.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Assist the Director of Area Finance, Director of Finance, and/or Assistant Director of Finance with preparation of the budget, strategic plan, and goals program.
Perform or assist with month-end closing; input and reconcile income; prepare reports; verify the trial balance; and run financial statements for management review.
Manage daily accounting activities and staff assignments; organize work, communicate goals, schedule and assign work, maintain accounting standards, and alert management to potentially serious issues.
Input general ledger entries and journal vouchers; ensure daily transactions are posted and updated promptly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and oversee hotel bookkeeping and subsidiary-ledger information.
Prepare tax reconciliations, payments, reports, investigations, records, and supporting documents; complete monthly, quarterly, and annual tax filings required by state, city, and federal agencies.
Perform or assist with balance sheet and bank reconciliations.
Participate in monthly inventories and verify extensions; conduct monthly credit and other meetings and distribute minutes as needed.
Review and verify accounts payable input and output, accounts receivable posting and billing, and the daily income report; ensure schedules are completed on time.
Manage other accounts payable and receivable duties, including accommodation advance deposits, monthly invoices for other IHG hotels, the General Manager and retail outlets, house banks and investments, and investigation of cashier overages and shortages.
Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports according to reporting calendars and submit them on time.
Perform financial and statistical analysis and forecasting, and complete special projects as needed.
Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with departments including Catering, Sales, Reservations, Accounting, and Front Office.
Audit payroll.
Supervise the Accounting department in the absence of the Assistant Director of Finance & Accounting.
Interact with guests to resolve billing disputes, answer questions, and provide account service; with regulatory agencies to support compliance and coordinate external audits; and with HMG Accounting staff and the Director of Regional Hotel Finance to exchange information.
Ensure subordinate or other accounting clerical staff are properly trained and have the tools and equipment needed to perform their work, as applicable.
As needed, reconcile gratuities for payroll, maintain contract logs, audit or approve vendor or agency payments, review Income Auditor work, and fill in for the Director of Hotel Finance or Assistant Director of Hotel Finance.
Perform other duties as assigned.