Senior Accountant, Hospitality
About The Position
The Senior Accountant supports daily accounting operations and controllership activities across OC Sports & Entertainment’s Market Hall, bar, and restaurant operations. Reporting to the Controller, Hospitality, this role evaluates and analyzes financial activity, helps ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial records, and develops and maintains processes that support accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting policies and internal controls. The role applies accounting principles, financial analysis, and knowledge of regulatory requirements to support the accounting and finance function.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in operations-intensive accounting roles.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, actual-versus-budget analysis, and accounting policies and procedures, with the ability to apply these principles to complex, high-volume transactions.
- Ability to learn quickly, work independently, and consistently meet deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- High degree of professionalism, accountability, work ethic, and personal integrity.
- Ability to work independently while providing guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in hospitality, multi-use real estate, franchise, or entertainment environments.
- Familiarity with Oracle NetSuite.
Responsibilities
- Assist with implementing accounting systems, processes, and procedures for new lines of business.
- Review and reconcile POS sales reports and record revenue in the food and beverage general ledger using appropriate sales categories, departments, and events.
- Reconcile daily settlements between POS reports and bank activity, and complete monthly bank reconciliations for applicable accounts.
- Prepare and record accurate, timely journal entries as part of the month-end close.
- Support transaction processing, research, analysis, and reporting using multiple financial ERP systems.
- Provide accounting support to internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams, including periodic forecasting and budgeting, variance analysis, cash flow planning, and labor allocations.
- Manage Market Hall daily sales cash settlement, revenue sharing, and related cash and expense reconciliations.
- Process transaction uploads, tax validation, inventory and vendor purchases, and month-end close activities for Market Hall operations.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, conduct account analysis and transaction research, and resolve issues and discrepancies.
- Prepare and review monthly intercompany billings and support cash management and intercompany cash settlement.
- Review and provide general ledger account and department assignments for accounts payable transactions in accordance with budgets and accounting principles.
- Research and support financial forecasts and variance analysis, and assist with special projects and ad hoc reporting.
- Prepare, file, and remit monthly and quarterly sales tax returns and payments.
- Support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities and provide guidance to junior accounting team members as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
