Senior Analyst - Nightlife Controls

Wynn Resorts•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The Nightlife Controls Senior Analyst is a hands-on financial-controls role supporting the Nightlife Controller in monitoring, validating, and reporting financially significant activity across Wynn Las Vegas Nightlife venues. Working under the Controller’s direction, the Senior Analyst independently performs recurring transaction reviews and exception monitoring, observes venue processes through surveillance footage and other monitoring tools, and supports the calculation and validation of payroll, tips, and commissions. The role also verifies that Nightlife payments use approved company systems and supports P&L reporting and variance research. The Senior Analyst works through assigned reviews with limited day-to-day direction, conducts first-level analysis, and presents documented findings and recommendations to the Controller. The Controller retains responsibility for final conclusions, further escalation, and overall oversight. The role provides consistent transaction-level monitoring of Nightlife financial activity, supports accurate and policy-aligned compensation and payment processes, identifies unusual or unsupported transactions, and provides analysis for reporting and decision-making. The position is performed in both a standard office environment and Nightlife venues. It involves extended computer use, including reviewing transaction data, system reports, payroll and compensation information, and surveillance footage, as well as recurring deadlines tied to payroll and month-end reporting. Work outside standard business hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, is required. Venue observations may involve loud, crowded, low-light, alcohol-service environments and extended periods of standing and walking.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, hospitality management, or a related field.
3–5 years of relevant experience in hospitality or casino finance, revenue audit, payroll, accounting support, internal controls, or nightlife or food-and-beverage operations with significant financial or transaction-review responsibilities.
Experience performing calculations, reconciliations, or reviews that connect operational activity to financial or payroll records.
Working understanding of how revenue, comps, payroll, and other operating activity flow into a departmental P&L.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, conditional formulas, and working with large data sets.
Familiarity with point-of-sale systems and transaction processing.
Strong attention to detail and ability to recognize information or activity that appears inconsistent, incomplete, or inadequately supported.
Ability to manage recurring, deadline-driven work, such as payroll and month-end cycles, accurately and on time.
Ability to work independently with limited day-to-day direction, prioritize competing assignments, and follow established procedures.
Ability to document findings and clearly communicate questions, issues, and recommendations.
Ability to work outside standard business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to obtain and maintain licenses or work cards required for the position.

Nice To Haves

Experience calculating or reviewing tips, gratuities, service charges, or commissions in a casino, hospitality, or nightlife environment.
Experience supporting monthly financial reporting.
Familiarity with payroll, timekeeping, procurement, or ERP systems, as well as inventory management, surveillance, or transaction-monitoring systems.
Experience in a Las Vegas Strip or comparable premium hospitality environment.
Familiarity with nightlife or food-and-beverage operations, including comps, bottle service, and check settlement.

Responsibilities

Independently review transaction-level activity and transaction registers to identify unusual, incomplete, inconsistent, or potentially noncompliant activity.
Monitor point-of-sale activity, including comps, voids, discounts, adjustments, and open checks or items.
Review comp activity against authorization requirements and applicable limits; research transactions that appear inconsistent with approved practices.
Track open items through resolution, follow up with appropriate parties, and elevate unresolved items.
Recommend refinements to monitoring procedures, review criteria, and exception thresholds.
Calculate or validate tip pools, gratuity and service charge distributions, host and VIP commissions, and other variable compensation according to approved policies, agreements, and methodologies, as directed by the Controller.
Reconcile compensation calculations with point-of-sale sales, service charges, timekeeping, and payroll data; research and resolve discrepancies.
Prepare and maintain documentation for payroll, tip, and commission cycles so calculations can be reviewed, approved, and traced to source data.
Coordinate with Payroll, Nightlife Operations, and Finance on submission timing, adjustments, and questions under the Controller’s direction.
Review Nightlife-related commission, promoter, talent, and vendor payments to confirm use of approved company systems, authorization, and supporting documentation.
Identify and escalate payments made outside approved systems or requirements, or without adequate support.
Maintain records and trackers for payment reviews, exceptions, and resolutions; support the Controller in documenting and reinforcing payment procedures.
Observe venue processes, primarily through surveillance footage and other monitoring tools, to validate compliance with established procedures and financial controls.
Compare observed activity with transaction records, system information, supporting documentation, and established procedures.
Validate Controller-selected transactions and events, such as comp authorizations, bottle deliveries, check settlements, and voids.
Coordinate with Nightlife Investigations and other departments as directed; perform in-venue observations when requested by the Controller.
Prepare recurring schedules, reconciliations, and supporting analysis for monthly Nightlife financial reporting and the Controller’s monthly Nightlife Controls Report.
Research unusual P&L items and variances identified by the Controller by tracing them to transaction-level detail and summarizing findings.
Analyze trends in revenue, comps, payroll, and monitoring results to help identify patterns that may indicate process or control weaknesses.
Support ad hoc projects, analysis, venue reopening, and ongoing venue-control activities as needed.
Document observations, exceptions, calculations, and follow-up items clearly and objectively, including preliminary assessments and recommendations for the Controller’s review.
Promptly escalate unusual activity and potential control issues to the Nightlife Controller.
Maintain trackers, working files, and supporting records for monitoring, compensation, payment, and reporting activities.
Handle employee compensation, guest, and transaction information professionally and confidentially.
Coordinate with Nightlife Operations, Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Compliance, Investigations, Inventory Control, IT, and other departments as needed under the Controller’s direction.
Refer matters that may require investigative, disciplinary, or security action to the Controller for appropriate routing.