Senior Staff Accountant

Arlo Williamsburg•New York, NY

9h•$80,000 - $90,000

About The Position

Arlo Hotels, an independent lifestyle hotel, is actively seeking a dynamic Senior Staff Accountant. This role assists the Director of Finance in providing support, training, development, and supervision to the team members within the Finance Department. The Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for the accounting and financial requirements of the hotel and will provide financial support and analysis to the Director of Finance and the hotel team to drive the business forward. The individual will ensure that procedures in other areas of the hotel comply with Arlo Hotels Financial Policies & Procedures. The individual will work closely and liaise with all other departments, particularly revenue generating and cash handling areas.

Requirements

University Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma
3+ years’ experience in a Staff Accountant capacity
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in the Hospitality industry or another accounting role is an asset
Knowledge of Opera (PMS), Micros (POS), Microsoft Excel, ADP and Oracle Fusion is an asset

Responsibilities

Assists in providing leadership and support to the team in achieving departmental goals and objectives.
Works with all employees in a professional and courteous manner.
Ensures the work environment is safe, clean, and organized.
Builds strong relations with other hotel departments and team members.
Ensures timely dispatch of all reports as indicated on the Reports Schedule.
Supervises the archiving of accounting records and coordinates the disposition of records listing.
Ensures that each team member maintains their inventory of records and keeps them up to date.
Ensures that records are moved to the warehouse when appropriate.
Maintains accurate accounting records and assists in producing financial reports for the hotel.
Ensures that the balance sheet is an accurate reflection of the hotel’s assets and liabilities.
Assists in developing best practices for financial accounting and control procedures.
Under the direction of the Director of Finance, assists in preparing the Annual Plan, various Financial Reports and Analysis as requested by home office or ownership, monthly and quarterly forecasts.
Manages cash flow and maintains the hotel bank accounts as directed by the Director of Finance.
Ensures proper use and maintenance of financial IT systems, including adequate security and back-up.
Analyzing daily revenues and auditing revenue adjustments.
Ensures timely dispatch of all reports.
Ensures effective communication between the hotel and the client in regards to billing and collection.
Assists in payroll control, e.g., monitoring payroll against forecasted/actualized occupancy.
Ensures that operating costs are properly managed by department heads and in line with forecast and projected revenue to protect GOP.
Evaluates monthly production reports and monitors results in relation to goals.
Assists to complete Profit and Loss reviews with all Department Heads.
Maintains a framework of internal controls, which will adequately protect the assets, liabilities, revenue & costs and record in a monthly checklist.
Ensures a regular cycle of forecasting takes place and relevant reports are circulated.
Utilizes key performance indicators and benchmarking to assist in the performance of the hotel and how it can be improved.
Ensures collection of payments due to the hotel.
Assists the Director of Finance in organization and preparation of the Annual Operating and Capital Budget.
Handles Petty Cash vouchers.
Prepares Accounts Payable reports.
Checks numerical sequence control register.
Prepares month-end Journal Entries.
Co-ordinates internal and external audits, follows up any issues that are raised, and ensures that proper explanations are given when required.
Ensures Journal Entries have all supporting documentation attached to explain the figures thereon or are referenced to where the supporting documentation can be found.
Reviews latest month-end Trial Balance and investigates any material items not covered elsewhere in the Audit Programs, vouching to support documentation. Also, checks that all clearance accounts are being “zeroed out” monthly and that no unusual entries appear.
Once per month, reviews all outstanding purchase orders/requests to ensure their validity and cancels items which are no longer required.
Conducts quarterly audits on all Inventory items.
From time to time conducts “audits” of accounting team members to ensure that jobs are being performed in accordance with company policy and submits a report to the Director of Finance, which will be used during the team member’s evaluation process.