Accounting Manager

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Job Description:

Role: Accounting Manager

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Job type: Full Time

Key Responsibilities:

· Audit Revenue Transactions: Audit and verify all revenue transactions, ensuring adherence to hotel policies and local procedures.

· Audit outlet reports and reconcile them with Opera and Peoplevine for accuracy.

· Control and reconcile daily sales in the outlets.

· Audit Food & Beverage and all other hotel revenue, along with Membership revenues verifying for accuracy and investigate variances.

· Reconciliation of credit card settlements.

· Investigate and respond to chargebacks.

· Prepare daily and monthly revenue reports for management.

· Reconcile third-party revenue with Opera, Peoplevine & Micros and facilitate final settlements.

· Train Front Office Reception staff on postings, accounting, and system-related issues.

· Check the Tax Report and ensure accuracy, reporting discrepancies as needed.

· Daily and Monthly Reporting: Prepare and distribute daily and monthly revenue reports to management.

· Reconciliation: Ensure reconciliation between trial balances, Night Auditor figures, and Micros Revenue Reports.

· Spot Checks: Conduct physical spot checks in all outlets to verify revenue accuracy.

· Prepare full set of Month End Journal Entries.

· Review Monthly Profit & Loss Statement for any significant variances.

· Night Audit Review: Analyze the night audit work for accuracy and completeness, verifying allowances and miscellaneous postings for proper authorization and coding. Prepare the daily revenue report.

· Trial Balance Audit: Audit the trial balance, investigate discrepancies, and report findings to the Director of Finance.

· Collaboration: Collaborate with Front Office (FO), Membership, and Food & Beverage (F&B) teams to ensure accurate postings and resolve discrepancies.

· Daily Gross Revenue Report: Create, review, and distribute a daily Gross Revenue Report for management.

· Prepare Daily Labor reports to distribute with the Daily Revenue Report to the management.

· Assist with preparation of Tips Distribution report on a bi-weekly basis.

· Revenue Verification: Verify revenue from Rooms, Food and Beverage, and other operational departments and rectify discrepancies.

· Audit system reports for accuracy and unusual transactions, verifying all adjustments and corrections.

· Timely Reporting: Ensure timely preparation and distribution of daily revenue reports.

· Discounted/Complimentary Checks: Verify all Food and Beverage discounted/complimentary checks are justified and properly recorded in the POS system.

· Monthly preparation of the Occupancy Tax reported to the City of West Hollywood.

· Quarterly reporting of the Sales and Use Taxes to the California Department Tax and Fee Administration.

· Assist Director of Finance in preparation of the various monthly reports for Investors and Lenders (Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, Forecast, A/R and A/P Ledgers, Membership Stats, STR Reports, etc).

· Additional Tasks: Undertake any other accounting work assigned by the Director of Finance. Familiarize yourself with hotel Income Audit Finance policies.

Qualifications:

· B.S. or B.A. in Accounting or related Business field from an accredited university.

· General understanding of GAAP principles and requirements.

· Minimum 4 years of business related experience as and accounting Manager / Staff Accountant or higher; hospitality industry preferred.

· System Proficiency: Be well-versed in hotel systems, including P.M.S. (Property Management System), P.O.S. (Point of Sale), and financial systems such as Opera, Micros, and R365 System.

· Must have thorough knowledge of general accounting and financial reporting standards, financial aptitude, and number crunching skills.

· System Proficiency: Be well-versed in hotel systems, including P.M.S. (Property Management System), P.O.S. (Point of Sale), and financial systems such as Opera, Micros, and R365 System.

· Must be able to effectively communicate to management, co-workers, and subordinates with the English language, inclusive of reading, writing, and speaking.

· Must possess excellent interpersonal and organizational, and analytical skills.

· Must be able to sustain composure, remain calm, and possess a positive attitude.

· Must be able to focus and act with great detail, speed and accuracy.

· Must be a team player with the ability to work under minimal supervision.

· Must be able to exercise confidentiality and discretion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $115,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

Are you willing to work onsite in Los Angeles, CA?
How many years of experience do you have as an Accounting Manager?
How many years of experience do you have into the below?
Hotel systems, including P.M.S. (Property Management System), P.O.S. (Point of Sale), and financial systems such as Opera, Micros, and R365 System
Familiar with CA labor laws and taxation.
General accounting and financial reporting standards, financial aptitude, and number crunching skills.
Audit Revenue Transactions
Hospitality Industry