Overview

The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Director of Finance and Assistant Director of Finance in maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting; ensuring acceptable levels of internal control; ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and The Beacon Hotel Standard Operating Procedures; and safeguarding owners/investors assets. For this role, the emphasis is placed on the management of Payroll, Income Audit, and Accounts Receivable processing and collections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Accounting
• Must be proficient in Windows, Company approved spreadsheets, word processing, and in the operation of all hotel-specific systems.
• Long hours are sometimes required.
• Sedentary work, exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times.
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all levels of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by employees and guests.
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines
• Attend all hotel-required meetings and trainings.
• Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Beacon Hotel Standards, as required by scheduling, which will vary according to the needs of the hotel.
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming, which include wearing nametags.
• Comply with Beacon Hotel Standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
• Maximize efforts towards productivity, identify problem areas, and assist in implementing solutions.
• Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary.
• Must be able to understand and evaluate complex information, data, etc. from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Perform other duties as requested by management.
• Monitor, prepare, and communicate financial reports in accordance with Beacon Hotel required due dates.
• Assist the Accounting Manager/Assistant Director of Finance with Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payable and General Cashier.
• Review and approve the City Ledger transfers daily and communicate to supervisor any deviation from establish Accounting policies and procedures.
• Handle customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner; provide customers with accurate invoices, statements and schedules.
• Process credit card chargebacks.
• Travel to hotel locations when needed.
• If acting as General Cashier, prepare cash for each property and send it to the bank once a week for each property.
• Prepare invoices received to send to Metriqe for processing all invoices.
• Only emergency invoices will be processed on the property.
• Maintain the General Cashier bank at each property, as required.
• Count the operational department’s banks monthly and note any discrepancies per Beacon Hotel SOP.
• Gather statements and submit them to Metriqe for reconciliation. Contact vendors for missing invoices.
• On a Weekly basis, print out the AP aging, and submit it to DOF for review with a list of vendors that need to be paid that week.
• On a Weekly basis, cut checks/send out payments per DOF review.
• Assist in the monthly close process by posting journal entries/balance sheet reconciliations that are related to daily/monthly responsibilities.
• Preparation of any special reports, statements, etc as requested.
• Other special projects and responsibilities as assigned.