Assistant Director of Finance - Transitions & Development

Pyramid Global Hospitality (“Pyramid”) is a leading hotel management company, operating in the US, Caribbean, and Western Europe. With portfolio revenues exceeding $3 billion, Pyramid manages 230 hotels, resorts, and conference centers, both branded and independent. The firm maintains offices in Boston (Headquarters), Cincinnati, Houston, and London. Additional information about Pyramid can be found at  In 2021, Pyramid and Benchmark Resorts and Hotels merged to add an additional 59 Managed or Asset Managed Resorts and over 10,000 additional team members.

The two companies share the same company culture, values and philosophies. We are growing and opportunities abound! What really sets Pyramid apart from our competitors is our reputation as an employer. Professional growth is not just possible throughout the company but planned and encouraged. The Leadership Team at Pyramid consider team member development its first priority, understanding that success is only achieved in a workplace where every contributor is respected and recognized.

This is why we deliver superior results. There is opportunity to work directly with senior leaders, experience stretch assignments and learn hospitality management from industry giants. You will come to know a distinctive people centric culture that is at the core of all we do. The decisions we make and the paths we take are bound by a commitment to our Owners, Associates, Customers and the Communities where we work.

We attract the most talented associates in the industry, and actively encourage candidates with a “hospitality spirit” who may be thinking about a career change to join our team.

The Assistant Director of Accounting, Transitions & New Development is a key leadership role within the hotel transitions team responsible for organizing, managing, and tracking accounting-related transition needs for hotel properties passing through Pyramid’s transition and new development processes. This position reports to the Transition and New Development Department while being based in Pyramid’s Office in The Woodlands, TX and partnering closely with the Centralized Accounting Office (CAO), Regional Finance and Operations teams to ensure accounting processes, systems, banking requirements, reporting standards, and training activities are completed accurately, timely, and in alignment with company standards, hotel management agreements, loan documents, USALI, and GAAP.

• Serve as a key transition leader responsible for managing, organizing, and tracking accounting-related transition requirements for hotel transitions and new development projects.
• Participate in the due diligence process for transitioning properties to identify property setup requirements across all accounting functions and ensure transition needs are addressed in a thorough and timely manner.
• Identify and communicate required hotel bank accounts and merchant IDs to the PGH Treasury team, supporting timely setup or transition in compliance with hotel management agreements and loan documents.
• Manage the import, conversion, and mapping of historical financial information into Pyramid systems and the company chart of accounts.
• Lead income journal mapping for newly transitioned hotels to ensure reporting aligns with USALI and GAAP standards.
• Develop and maintain the post-transition property training calendar while also delivering (through remote and select on-site sessions) and ensuring the success of said training such that property teams quickly become both comfortable and capable in their understanding of PGH accounting tools, systems, processes, weekly reporting, and standard operating procedures following transition.
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