Dual Property Accountant

# Dual Property Accountant Hyatt Place St Petersburg - St Petersburg, FL 33701## Overview Position Type Full Time Job Shift Any## Description
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* Position Summary:

** Provide comprehensive, on-site accounting support for the
** Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
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** Hyatt Place St. Petersburg**. Responsible for managing day-to-day property-level financial operations, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, procedures, brand standards, and federal, state, and local regulations across both hotel properties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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* Essential functions:

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* ** Daily Operations:
** Manage and execute the day-to-day property-level accounting workflows for both the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront and Hyatt Place St. Petersburg.
* ** Income Audit & Cash Handling:
** Perform daily income audits, verify night audit packages against PMS/POS systems, reconcile credit card deposits, and manage property vaults and house banks.
* ** Accounts Receivable:
** Manage the city ledger, process direct billing applications, handle guest billing inquiries, resolve credit card chargebacks, and drive collections efforts for both locations.
* ** Accounts Payable:
** Review, code, and route property-level invoices to appropriate department heads for approval, ensuring precise cost allocation between the two properties. Response promptly to vendor inquiries.
* ** Month-End Closing:
** Assist corporate accounting with the month-end closing process by preparing property journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L review materials.
* ** Tax Compliance:
** Assist in compiling data and preparing monthly sales, use, occupancy, and communication tax returns for both St. Petersburg properties.  Tax exemption reporting to corporate accounting team.
* ** Payroll & Franchise Processing:
** Assist in processing monthly property-level payroll journals and review monthly brand franchise invoices.
* ** Special Projects:
** Support the General Manager and Director of Finance, and property leadership with specialized financial projects as requested.
* This description is a summary of primary responsibilities and qualifications. The job description is not intended to include all duties or qualifications that may be required now or in the future.*## Qualifications
** Expected Areas of Competence:
*** Highly detail oriented; checks own work, keeps accurate records, organizes information effectively.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills
* Professional presence
* Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization, in a team-oriented environment.
* Proven track record of effective process management and improvement.
* Ability to tolerate ambiguity, handles multiple priorities, and identifies creative solutions to problems.
* Demonstrated history of taking initiative, meeting commitments and assisting in the creation of new tools or solutions to achieve business results.
* High level of energy, personal accountability and integrity.
** Education/Experience Requirements:
*** Associate degree in accounting, business administration, or related field, OR 2+ years’ related experience in a hotel corporate accounting environment.
* Minimum 3–5 years’ progressive experience working in accounting at the hotel property level, with multi-property experience preferred.
* Demonstrated experience using M3 accounting software and hotel Property Management Systems (Hilton PEP, Hyatt Place Opera Cloud)
* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description is a summary of primary responsibilities and qualifications. The job description is not intended to include all duties or qualifications that may be required now or in the future.
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