Director of Finance

$140,000 – $165,000 per year, DOE, plus 15% target bonus
This position is employed by Makoa Resorts, which provides accounting services to each company in our group: CDG Maui, a design-build construction company;
Makoa Resorts, a vacation rental property management company; commercial and residential real estate entities; short-term rental entities; and other operating businesses.
We are seeking a Director of Finance to lead finance across the group. This role provides financial oversight across every entity, directly owns the accounting for Makoa Resorts and our related short-term rental entities, and leads and develops our accounting team. Makoa Resorts is expanding into third-party owner property management with a licensed brokerage partner, so this role will also own owner reporting and the accounting for funds held for third-party property owners.
This role carries CFO-level responsibilities and reports to Kalea DeYoung, COO/CFO. Prior CFO experience is not required. We are looking for a technically strong, hands-on public accounting professional who has managed engagements and advised closely held businesses and their owners, can grow into broader internal finance leadership, and will make our existing team stronger.
The Controller, the Accounting & Treasury Manager and the Project Accountant report to this position. The team continues to perform the day-to-day accounting for CDG Maui and the other entities; this role reviews their work, coaches them and owns the financial results across the group.

Financial Oversight Across All Entities

• Review each entity’s monthly close, financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany activity; resolve issues with the team member who owns the work
• Analyze financial results and bring the COO/CFO clear numbers, the issues behind them and a recommendation
• Prepare annual operating budgets, rolling forecasts and cash-flow projections for each entity and the combined group; support Metronomics and management planning
• Coordinate entity and individual tax compliance and planning with outside CPAs; deliver tax-ready books and year-end packages
• Own the monthly accounting-services billing from Makoa Resorts to each entity, based on the work performed
• Oversee cash, debt and lender requirements across entities; the Accounting & Treasury Manager runs daily treasury
• Maintain accounting systems, procedures and internal controls across entities; recommend practical improvements after learning how existing processes work

Makoa Resorts and Related Rental Entities (company-owned; hands-on ownership)

• Personally perform the monthly, quarterly and year-end close for Makoa Resorts and our related short-term rental entities, including detailed accounting and reconciliations, within the first 20 days of each month
• Prepare accurate monthly financial statements and maintain complete, tax-ready books for each of these entities
• Reconcile Guesty and Guesty Pay activity to the accounting records, including reservations, rental income, cleaning fees, management fees, merchant fees, deposits and taxes
• Research and resolve reservation-level discrepancies, posting errors and system limitations
• Prepare Hawaii GET, TAT and MCTAT returns and maintain complete supporting work papers

Third-Party Owner Reporting and Owner Funds

• Prepare owner statements, owner distributions and reimbursements for third-party property owners, and calculate Makoa’s management fees
• Account for and reconcile funds held for third-party owners separately from company funds, with appropriate controls, trust-accounting procedures and separation of duties, working with Makoa’s brokerage partner
• Record GET, TAT, MCTAT and other activity accurately between Makoa Resorts and each owner
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