Accounting Manager

Why us?

Sage Hospitality Group is set to hire an Accounting Manager to join us at our newly rebranded and repositioned luxury lifestyle flagship hotel and restaurant.

Hotel Per La, a new luxury lifestyle property, will be opening its doors in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles later this year. Housed in the former Bank of Italy headquarters, a historic 12-story building on the corner of Olive and Seventh Streets, Hotel Per La will debut 241 guest rooms and grand public spaces for guests and locals alike including more than 10,000 square feet of event space, ground-floor restaurant, as well as a rooftop bar offering poolside drinks and dramatic views of the LA skyline.

Assists with the supervision and coordination of the accounting operations in the hotel. Compiles, reviews, reconciles, prepares and analyzes entries to facilitate the bookkeeping function. Assists with the processing of financial statements and other reports to ensure accurate, timely information.

The position assists with the functions of Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Income Journal, General Cashiering, Taxes, and Internal Controls. In some instances is responsible for the daily operation of an area (Credit Manager, F&B Controls, Accounts Receivable). Responsible and encouraged to make recommendations, suggest financial control changes and report SOP and procedural violations.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Train, direct the work, resolve problems and assist with the hiring and performance and salary reviews of the accounting employees.
• Prepare, review and reconcile daily postings, accruals, various general ledger accounts and bank statements to ensure accurate financial information is available.
• Compile, prepare, back-up and analyze period-end data on food and beverage costs and inventories (gift shop where applicable) to provide information and recommendations to management on current procedures and controls. Assist with the preparation of cost potentials as required.
• May supervise the accounts receivable function and perform the hotel's credit/collection and food and beverage control function to ensure accurate, timely and quality service and support to hotel customers and management.
• Review and monitor internal control procedures in the hotel. Areas included are Food and Beverage, Cashiering, Room Operations, etc.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• All other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES

May manage and supervise an Accounting team

BEHAVIORAL FOCUS

At Sage, we pride ourselves on the behaviors that build our culture and help associates perform in their positions. We value integrity, performance, team spirit, growth, delivering extraordinary guest experiences, and engaging in our communities. We have also outlined specific competencies that contribute to success ase review our competency models to understand the behaviors expected of different levels in the organization (you may find these models in our learning management system).

Education/Formal Training

A four-year college degree (Accounting preferred) or equivalent education/experience.

Experience

Experience required by position is from one to two full years of employment in related position with this company or other organizations.

Knowledge/Skills

• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the finance and hospitality professions.
• Requires ability to investigate and analyze current activities and/or information in a specialized field involving readily available data and indicating logical conclusions and recommendations.
• Excellent hearing required to train and deal with management, employees.
• Excellent vision required to read reports, computer, etc.
• Excellent speech communication skills required to train and deal with management, employees.
• Excellent comprehension and literacy required for reports, computers, ledgers, etc.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to…