Director of Accounting

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the monthly close process across multiple entities and business units, ensuring financial statements are complete, accurate, and delivered on schedule.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, supporting schedules, and close checklists to identify and resolve accounting discrepancies before reporting.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the accounting team, including Controllers, Senior Accountants, and accounting support staff.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, provide technical guidance, address performance concerns, and establish clear accountability across the department.
• Develop cross-training and coverage plans to ensure continuity of critical accounting functions during planned and unplanned absences.
• Partner with senior finance leadership on departmental budgeting, financial analysis, forecasting support, and consolidation of financial information.
• Collaborate with operational and market leadership to evaluate financial performance, investigate variances, and identify key profitability drivers.
• Lead accounting activities related to the annual financial audit, including preparation of supporting documentation, coordination of requests, timeline management, and communication with external auditors.
• Coordinate monthly reporting and close requirements associated with parent-company or corporate reporting structures.
• Oversee fixed asset and capital expenditure accounting, including capitalization, construction-in-progress, depreciation, disposals, and reconciliation of fixed asset records to the general ledger.
• Manage lease accounting, including lease schedules, recurring journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement support.
• Maintain visibility into accounts receivable and accounts payable aging, partnering with accounting leadership to identify collection, cash flow, and payment risks.
• Maintain a strong understanding of payroll accounting and review related entries and controls for accuracy.
• Coordinate recurring tax, licensing, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions in partnership with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Serve as a technical accounting resource for the organization and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Provide senior finance leadership with timely visibility into accounting risks, operational issues, staffing concerns, and opportunities for improvement.

• Continuously evaluate accounting workflows to identify manual, repetitive, inefficient, or error-prone processes.
• Lead the redesign and automation of accounting processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Evaluate and implement appropriate AI-enabled and automation tools within the accounting function.
• Develop practical use cases for emerging technologies and encourage adoption across the accounting team.
• Partner with finance and operational stakeholders on financial system enhancements and integrations.
• Strengthen internal controls while reducing unnecessary manual processes.
• Measure the effectiveness of process improvements and identify additional opportunities for optimization.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Active CPA license required.
• Approximately 7–9+ years of progressive accounting experience, including direct supervisory or management responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience managing or reviewing month-end close across multiple entities, locations, or business units.
• Strong technical accounting background with extensive knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Proven people-management experience, including coaching employees, developing teams, addressing performance concerns, and providing technical feedback.
• Experience improving accounting processes through automation, systems implementation, AI tools, or workflow redesign.
• Ability to provide specific examples of accounting processes successfully improved or automated.
• Experience operating in a multi-state, multi-territory, or otherwise multi-jurisdictional environment strongly preferred.
• Experience with in hospitality, tourism, leisure, or another multi-location service organization is preferred.
• Experience supporting the reporting requirements of a parent company or publicly traded organization is a plus.

• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.
• Ability to independently identify, investigate, and resolve reconciliation and close issues.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, accounting policies, and financial reporting standards.
• Effective and confident people leader who can handle difficult performance or technical conversations when necessary.
• High level of ownership and accountability with the ability to resolve issues without unnecessary escalation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Technology-forward mindset with a genuine interest in AI, automation, and financial…