Regional Director of Finance, Accounting

Responsibilities

• The Regional Director of Finance will be the key financial leadership position within the regional team
• Support the operations team and assist the property teams with all finance & accounting related matters
• Providing analytical information to operations team; guidance on opportunities to improve the financial performance of the properties
• Assisting the property Director of Finance and Central Accounting Office (CAO) in forecast, budgeting, managing cash, labor management, reviewing monthly financial statements, reviewing the control environment, training, analytical requests and interacting with ownership
• Support operations financial analysis needs and provide guidance on opportunities to improve the financial performance of the properties
• Work with ownership as the lead for accounting issues with the properties
• Review the system of internal controls on property
• Review the property cash flow forecast and assist with the presentation to ownership
• Coordinate with the Assistant Controllers and accountants in the Central Accounting Office (CAO) who also support the properties
• Assist the property in resolving issues raised by the CAO
• Schedule and review monthly P&L statement with property and CAO team, in an effort to close within scheduled close calendar
• Schedule and review 90-day forecasts within Profit Sword, in coordination with the regional VP’s of Ops
• Ensure a forecast accuracy goal of less than 3% for both revenue and profit
• Schedule and review annual budgets, comparing to prior year forecasts and actuals
• Subject matter expert on company systems, specifically NEO, Profit sage, Microsoft F&O, Craftable, Dooap, and Pyramid’s proprietary month end and budget decks
• Provide training for both property accounting and operation teams

• Four-year college degree, with a major in accounting/finance
• At least 10 years of Accounting or finance experience, preferably within hotel accounting vertical
• Experience operating in a centralized accounting environment preferred
• Must be willing to travel 25-50% of the time