Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager

Requisition :

Category:
Accounting/Finance

Job Location:

US-NY-New York

Property:
Westgate NYC Central

Compensation Type:
Yearly

Compensation Minimum: USD $70,000.00/Yr.

Compensation Maximum: USD $85,000.00/Yr.

Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company with over $15 billion of assets under management and a global portfolio of more than 400 hotels spanning North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. With a 30-year track record as an innovator in the hospitality industry, this forward-thinking company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.

Highgate continues to demonstrate success in developing a diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts, featuring contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team of seasoned hospitality leaders and corporate offices worldwide, Highgate is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.

New York City, NY

The Accounting Manager is responsible for providing consistent leadership in the financial area of the hotel by supplying management with guidance and training. He/she is also responsible for focusing on the profitability of the business, maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring acceptable levels on internal control, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations, and safeguarding owners/investors assets.

• Maintain responsibility for the daily Accounts Receivable credit, billing and collection process in accordance with Highgate Hotel's policies and procedures.
• Monitor payment requirements on groups or
• Review credit requests and pull credit reports for upcoming groups or
• Approve or decline credit requests in accordance with Highgate Hotel's policies and Complete
• collection calls on each appropriate outstanding accounts and maintain collection files on each outstanding issue.
• Maintain basic understanding of applicable federal, state and local credit regulations affecting credit and collection procedures.
• Review and approve the City Ledger transfers daily and communicate to supervisor any deviation from established Accounting policies and procedures.
• Prepare bad debt write-
• Send Dunning
• Handle customer complaints that are credit
• Review Banquet & Catering weekly events listing and assign credit status as
• Complete month-end credit reports in accordance with Accounting policies and
• Process returned checks and credit card
• Conduct monthly credit meetings and maintain minutes (including returned checks / chargebacks logs, credit trace reports, write-offs, bad debt allowances, etc.) in accordance with Highgate Hotel's standards.
• Interview, train, supervise and develop Accounts Receivable staff, including coaching, counseling and
• Copying, filing, faxing, typing as
• Monitor and prepare credit reports in accordance with Highgate Hotel's requirements meeting various due dates and deadlines, i.e.,
• Handle all cash transactions for the hotel Front Desk, F&F and for all Airlines crew disbursement.
• Ensure all fund/cash withdrawal from the bank is completed weekly to replenish cash machine drawer/Brink. This needs to be monitored daily.
• Handle all banks count for the associates with bank and reconcile the cash is balanced daily.
• to Upload Payroll Journal weekly to accounting system (Oracle) and make sure accrual is done at the end of the month.
• Auditing and verify the Union benefits payment monthly is correct.
• handle all group health insurance billing, by the hotel or rebill from corporate office. File the disability insurance payment as needed monthly or quarterly.
• Handle assigned balance sheet recs account monthly and assigned monthly Journal Entry monthly to complete part of the Month End closing.

• At least 6 years of related progressive experience in hotel Accounting or…