VP of Finance & Accounting

Gulph Creek Hotels and Scholar Hotels are seeking an accomplished Vice President of Finance & Accounting to lead our finance and accounting teams and drive operational and strategic success across our growing hospitality portfolio.

The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership experience, a deep understanding of hotel finance operations, and a proven ability to align financial performance with company goals. This executive will oversee all financial functions, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and strategic planning, ensuring fiscal integrity and supporting continued growth.

The VP of Finance & Accounting will have the primary responsibility for all the financial and day‑to‑day accounting functions for 40 plus hotel assets, working closely with the CEO, President, and VP of Operations providing strategic financial leadership for the company. The VP of Finance & Accounting will oversee and ensure the performance of professional accounting duties and tasks including the timely preparation and review of budgets, financial reports, month‑end reports, P & L statements, and more.

• Maintains guest service as the driving philosophy of the operation
• Personally demonstrates a commitment to guest service in responding promptly to guests’ needs
• Committed to making every guest is satisfied
• Develops added‑value customer service programs
• Empowers hotel staff to deliver guest service by encouraging and rewarding responsive guest assistance
• Meets or exceeds guest satisfaction measures
• Ensures hotel standards and services contribute to the delivery of consistent guest service
• Implements and practices guest service initiatives, trains, and performs to Scholar Hotels Standards

• Provide oversight of the company’s accounting functions, including establishing and monitoring internal controls.
• Ensure that all financial and accounting functions strive toward best practice approaches, processes, systems and operations.
• Ensure the effective execution and coordination of the company’s financial strategy, accounting operations, and ongoing financial information and reporting.
• Ensure the effective and timely preparation, monitoring, reporting and analysis of monthly GAAP financial statements for all hotels, including monthly analysis of budget variances.
• Ensure the effective coordination and execution of annual audits and tax return preparation.
• Implement and ensure compliance with the company’s policies and guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local government filing and reporting requirements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with financial institutions.
• Coordinate the financial aspects of real estate transactions with the CEO, President, VP of Operations and property owners as required.
• Manage, the annual renewal and oversight of the company’s benefits health and related insurance plans.
• Manage, the annual renewal and oversight of the company’s corporate insurance.

• Support and assist with preparation of financial Statements
• Support and assist in the performance of month‑end closing.
• Oversee the management of daily accounting activities for completion, including day‑to‑day operations and assignments of Accounting staff.
• Oversee the input General Ledger entries and journal vouchers as required.
• Prepare tax reconciliation, payments, reports and investigation as needed. Complete monthly, quarterly and annual tax filing as required by the state, city and federal agency.
• Oversee the performing balance sheet reconciliation's and bank reconciliation's.
• Oversee the Company’s overall Accounts Payable function. Review and verify accounts payable input and output processing. Ensures the timely generation of all necessary schedules.
• Ensuring vendors are paid according to schedule, and that the general ledger reflects proper posting of invoices.
• Oversee the Company’s overall Accounts Receivable billing and collection activity. Ensures the timely generation of all necessary schedules.
• Ensures the timely generation of properties’ financial statements and related reports.
• Performs financial and statistical analysis as needed

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