Senior Staff Accountant

Compensation Type : Yearly Highgate Hotels :

Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry.

Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Highgate’s portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues.

The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.

Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value.

With an executive team consisting of some of the industry’s most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.

Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle. www.highgate.com

Location :

Highgate Corporate Offices Irving, TX

Overview :

• The Sr. Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Director of Finance in maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting;
• ensuring acceptable levels of internal control; ensuring hotel compliance to Highgate Hotels Standard Operating Procedures;

and support / coach team members. For this role, the emphasis is placed on the management of income audit, depository bank reconciliations, recording of monthly expenses and support to resolve balance sheet variances.

This position is Hybrid from our corporate office in Irving, TX.

Responsibilities :

• Reconcile monthly revenue between Property Management System and Oracle General ledger. Produce and distribute monthly analysis to Director of Finance and Hotel Accounting teams.
• Book Monthly expenses for credit card fees, chargebacks and banking fees.
• Review, reconcile, and record daily income journal activity from Profit Sword to Oracle for each hotel assignment and provide daily / weekly / monthly status updates to accounting and revenue management teams.
• Provide support to the Income Journal team to complete weekly STR deadline.
• Prepare and complete bank / balance sheet reconciliations on assigned accounts.
• Prepare and post monthly cash entries, work with treasury to confirm deposits are clearing the bank.
• Reconcile assigned bank accounts daily ensuring that the general ledger activity ties to the bank This must be completed before end of business every day noting any variances to be discussed with the property Operations Team and your GMs.
• Ensure open items identified during the daily reconciliation process have been communicated with follow-up as necessary.
• Understand and adhere to internal cash reconciliation process and reporting using Oracle and Blackline application data.
• Prepare documentation for External Auditors
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and alert the Director of Accounting if necessary.
• Delegate financial responsibilities to the accounting team.
• Provide training and support to the accounting team.
• Provide support on the AR process as needed.
• Provide support on ad hoc projects.

Qualifications :

Bachelors Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance or similar required.

Minimum of 3+ years of experience.

Hospitality and hotel specific experience preferred.

Blackline, Profit Sword and Oracle experience strongly preferred.

A / R experience strongly preferred.

Strong PC skills including Excel and Word.

Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.

Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Demonstrated ability to lead a team.

Ability to work overtime as necessary to complete assigned tasks.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.