What are the responsibilities and job description for the GENERAL ACCOUNTANT position at Highgate?
Compensation Type
Hourly
Highgate Hotels
Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing Caribbean and Latin America footprint. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, and Seattle. www.highgate.com .
Overview
The Accountant is responsible for providing consistent leadership in the financial area of the hotel. 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.
Responsibilities
Hourly
Highgate Hotels
Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing Caribbean and Latin America footprint. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, and Seattle. www.highgate.com .
Overview
The Accountant is responsible for providing consistent leadership in the financial area of the hotel. 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.
Responsibilities
- Follow all company policies and procedures; ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets; protect the privacy and security of guests and coworkers
- Sort and verify accuracy of Night Audit work (primarily receivables aspect), i.e. including reconciliation of banquet check extensions, coding of banquets at cost, review and route sales and promotion checks with back-up
- Post city ledger payments in property management system, reconcile and bill all city ledger accounts
- Perform follow-up billing and credit collection documentation and inform Controller of any potential uncollectible accounts
- Reconcile credit card back-up to General Cashier Summary and inform Controller of any discrepancies
- Record General Ledger and City Ledger reconciliations
- Complete period-end closing procedures and reports as specified
- Prepare, review, reconcile, and issue bills, invoices, and account statements according to company procedures
- Follow-up and resolve past due accounts and vendor invoices until payment in full is received or resolved
- Prepare daily consolidated deposits of cash received by all cash handling employees
- Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals; listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or an equivalent combination of education training and/or experience highly preferred.
- Two years previous work experience in a responsible accounting position within the hotel industry is preferred.
- Ability to read and analyze financial statements and statistical information and other day to day correspondence.
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is essential.
- Ability to provide written documentation to communicate with various customers, vendors, guests, owners, resort managers, and resort executives and maintain information on general ledger journal entries, monthly account analysis, tax information, and any type of special analysis required from time to time.
- Ability to sit for long periods of time (98% of the typical workshift) while working on the computer, processing of paperwork and communicating with various customers via a telephone.
- Other duties as assigned
