Assistant Controller

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist in the management of day-to-day operations and assignments of accounting staff, plan and organize work, communicate goals, and schedule/assign work. Advise staff of formal policies and procedures, identifying options and resolving issues. Alert management of potentially serious issues
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments. Key departmental contacts include hotel department heads in all departments and Directors of Area or Regional Hotel Finance to obtain/provide information
• Assist in managing revenues received and dispersed including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll, audit, General ledger reporting, and cash handling functions for the hotel. Implement and maintain acceptable accounting practices and procedures as required by company policy and procedures, generally accepted accounting practices, and as effected by local conditions
• Prepare financial analyses of hotel operations including variance explanation and make recommendations to ensure the achievement of business goals
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and financial forecasts and reporting
• Develop and implement financial control procedures and systems; maintain documents for audits of hotel accounts; ensure compliance with government regulations, federal, state, and local laws, to include EEOC, Wage and Hour, union contracts, etc. Independently comply with record retention requirements
• Respond quickly to guest requests in a friendly manner. Follow up to ensure guest satisfaction
• Work with other management personnel to establish and implement hotel service standards to achieve maximum profitability and efficiency
• Assists with the distribution of forecast information as an up to date management tool for operating departments
• Assists with the review of operating equipment stores to avoid unnecessary/excessive purchases and to eliminate (or at least be aware of) obsolete slow moving items
• Assists with ensuring all accounts are reconciled on monthly basis, review and approve those reconciliations
• Assists with ensuring payments are made expeditiously
• Interact with outside guests (guests, vendors, hotel legal counsel, insurance companies, tax consultants, auditors, commercial and government banks, EOS corporate accounting staff, regulatory agencies, and other contacts as needed)
• May process payroll or verify payroll dollars and reports in a decentralized environment
• May authorize purchase requests as needed
• Reconcile all bank accounts
• Perform duties and projects as assigned by the Director of Finance
• Determine that all tax reports are prepared prior to deadlines
• May assist with other duties as assigned including assisting staff with their job functions

The expected salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000 USD, depending on experience.