Staff Accountant

Compensation TypeYearlyHighgate 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

Due to tremendous growth in our Select Service Division we are seeking highly skilled Staff Accountants to join our organization.  The Staff Accountant will be responsible for reconciling the general ledger accounts and performing the daily cash reconciliation and income journal process for each of his/her hotel assignments. The performance of this position will be primarily measured by how successful we are in ensuring that all entries and reconciliations are completed daily.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and complete balance sheet reconciliations on assigned hotels
• Review, reconcile, and record daily income journal activity for each hotel assignment
• 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 Corporate Hotel Controller
• Ensure open items identified during the daily reconciliation process have been communicated with follow-up as necessary
• Identify and remit chargeback documentation
• Complete monthly bank reconciliations by day 2 of close each month
• Understand and adhere to internal cash reconciliation process and reporting using Oracle and Blackline application data
• Provide support on the AR process as needed
• Assist in managing the disbursement and reconciliation process for assigned hotel property renovations
• Perform reconciliation of multi-property and portfolio level banking transactions
• Preparing and posting approved monthly financial statement journal entries
• Assist in the accounting and transition of new property acquisitions
• Play an integral part in the successful completion of external financial audits, including reconciliation requests and delivering information requested by auditors on a timely basis
• Provide support on ad hoc projects

Qualifications

• Associate Degree or higher in Accounting required
• Strong PC skills including Excel and Word
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work overtime as necessary to complete assigned tasks
• Hospitality and hotel specific experience preferred
• Blackline experience strongly preferred
• A/R experience strongly preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

 

Employment Type: FULL_TIME