Experienced hotel accountant with 10+ years of experience in managing and supervising daily accounting operations including payroll, accounts payable and receivable, income journal, and general cashiering. Knowledgeable in financial statements preparation, budget compilation, taxes, and other financial reports. Strong in leading and empowering teams to achieve financial goals and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations. Confident individual with track record of accurate reporting and analysis.
Supervised and coordinated accounting operations to ensure accurate, timely and consistent reporting in accordance with policies and procedures, federal, state and local laws and regulations. Managed Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Income Journal, General Cashiering, Taxes and internal controls resulting in compliance, accurate records and minimal liabilities, losses, and expenses.
· Supervised daily accounting operations ensuring compliance with SOPs, federal, state and local laws and regulations.
· Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts and bank statements to ensure financial information accuracy.
· Prepared financial statements and reports for management and owners to make informed decisions
· Assisted in the compilation and preparation of the annual budget, forecasts, taxes and other financial reports resulting in accurate and timely information for management and owners.
· Trained and coordinated implementation of financial and cash controls throughout the hotel to minimize liabilities, losses, and expenses.
· Analyzed and ensured hotel compliance with leases and management contracts.
· Assumed the responsibilities of the Finance Controller in his absence.
· Audit prior days’ documents from front office, food and beverage and other outlets.
· Verified that company controls comply with established policies by auditing departments.
· Review and verified the accuracy of revenues reported to accounts receivable by balancing the accounts to appropriate ledgers.
· Verified that all taxes are in balance on a daily basis.
· Reviewed and properly coded for posting and reporting all revenues
· Maintain a procedure necessary to verify the accuracy of all revenue and adjustment posting
Prepare monthly tax exemption report and ensure all backups is adequate