Overview
Chief Accountant
The role aims to be recognized as a trusted advisor to finance team members and other hotel business partners. This role supports the finance lead to retain and train best-in-class finance professionals and assists in developing their finance team. This role ensures a robust control and compliance environment and supports the hotel / hotels to maximize profit and contributes to implement EMEA Operations Finance innovations and projects.
What will I be doing?
The Chief Accountant will support all activities performed by the hotels Assistant / Finance lead, to include but not limited to, understanding financial performance, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting and month-end closing activities, reviewing monthly financial statements in accordance with GAAP, Uniform System of Accounts and Hilton policies and procedures. The role will ensure a smooth operation of all hotel finance activities in full compliance with the policy, regulatory and contractual framework. The role will business partner with all hotel finance team members and the Hotel Management team, and supports the Assistant / Finance Leader in developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Commercial, IT, Procurement, Operations, Shared Service Centers (where applicable). In absence of the Assistant Finance Manager/Director, the Chief Accountant will assume responsibilities. The role will participate in all relevant Finance training and development programs.
Responsibilities
1. Directly manage some AP transactions and cash management
2. Supervise and maintain the books of the hotel(s) on a daily basis
3. Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all transactions to the various accounts and ensure that they are properly recorded in the books on a timely basis and in the correct period
4. Ensure that all balance sheet transactions are accounted for, documented and properly and timely reconciled
5. Fully conversant with the Hilton standard chart of accounts and the correct use the same
6. Ensure that the accounting records comply with local laws and regulations and Hilton Policies and procedures
7. Ensure the month-end closing process is completed and the timely preparation of all required financial reports for review by the Hotel Finance lead
8. Ensure the accurate and prompt month-end and year-end closing of the books of accounts
9. Assist in the completion of forecasts as instructed
10. Assist in the preparation of monthly financial reports and schedules as directed, required by management and owners
11. Thoroughly familiar with the duties and procedures of other team members within the finance department over whom the role has supervision
12. Assist and coordinate the internal and external audit process
13. Assist in ensuring compliance with legal and taxation legislation
14. Hands-on and take an active role in daily activities within the department, ensuring that all work is up to date and assists team members where and when required
15. Assist the Finance Department Head in providing financial information to assist in any decision making process
16. Actively contribute to team members' development and training programs
17. Coordinate departmental leave and organise the coverage of positions during team member absence
18. Create a pleasant working environment, ensure productive and efficient work practices within the Finance team
19. Ensure that all internal applicable accounting control procedures are strictly adhered to and communicate any perceived weakness to the Finance Lead
20. Maintain an adequate and up to date filing system
21. Handle all requests and enquiries in a timely, efficient and friendly manner
22. Review invoices and other posting documents and check proper