Sr Analyst Hotel Accounting

Role Purpose

This role plays a key part in managing the financial operations for a portfolio of owned and managed hotels. Responsibilities include month-end closing, Balance Sheet reconciliations, Owner's reporting, cash flow management, and audit support. The role is expected to execute all accounting and reporting deliverables within defined SLAs and timelines, while also driving operational excellence through meaningful MIS reporting and participation in process improvement and automation initiatives.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain books of accounts for a group of owned / managed hotels with full accuracy, including Journals preparation / upload, GL Review, P&L Analysis, Trend Analysis, Month end close, Cash flows, Owner's Reporting etc.
• Prepare Balance Sheet Reconciliations with proper backups and resolve all open items in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all accruals / provisions, reclassifications, true ups are posted in respective period along with monthly amortization of prepaid expenses.
• All deliverables should be completed as per agreed SLA.
• Provide full support in managing all queries related to various audits on time-to-time basis.
• Help / Support the Team Leader in preparing various MIS reports for internal analysis and for the review of Business teams / Owners.
• Suggest new ideas to have continuous process improvements in existing processes along with automation.
• Need to work in coordination with TL / AM to suggest or look at training needs of other new and junior team members.
• Regular interaction with other accounting teams across functions.
• Help / Support the TL / AM in performing variance analysis as part of any projects, managing adhoc requests, and presentations.
• Training documents / SOPs are prepared and updated on regular basis of each activity assigned.
• Accurate & correct statement, reports & data is provided to internal & external customers within timelines assigned.
• Backup plan during leaves and assisting other members during the leaves - Ensuring all reports, queries are addressed as per timelines.
  
  

Key Skills & Experiences

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or similar, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience: A minimum of 2-3 years work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency and understanding in one or more accounting functions related to the position.

Technical and Other Skills:

• Demonstrated Good Analytical skills and intermediate level knowledge of PeopleSoft or other enterprise financial systems and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal and written English communication skills.
• Demonstrated Presentation skills for various level audience (peers, managers, other departments, business teams).
• Ability to assess, prioritize and meet timelines as necessary for various projects including, transitions, audits, continuous process improvement and industry standards. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and responsibilities.
• Demonstrated proficiency in recognizing and resolving problems or inconsistencies in transactions and systems.
• Demonstrated strong Accounting knowledge.
• Flexibility - Flexible to work in multiple shifts
• Ability to work in cross functional teams, across multiple locations & cultures
  
  

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