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ACCOUNTING MANAGER OVERVIEW

The Accounting Manager is responsible for maintaining financial health and operational efficiency, as well as providing flexible and varied support for other functions in a dynamic hotel finance department.

SALARY: $72,000 - $75,000 per year

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies, service procedures and standards.
• Ensure that standards are maintained at a superior level on a daily basis.
• Prepare financial statements, reports, and business activity summaries.
• Maintain up-to-date account analysis and reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate and orderly electronic file system.
• Monitor credit status of all in-house guests. Advise Finance leadership and Front Office Manager of potential problems.
• Supervise research of items including, but not limited to, chargebacks, billing inquiries, gift cards, & any discrepancies.
• Review Accounts Receivable billing for completeness, accuracy and presentation.
• Prepare for and conduct monthly credit meetings.
• Review financial statement for completeness & accuracy.
• Propose monthly write-offs of uncollectible accounts.
• Maintain and update financial policies compatible with local market and Rosewood policy.
• Review guest ledger, advance deposit ledger, and A/R ledger on a weekly basis. Provide reporting updates weekly.
• Participate in month-end close. 
• Post journal entries and reconcile accounts.
• Participate in monthly balance sheet reconciliation and reporting.
• Participate in internal and external audits as required.
• Perform job duties with an understanding of and ability to comply with USALI and US GAAP.
• Take proactive ownership to comply with Rosewood corporate policies and procedures and audit standards.
• Provide leadership and guidance to hourly staff.
• Prepare effective business correspondence.
• Interact in courteous and professional manner with all guests, staff, and community members.
• Respond in courteous, professional and rapid manner in order to resolve all guest and staff difficulties.
• Apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of unstandardized intellectual and practical problems in order to perform and direct many varied and complex tasks.
• Interact with people beyond giving and receiving instructions, particularly interaction with supervisor, subordinates, co-workers, and guests in completing assignments, resolving staff and guest complaints.
• Interpret and comply with a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.
• Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Participate and support other functions with the department as needed and directed.

*While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the duties involved in this position, the company reserves the right to add, remove, or altar duties when business needs require

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Must be able to perform job functions with attention to detail, speed and accuracy
• Be a clear thinker, remaining calm and resolving problems using good judgment
• Work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team
• Maintain confidentiality of guest information and pertinent hotel data
• Thorough knowledge of hotel financial procedures and general business law 
• Thorough knowledge of Hotel computer systems with ability to maintain technical competence in all hotel computer systems
• Ability to apply accounting/credit policy and procedures to operational needs
• Access, input, analyze and retrieve information from computers
• Can add and subtract three-digit numbers and perform mathematical operations with units of measure including, but, not limited to dollars, cents, feet, inches, cups, pounds and ounces
• Delegate responsibilities and accept responsibility for actions of others
• Exceptional oral communication skills to ensure ability to negotiate and persuade guests and staff to achieve results beneficial to operation of hotel
• Ability to converse calmly with irate guests, superiors and co-workers in sometimes intense emotional situations
• Maintain focus and attention to performance of tasks despite frequent stressful, emergency, critical or unusual interruptions
• Participation in all pre-convention, departmental and hotel-wide meetings.
• Required to speak, read, and write in English, with fluency in other languages an additional asset

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience: Minimum two years of accounting and/or finance experience. Previous management experience is strongly preferred. Experience in hotel finance is an additional asset. 
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferred

At Rosewood Washington, D.C., we offer Competitive Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits from United Healthcare
• Competitive Pay Rates 
• 401k Plan and after 1 year up to 3% Match 
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holidays, Sick and more) 
• Complimentary Room Nights- up to 12 per year
• Restaurant Discount- 50% off F&B 
• Complimentary Meal during your shift 
• Life Insurance and AD&D 
• Complimentary Short-Term Disability 
• Long-Term Disability 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits 
• Flexible schedules 
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $500 per year after 1 year of service
• A clear career pathway - career advancement opportunities 

Brilliantly positioned in the heart of Georgetown along the historic C&O Canal, Rosewood Washington, D.C. provides guests with premium access to the vibrant cultural epicenter of the nation’s capital. The hotel’s 55 rooms, including 12 suites and 6 townhouses, combine traditional refinement with a thoroughly modern sense of sophistication. From plush furnishings to intuitive technology, every element has been thoughtfully considered to create comfortable, residential-style living spaces equally suited to business and leisure travel. Wolfgang Puck takes on Washington. Witness the evolution of his acclaimed culinary concept at CUT D.C., which draws on the region's finest farms and fisheries to showcase the variety of the Mid-Atlantic, as well as CUT Bar and Lounge and CUT Above.