Specialist Accounting

FINANCIAL RETURNS

• Summarize and post data to journals, ledgers, and other accounting records; total and balance accounts; reconcile bank accounts; check and verify records. 
• Obtain approvals from department heads on invoices to be paid; make proper accounting entries in ledger; reconcile discrepancies with vendors; prepare transmittal of invoices for payment by CMH Accounting.
• Prepare or assist in the preparation of daily bank deposits; maintain the hotel's funds to ensure that funds are of adequate amount, kept safely and properly accounted for; provide all daily change requirements; issue banks to cashiers and conduct periodic audits of banks as needed.  Report over/short discrepancies as per Internal Audit Standards.
• Perform AR/AP function.

PEOPLE

• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments.  Key departmental contacts include department heads throughout the hotel, for the purpose of providing or obtaining information regarding accounts. 

GUEST EXPERIENCE

• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments.  Key departmental contacts include department heads throughout the hotel, for the purpose of providing or obtaining information regarding accounts. 

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

• Responsible for maintenance of normal and routine controls to ensure reasonable protection of company assets.
• Maintain files of all accounting-related and/or audit documentation; may assist with clerical duties such as typing or phone coverage.
• May assist in various storeroom areas to include receiving, storing, and dispersing hotel goods to ensure that each department's supply needs are met in a timely and efficient manner.  Reconcile banquet bar requisitions.
• May perform additional accounting-related duties such as transferring a balanced edit each day, ensuring compliance with Internal Control Questionnaires, etc.  May maintain purchase order system integrity or monitor/track other financial control procedures or systems. 
• May assist with other duties as needed or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

High school diploma or equivalent and 1 year experience in an accounting clerical, front office, or reservations position or similar; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Ability to speak fluent English required.

This job requires ability to perform the following:

• Carrying or lifting items weighing up to 25 pounds
• Standing up and moving about the front office or other designated areas
• Communicating with other people
• Handling objects, supplies, boxes of merchandise, etc.
• Bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching

Other:

• Reading abilities are utilized often when reading invoices and work materials.
• Mathematical skills are used frequently to perform calculations, reconcile account balances, etc.
• Frequent contact with guests and outside vendors is necessary to resolve billing issues or answer questions. Strong customer service skills are required.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

CA Salary transparency

The hourly pay range for this role is $26.78/hr. This is the lowest to highest pay scale we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

Note: No amount of pay is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve.

In return we'll give you a competitive financial and benefits packag