Manager, Hotel & Restaurant Accounting

OVERVIEW & POSITION PURPOSE

The Accounting Manager is a key member of Azul Hospitalitys centralized accounting organization and is responsible for the quality accuracy and timely delivery of accounting and financial reporting for an assigned portfolio of hotels and related entities or a specialized accounting function.

Portfolio assignments may include properties across multiple geographies and ownership groups and may evolve over time based on property complexity team capacity functional responsibility and organizational needs.

Consistent with the Accounting Manager career level the Accounting Manager owns the outcome for the assigned portfolio or function. The role leads the accounting close and review process ensure balance-sheet and general-ledger integrity maintains strong internal controls develops and supports accounting team members resolves accounting issues and partners closely with hotel and regional leadership.

The Accounting Manager is accountable for the quality of work performed by the team and is expected to balance hands-on support with review coaching problem solving workload prioritization and leadership based on the needs of the portfolio or function.

This multi-property accounting leadership role may be comparable to positions titled Regional Controller Area Controller Multi-Property Controller or Cluster Accounting Manager at other hospitality organizations.

About Azul Hospitality Group

Azul Hospitality Group is an award-winning hotel management company known for its people-first culture operational excellence and strong partnerships with leading global brands including Marriott Hilton Hyatt and IHG. Azul is widely respected for developing talented leaders fostering innovation and creating memorable guest experiences. The company offers a collaborative environment where leaders are empowered to make decisions drive performance and grow professionally.

What Azul Offers

• Opportunity to oversee or work for high-profile brands
• Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth within a rapidly expanding hospitality organization
• A supportive people-oriented culture that values innovation and leadership

Join Our Team

If you are an experienced hospitality professional who thrives on new challenges we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of Azul Hospitality Groups expanding portfolio of exceptional hotels.

Azul Hospitality Group is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Portfolio Accounting & Financial Reporting
• Provide accounting oversight and support for property budgets and forecasts including accounting-related assumptions and components such as property taxes depreciation and amortization management fees insurance and other assigned accounting-driven items.
• Review finalize and publish property cash-flow forecasts prepared by Staff or Senior Accountants; assess completeness and reasonableness and communicate material funding or liquidity concerns to appropriate stakeholders.
• Own the accounting and financial-reporting outcomes for the assigned portfolio or functional area.
• Lead the month-end and annual close processes and ensure reporting deadlines are consistently achieved.
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and review of financial statements general ledgers supporting schedules and required reporting packages.
• Perform the first full P&L and balance-sheet review document questions and drive resolution before final reporting.
• Maintain strong balance-sheet integrity and ensure bank and balance-sheet reconciliations are completed accurately supported appropriately reviewed timely and followed up on so accounts remain current.
• Review significant journal entries account activity reconciliations and unusual transactions.
• Authorize and publish preliminary and final financial statements and required ownership reporting.
• Identify accounting issues early drive resolution and escalate material or complex matters when appropriate.
• Ensure properties follow Azul Accounting policies procedures controls and close requirements.
• Support audits transitions new hotel onboarding and other portfolio initiatives.

• Lead coach and develop Staff and Senior Accountants supporting the assigned portfolio or functional area.
• Establish clear expectations and accountability for quality accuracy documentation and deadlines.
• Review team output and provide timely constructive feedback.
• Prioritize work and allocate resources based on close requirements complexity capacity and business need.
• Identify development opportunities and help team members build the technical and leadership capabilities required for career progression.
• Participate in recruiting onboarding training performance management and career development.

• Maintain an effective internal-control environment across the assigned portfolio or functional area.
• Identify control process or documentation gaps and drive appropriate resolution.
• Promote consistency and standardization across properties and accounting teams.
• Identify opportunities to simplify automate or improve recurring accounting processes.
• Support effective adoption and use of Azuls accounting systems and tools.

• Serve as the primary accounting partner for assigned General Managers Directors of Finance Regional Vice Presidents ownership representatives and other key stakeholders.
• Participate in financial reviews and provide accounting insight regarding significant balances variances transactions and reporting matters.
• Lead live property financial reviews address current-period questions and identify upcoming activity that may affect the following close.
• Partner closely with Property Finance while maintaining clear accountability between financial-reporting integrity and operational financial performance.
• Communicate accounting issues clearly and proactively including potential risks delays or matters requiring additional support.
• Build productive relationships with hotel and regional leadership while maintaining appropriate accounting controls and independence

• Provide practical financial training and support to General Managers property leaders and accounting teammates when a separate Operations Finance resource is not available.
• Translating accounting results into clear operational insight including significant trends risks and items requiring property action.
• Support selected budgeting forecasting labor productivity and performance-analysis activities based on portfolio need and assigned capability.
• Maintain a clear distinction between accounting ownership property operating responsibility and forward-looking Operations Finance support.
• Document significant support responsibilities that are being performed on an interim basis and identify work that may transition to a future Operations Finance or FP&A function.

• Properties remain responsible for activities best performed closely in relation to the underlying transaction including Accounts Receivable and the appropriate coding and approval of invoices before submission.
• The Accounting Manager as part of Azuls centralized accounting team provides accounting guidance training and exception-based support while maintaining primary focus on close financial reporting reconciliations controls analysis and other activities requiring accounting expertise and judgment.
• Centralized Accounting owns AP payment processing and related payment controls.

• Accounting Managers may be deployed as centralized portfolio managers regionally based Accounting Managers or specialized accounting function leaders. The role is not permanently assigned to a particular geography or ownership group and assignments may change as Azuls managed portfolio and organizational needs evolve.
• Portfolio size is not determined solely by property count. Assignments consider property complexity transaction volume ownership and reporting requirements available Staff and Senior support geography transitions functional responsibility and overall organizational capacity
• At times business needs may require an Accounting Manager to perform responsibilities above or below the typical Manager level including hands-on accounting support during vacancies transitions or periods of elevated need. These temporary responsibilities do not change the underlying accountability or career level of the role.

Success in this role means:

• Financial statements are accurate trusted and delivered on time.
• Balance-sheet and general-ledger accounts are appropriately supported reconciled reviewed and current.
• Issues are identified and communicated before they become larger problems.
• Property teams receive clear useful financial follow-up and understand remaining actions.
• Staff and Senior Accountants increasingly operate independently and continue developing.
• Accounting processes become more consistent controlled efficient and scalable.
• Hotel regional and ownership stakeholders trust the accounting team and the financial information it provides.
• The portfolio or functional scope can grow or change without requiring the underlying role to be redesigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Environmental conditions are inside; a job is considered inside if staff spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to four (4) hours in length.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other departments of the hotel on a timely basis.
• Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs. as needed.
• Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs.
• Requires grasping writing standing sitting walking repetitive motions bending climbing listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Hearing smelling tasting and visual ability to observe and distinguish product quality and detect signs of emergency situations.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vision and depth perception.
• Must be able to bend stoop squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning tasks occasionally.
• Must have finger dexterity to be able to operate office equipment such as computers printers 10-key adding machine multi-line touch tone phone filing cabinets FAX machines photocopiers dolly and other office equipment as needed.
• Ability to work primarily with fingers to pick pinch type and carry out substantial movements (motions) of the wrists and hands as well.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS

In addition to performance of the essential functions this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel:

• Assist with any guest inquiry.
• Enforce hotel safety standards.
• Any other duties assigned by the manager.

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The individual must possess the following knowledge skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation using some other combination of knowledge skills and abilities:

• Must be able to speak read write and understand the primary language used in the workplace.
• Requires good communication skills verbal written and electronic.
• Considerable knowledge of complex mathematical calculations and computer programs.
• Must have excellent leadership capability and customer relations skills.
• Must be detail oriented with outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Must possess basic computer skills.
• Must possess basic computational ability.
• Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers some of whom will require high levels of patience tact and diplomacy and collect accurate information to resolve conflicts.
• Knowledgeable about basic function of Windows OS MS Office PMS PBX Key system and POS.
• Self-driven and able to work independently.
• Exceptionally strong in issue resolution and proven analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong Excel analytical problem-solving communication and relationship-building skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities deadlines stakeholders and accounting issues across a complex portfolio or function.
• Ability to travel as business needs require.

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in accounting Finance or a related field preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience preferably withing hospitality multi-property or multi-entry enviroments
• Prior experience with direct reports reviewing the work of others and providing coaching or leadership.
• Strong knowledge of general-ledger accounting financial statements reconciliations month-end close accrual accounting and internal controls.
• Hospitality accrual-based accounting and USALI experience preferred.

LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS

• Ability to provide and maintain a valid drivers license as the position may require the operation of motorized and electric vehicles.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA PROTECTION

Confidential and proprietary information is secret valuable expensive and/or easily replicated. Common examples of confidential information are:

• Unpublished financial information
• Data of Guests/Partners/Vendors/Employees
• Guest information
• Data entrusted to our company by external parties
• Pricing/marketing and other undisclosed strategies
• Documents and processes explicitly marked as confidential
• Unpublished goals forecasts and initiatives marked as confidential

Employees may have various levels of authorized access to confidential information.

• Lock or secure confidential information at all times
• Shred confidential documents when they are no longer needed
• Make sure they only view confidential information on secure devices
• Only disclose information to other employees when it is necessary and authorized
• Keep confidential documents information only if necessary and destruct otherwise according to brand and company requirements.

GROOMING

All Staff Members must maintain a neat clean and well-groomed appearance per Azul Hospitality standards. Refer to the property specific required grooming and uniform standards policy.

ATTENDANCE

Regular attendance in conformance with the standards which may be established by Azul Hospitality from time to time is essential to the successful performance of this position. Staff with irregular attendance / tardiness will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Upon employment all staff is required to fully comply with Azul Hospitality rules and regulations for the safe and effective operation of the hotels facilities. Staff members who violate hotel rules and regulations will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry staff members may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the addition attendance at all scheduled training sessions and meetings is required. This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that a staff member in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.