Director of Accounting

Exciting opportunity with established hotel management company with dynamic growth in the immediate future. Aperture Hotels currently has a management portfolio of 23 hotels including Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, Hotel Indigo, Courtyard by Marriott, Hampton Inn and Suites, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Home2, and several independent properties.

This position will work with the Senior Vice President to develop the Accounting Department into a standardized, efficient, and scalable team which will assist Aperture Hotels in meeting its aggressive growth goals. Our preferred candidate will be someone who can complete the accounting tasks for a property as well as perform the duties needed in a hospitality accounting corporate office environment: onboarding new properties, managing people, implementing projects, coordinating meetings, training, writing support documentation, finding efficiencies, administering systems, and meeting deadlines.

In the Accounting Department, our purpose, cause, and passion are to make a meaningful difference by supporting our team members (through teamwork and developing efficiencies to find and maintain a healthy w/life balance), our properties (by providing General Managers with the financial guidance needed to produce healthy financial statements), and our owners (via strong communication and transparency of financial matters).

The Core Values we are looking for in a new Team Member:

• Be Transparent and Accountable
• Be Actively Curious
• Embrace Growth
• Create Value for Stakeholders
• Commit and Care

Excellent benefits including:

401K Match

Medical, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, Accident, Life, + other supplemental

Flexible Spending Account

EAP

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Scholarship Program

Paid Volunteer Program

Your responsibilities will include:

• Property and Corporate Accounting
• Managing a corporate accounting team
• Reviewing Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Writing SOPs and Training Documentation
• Onboarding/Offboarding Properties
• Training new Team Members
• Facilitating Systems Change
• Maintaining strong Asset Manager/Owner Relations
• Administering Accounting-related Systems
• Maintaining Jurisdictional Reporting (Taxes, Licenses, Permits, FinCEN)
• Standard Operating Procedure adherence
• Adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Compensation based on education and experience.

Requirements:

• 10+ years in hotel accounting preferred.
• Experience in a hotel accounting corporate environment is a plus.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Ability to travel approximately 5%+ of time.
• M3 Accounting or similar hospitality accounting system experience.

Skills:

• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, critical thinking skills.
• Exhibits a key sense of urgency while prioritizing multiple projects.
• Operates efficiently in a deadline driven work environment with proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver business goals.
• Ability to lead calls with team or General Managers
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as either a team player or independently.
• Ability to think creatively and be open minded to solve challenges in new ways.
• High levels of integrity, discretion, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Good judgment and the business acumen to make well-reasoned decisions with respect to matters arising on a day-to-day basis.
• Adaptable to change, demonstrates a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, can solve routine problems that occur on the job, and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.

Computer skills required include:

Elevated level of proficiency with Microsoft Office to include Word, Outlook, and advanced level of proficiency in Excel.

Location:

Destin, FL

Type:

Hybrid (remote and office days)

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