Senior Staff Accountant - Now Hiring

Compensation Type: Yearly Highgate Hotels:

Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate’s portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.  Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the industry’s most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.

 

Location:

 

Highgate Corporate Offices Irving, TX

Overview:

This position is responsible for all accounting responsibilities related to various disciplines within the accounting department, which would include: Consolidation Accounting, Hotel Accounting and Internal/External audits.

 

Responsibilities:

• Assist in accounting, financial reporting and controllership functions for assigned hotels and/or entities.
• Perform monthly analytical reviews of the properties’ financial statements ensuring compliance with US GAAP.
• Coordinate with investors and lenders on ad hoc requests.
• Supervise and review the accounting for fixed assets at each of the assigned properties.
• Assist in managing the disbursement and reconciliation process for large-scale property renovations.
• Manage intercompany accounting transactions.
• Perform consolidation of multi-tiered entity structures.
• Compile financial reporting deliverables for investors and lenders.
• Review monthly account reconciliations and coordinate with off-shore resources to ensure reconciliations are completed timely.
• Perform as well as supervise off-shore resources tasked with preparing and posting monthly financial statement close entries and performing reconciliations.
• Manage payable transactions of the assigned entities.
• Assist in the accounting and transitions for new property acquisitions.
• Play an integral part in the successful completion of external financial audits, including report drafting and delivering information requested by auditors on a timely basis.
• Assist in the establishment, documentation and maintenance of Standard Accounting Policies and Procedures and internal controls for our accounting operations.
• Identify and make suggestions for improvements of current processes.
• Other special projects and responsibilities, as assigned.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• 2+ years of public accounting experience required
• Prior real estate or hospitality experience preferred
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred
• Proficiency with Excel required
• Proficient with Oracle accounting systems preferred
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prioritize and work independently with minimal supervision
• A strong desire to develop into a future finance and accounting leader within a dynamic organization