Senior Analyst, Hotel Finance & Accounting

Overview

This role supports financial accounting for assigned hotel properties, including month-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting. You will partner with property and finance teams to address accounting questions, perform analysis, and maintain controls. Some portfolios also include online travel agency (OTA) billing and reconciliation, virtual-card activity, commissions, and payment reconciliation.

Work Setup & Schedule

• Work setup: Work from home
• Schedule: Monday to Friday
  • 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time | 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM Manila Time
• Holidays: U.S. corporate holiday calendar

Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Accounting

• Perform month-end close activities, including payable, payroll, and utility accruals
• Complete reclass adjustments, review statements, and support accurate financial reporting for assigned hotel properties
• Review hotel PMS revenue and trial-balance activity against the accounting system; investigate variances

Reconciliations & Financial Review

• Perform credit card, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Review financial activity and variances to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Resolve unreconciled items promptly
• Handle chargeback disputes
• Review and approve payables and associated approval activity, including ePro, Yardi, and Concur where used
• Coordinate with hotel contacts on coding or accounting questions

Property Support & Financial Partnership

• Prepare property financial statements and reports
• Support P&L and variance analysis
• Communicate results to property managers and finance stakeholders

Monthly Outputs & Controls

• Provide month-end financial statements, balance sheet reconciliation, and monthly forecast (as applicable)
• Maintain accounting records in line with U.S. GAAP, applicable hospitality accounting standards, and internal controls

Additional Support

• Support audit requests
• Assist with forecast/budget variance explanations and quarter-end/year-end work

OTA-Focused Support (applicable to 1 of the 4 analysts)

For an assigned OTA-focused portfolio, investigate and resolve:

• OTA billing and payment discrepancies
• Virtual card settlements
• Commissions
• Outstanding balances
• Issues with online travel agencies

Requirements

• At least 3 years of relevant full-cycle or general accounting experience, including month-end close and account reconciliations
• Hands-on experience preparing journal entries, accruals, balance-sheet reconciliations, and financial or management reports
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, and U.S. accounting operations
• Experience with accounting or ERP software
• Strong Excel, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Three or more years of hotel or property accounting experience
• Two or more years in a shared-services or multi-property accounting environment supporting seven or more properties or entities
• Experience with forecasting in a single or multi-property accounting environment
• Knowledge of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI)
• Experience with Yardi, Opera, or a similar hotel property management system (PMS)

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the job description.

Location

• Work from home (schedule includes U.S. Eastern Time and Manila Time alignment)
• Holidays follow the U.S. corporate holiday calendar